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Cricket star Imran Khan leads in slow count of Pakistan vote

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ISLAMABAD, July 26: Vote counting in an election marred by allegations of fraud and militant violence has been tediously slow, yet from the outset cricket

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Explosion kills 31 as Pakistanis vote in general elections

ISLAMABAD, July 25: A suicide bomber struck outside a crowded polling station in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, killing 31 people as Pakistanis cast ballots Wednesday in a general election

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Pakistanis voting for 3rd straight civilian government

ISLAMABAD, July 25: After an acrimonious campaign, polls opened in Pakistan on Wednesday to elect the country’s third straight civilian government — a first for this majority Muslim nation, which

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In Pakistan’s elections, minorities face daunting challenge

ISLAMABAD, July 23: As Pakistan heads into parliamentary elections this week, the country’s minorities are looking for better representation and a voice that will speak up for them in what

Police arrest former Pakistani ruler Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: Police arrested former Pakistani military rulerPervez Musharraf overnight at his home in the capital, where he had holed up following a dramatic escape from court to avoid being detained,

Pakistan’s Musharraf on the run after arrest order

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court in the country´s capital on Thursday to avoid arrest after

Pakistan’s Musharraf disqualified from election

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Lawyers say judges have disqualified Pakistan’s former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, from running in the upcoming parliamentary election. Musharraf applied to run from four different districts, which is

Bhutto’s son’s role in Pakistan election uncertain

ISLAMABAD: The re-election prospects for Pakistan’s outgoing ruling party are looking even tougher after indications emerged this week that one of its star vote-getters — the young son of assassinated

Pakistan to hold nationwide elections May 11

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will hold nationwide parliamentary elections on May 11, said a presidential spokesman on Wednesday. The vote is expected to produce the country’s first transition from one civilian government