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Afghanistan, India, China, the Gulf press in
The power behind the throne
by Ashraf Khan
In June 2013, for the first time in 68 years of independence, an elected government handed power over to another elected government in Pakistan: until then, each period of democratic rule had ended with a military coup. Nawaz Sharif, prime minister since this latest election, knew this only too (...)
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