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Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing

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ISLAMABAD - An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general elections.

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Gunmen kill senior woman member of Pakistani party led by Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD - Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties.

18 May 2013

Pakistan's Sharif free to rule without unwieldy coalition

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif won enough seats in Saturday's parliamentary election that he won't need to form a coalition with other major parties to push through badly needed reforms, final figures showed on Thursday.

16 May 2013

Pakistan's Sharif seeks to ease mistrust with India

LAHORE, Pakistan - Nawaz Sharif, poised to become prime minister for a third time after a decisive victory in Pakistan's election, said on Monday the mistrust that has long dogged relations with India must be tackled. | Video

14 May 2013

Pakistan's Sharif seeks to ease mistrust with India

LAHORE, Pakistan - Nawaz Sharif, poised to become prime minister for a third time after a decisive victory in Pakistan's election, said on Monday the mistrust that has long dogged relations with India must be tackled.

13 May 2013

Sharif poised to form government after Pakistan poll

ISLAMABAD - Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile economy.

13 May 2013

Pakistan's Sharif seeks to ease mistrust with India

LAHORE, Pakistan - Nawaz Sharif, who is poised for victory after Pakistan's May 11 election, said he had spoken at length with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of rival India and would work to ease mistrust.

13 May 2013

Pakistan's Sharif picks Dar as finance minister to revive economy

KARACHI - Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has picked senator Ishaq Dar as his finance minister in the new cabinet that he is putting together after leading his party back to power, a party spokesman said on Monday.

13 May 2013

China premier to visit India, Pakistan on first foreign trip

BEIJING - New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit India and Pakistan on his first foreign trip since assuming office, on a week-long overseas foray that will also take in Switzerland and Germany, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

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Sharif poised to form government after Pakistan poll

ISLAMABAD - Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile economy. | Video

12 May 2013

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Paramilitary forces investigate at the site of a suicide bomb blast in Charsadda, northwest Pakistan May 13, 2011. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
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Pakistan's Taliban: who are they?

Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for a double bomb attack on a paramilitary force academy in the town of Charsadda that killed 80 people, saying it was their first revenge strike for the killing of Osama bin Laden on May 2.  Video | Full Article 

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