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Nawaz Sharif set for third term as Pak PM
Election   Nawaz Sharif   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Nawaz Sharif   		 The Times Of India 
Pak votes for change, Nawaz Sharif set for third term as Pak PM
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Nawaz Sharif is set for a third term as Pakistan's Prime Minister as his PML-N party took a massive lead over its rivals in early poll results, making a remarkable comeback from bein... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)
Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013.
Election   Pakistan   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Pakistani general election, 2013   		 BBC News 
Pakistan election: Nawaz Sharif 'set for victory'
Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif is celebrating with his supporters, amid early signs that his party will be the largest after parliamentary elections. | Media projections based on partial results sug... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistani lawyers shout slogans against the government during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Anti-government demonstrators attacked banks and shops and lawmakers scuffled with police amid gathering political turmoil Thursday triggered by a court ruling barring two opposition leaders from elected office. Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif is shown on p  The Independent 
Pakistan election: Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif neck-and-neck as polls close in historic vote marred ...
Mehreen Fatima had already waited half-an-hour in the hot, jostling line. But she was prepared to wait as long as it took in order to cast her vote. | “I am going to vote for Imran Khan. He is the b... (photo: AP / Shakeel Adil)

Election   Pakistan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Elections in Pakistan  
The Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony piloted a 25-minute flight of MiG-29K on the state of the art simulator at INS Hansa, in Goa on May 11, 2013.  Newstrack India 
'India has right to upgrade infrastructure along the border': Antony
Tweet | Panaji, May 11 (ANI): Defence Minister A. K. Antony today said that India has right to develop infrastructure, facilities and capabilities on its own land. | "Our Army and Air Force are develo... (photo: PIB of India)

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Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt speaks during his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Al Jazeera
Guatemalans hail historic genocide verdict
 - For the first time in history, a former head of state has been found guilty of genocide for crimes committed in the country itself, marking the biggest successful... (photo: AP / Moises Castillo)
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Farmers plucking Strawberries during its harvesting season at Gusoo village on the outskirts of Srinagar on Tuesday on 07, May 2013. Newstrack India
Strawberry farmers in Kashmir expect bumper production
Tweet | Srinagar, May 11 (ANI): Timely rain and favourable weather has proved a boon for the strawberry farmers in Kashmir and they expect bumper production. | The relati... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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Rock Hill Guard unit finishes in Afghanistan, readies for return The State
Rock Hill Guard unit finishes in Afghanistan, readies for return
The 161 soldiers of Rock Hill’s Army National Guard 178th Combat Engineers who have spent the past nine months in Afghanistan have finished their mission and are s... (photo: US Navy / Josh Ives)
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Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or Moment for Justice party attend an election campaign rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. BBC News
Pakistan hopes for 'cleanest' elections in history
Pakistan's elections on 11 May will be the cleanest in the country's history, officials say, following the implementation of new measures to avoid a repeat of w... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)
Elections   Pakistan   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Pakistani general election, 2013  
Internally displaced people from Pakistan's troubled Swat valley read newspapers carrying story about the death of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, as they arrive at a bus terminal to leave for their homeland in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. About 1,400 internally displaced persons (IDP), who fled The Times Of India
Hopes and fears ahead of Pakistan polls
LAHORE: All was quiet on the streets of Lahore on Friday as people geared up for the elections. The provincial government announced a holiday across Punjab around noon on... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan)
Elections   Pakistan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Pakistani general election, 2013  
Local councillors should be picked by the people New Straits/Business Times
Local councillors should be picked by the people
THERE are governments people can change through the ballot box and there are governments that stay regardless which party is in power. | The people cannot vote their loca... (photo: UN / UN)
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Family members of ex-militants who returned From Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) during a protest demanding their immediate Rehabilitation and release of Liyaqat Shah who was arrest by Delhi Police recently in Srinagar, India, Tuesday on 26, March 2013. The Independent
Corruption, power shortages, terrorism... Can anyone solve Pakistan’s problems?
Fauzia Talat was buying clothes for her children in a market in the centre of Rawalpindi. She was not sure of which of the two outfits she held up to buy, but she was cer... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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US seeks permanent occupation of Afghanistan: Taliban The Siasat Daily
US seeks permanent occupation of Afghanistan: Taliban
May 10: | The Taliban militant group has said that the United States seeks permanent occupation of Afghanistan following its announcement to keep nine military bases in t... (photo: US Army / Aaron Hostutler)
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