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In Pakistan, clamor for change propels 2 parties
CHINIOT, Pakistan — Even from his hospital bed, with a gash in his head and three broken vertebrae from a 15-foot fall, Imran Khan stumped for votes. "I have done whatever I could do," Khan told the nation as a Pakistani television crew...
Tags: Government, Elections, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Asif Ali Zardari, Taliban
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Injured Pakistani politician Imran Khan may end campaigning
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Imran Khan, the former cricket star who heads up one of the leading parties in national elections set for Saturday, suffered three fractured vertebrae and a broken rib in a fall in the eastern city of Lahore this week and probably...
Tags: Fractured Rib, Government, Elections, Asif Ali Zardari, Politics
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Obama's drone limits may bolster ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Obama's commitment to scaling back the use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists could pave the way for improved relations between the United States and Pakistan, analysts and political leaders said...
Tags: National Government, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Taliban
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The Week Ahead: Iran and Pakistan on the stump, Mubarak on trial
D-Day for Iranian presidential race Tuesday, May 7 -- So many candidates, so few promising real change. More than a dozen Iranian lawmakers, former Cabinet ministers, revolutionary guardsmen and allies of Islamic leaders have thrown in their hats...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Taliban, Hosni Mubarak, Pakistan, Elections
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Pervez Musharraf flees after Pakistan court orders his arrest
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An Islamabad court Thursday ordered the arrest of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on charges of illegally detaining dozens of judges while in power, but the former dictator slipped away when Pakistani commandos assigned to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Parliament, Judges, Islamabad (Pakistan), Human Rights
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Pakistani court disqualifies Musharraf from parliament elections
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani court on Tuesday barred former President Pervez Musharraf from running in next month’s parliament elections, derailing the onetime general’s bid for an unlikely political comeback in the country he ruled...
Tags: Government, Political Corruption, Elections, Asif Ali Zardari, Parliament
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Reforms inch along in Pakistan
Pakistan is beset by a torrent of maladies. Its government is bankrupt. Its economy is mired in stagflation as the population booms. Terrorists strike all corners of the country. Civil conflict in its largest city, Karachi, has evolved from feuds...
Tags: Terrorism, Political Corruption, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Taliban, Parliament
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Survey: Young Pakistanis harbor doubts about future, democracy
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As Pakistan’s leading political parties ramp up their campaigns ahead of parliamentary elections in mid-May, they face a burgeoning youth electorate that has become deeply disillusioned with the country’s...
Tags: Government, Elections, Philosophy, Asif Ali Zardari, Parliament
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Musharraf tells supporters he has returned to save Pakistan
Los Angeles TimesKARACHI, Pakistan — As former military ruler Pervez Musharraf stepped off the plane at Karachi’s international airport Sunday, he returned to a very different nation from the one he was forced to leave in 2008 — one that has no...Tags: Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Parliament, Islamabad (Pakistan), Kabul (Afghanistan), Pakistan
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Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf returns to Pakistan
Los Angeles TimesKARACHI, Pakistan—Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf ended four years of self-imposed exile and returned to Pakistan on Sunday, hoping to craft a political comeback in upcoming parliamentary elections despite pending criminal cases awaiting...Tags: Government, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Elections, Asif Ali Zardari, Parliament
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Pakistan secular candidates campaign at their own risk
SHABQADAR, Pakistan — When Masoom Shah hits the campaign trail these days, he brings a 9-millimeter Glock pistol and a team of up to 50 bodyguards. Instead of appearing before large crowds, he meets small clusters of voters at guesthouses where...
Tags: Human Rights Watch, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Taliban, Parliament, Sports
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Pakistan government calls demands by protesters 'not possible'
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s embattled civilian leadership declared Wednesday it would not succumb to large anti-government protests, calling the demands made by demonstrators unrealistic because they require changes to the country’s...
Tags: Government, National Government, Political Corruption, Elections, Afghanistan
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