Islamabad: One person was killed and two others injured on October 10 during a clash between pro-government and Opposition supporters at a polling booth in Pakistan where the general elections are taking place for the first time since military coup of 1999.

The clash took place at a polling booth in Southern Sindh province, media reports in Islamabad said, adding there were also attempts of booth capturing in some places.

The polling, which began on a dull but peaceful note all over Pakistan, is expected to pick up later in the day.

Over 72 million voters were entitled to vote to in the first Parliamentary elections since President Pervez Musharraf came to power overthrowing the Nawaz Sharif government.

Four provincial assemblies also went to the polls on October 10.

According to AFP reports supporters of the pro-government National People's Party (NPP) clashed with those of the Opposition Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Moro district, 250 kilometres East of Karachi, the provincial interior secretary said.

"We have received a report that one person was killed at one of the polling stations in Moro district," Brigadier Mukhtar Ahmad told the sources on October 10.

The government had declared Moro a sensitive area because of fears of violence, leading to the deployment of extra security forces there.

Ahmad could not confirm whether the dead person was a PPP supporter or from the NPP.

The election race in the district, traditionally a PPP stronghold, was expected to be close.

The NPP has thrown its weight behind President Pervez Musharraf, while the PPP is the party of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who is barred from standing in the vote.