Source: The Hindu
ISLAMABAD: A unanimous resolution adopted by Pakistan’s Parliament on dealing with terrorism and militancy has called for an “urgent review” of the national security strategy based on an “independent foreign policy” and stressed the need for dialogue.
The resolution was adopted on Wednesday night after two weeks of in-camera sittings, which included a briefing […]

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Source: New York Times
An election tribunal in Lahore accepted the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, paving the way for him to run in legislative elections on June 18. Mr. Sharif’s papers had been rejected during the general elections in February. His party, Pakistan Muslim League-N, pulled out of cabinet ministries this week […]

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Source: Bloomberg
By Khalid Qayum and Paul Tighe
May 8 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s Election Commission set June 26 as the date for holding by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary seats after the government criticized a delay in staging the ballots that were scheduled originally in April.
The commission announced the revised date after saying two days ago that voting […]

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Source: Los Angeles Times
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif plans to run in June for Pakistan’s parliament, an aide said today, a move that could increase the pressure on the country’s U.S.-backed president.
Sharif may be joined in the National Assembly by Asif Ali Zardari, the widower and political successor of Benazir Bhutto. A […]

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Source: Howrah
By SHAFQAT ALI
Islamabad, April 12: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has a “very limited” political role for the future, a top cleric said. National Assembly member Maulana Fazlur Rahman said that President Musharraf is standing on frail grounds “but until now his impeachment is not under consideration”.
Talking to this newspaper, Mr Rahman, whose Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam […]

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Source: The Statesman
Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, March 17: Pakistan inaugurated a new parliament today dominated by opponents of President Pervez Musharraf who have vowed to crimp his powers and review his US-backed policies against Al Qaida and the Taliban.
At stake is the future course and political stability of the nuclear-armed nation of 160 million people, which is […]

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The national and provincial elections have been successfully held in Pakistan on 18th February 2008 and the elections have been duly notified by the Election Commission.
The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian and the Nawaz Muslim League have come out as the two biggest winners in the Centre while a different party has taken the lead in […]

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Source: Bloomberg
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s opposition leaders, said their parties have a majority of newly elected members in Parliament after this month’s ballot and will form a government to restore democracy.
“The nation has given its verdict,” Sharif, who leads the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, said at a […]

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Source: The Age
THIS week’s election leaves President Pervez Musharraf at his most vulnerable since seizing power in a 1999 coup, but continuing returns and haggling over Pakistan’s new government showed his opponents are likely to fall short of the numbers needed to impeach him.
The Pakistan People’s Party, which won the most seats, said it would […]

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Source: Chron
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s ruling party conceded defeat today after opposition parties routed allies of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections that could threaten the rule of America’s close ally in the war on terror.
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, told AP Television News that “we accept the results with an […]

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Source: Associated Press
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Sen. Joseph Biden urged Pakistani authorities to ensure that Monday’s parliamentary election is free and fair, warning that the country could face greater instability if the vote is rigged.
“Without an open election that gains the confidence of the vast majority of the middle class here there will be great […]

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Source: Bloomberg
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — Pakistani voters decide today whether to empower a new parliament to challenge President Pervez Musharraf’s military-backed rule.
His opponents, poised to win a majority, may try to impeach him if they win the required two-thirds of seats. Power sharing is likely if they fall short of that threshold.
“The national mood clearly […]

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Source: Canada
Fears of vote rigging abound
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan’s 80 million voters appear set to hand President Pervez Musharraf’s party a devastating defeat in parliamentary elections Monday, but guessing what the declared outcome might be is not easy.
Most of the electorate is certain that widespread vote fraud will favour the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q, triggering […]

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Source: CNN
(CNN) — – Support from Pakistanis for al Qaeda and the Taliban has plummeted in Pakistan, and so has their confidence in the current government, according to two recently released nationwide polls.
The separate polls were conducted by two U.S.-based organizations, the International Republican Institute and Terror Free Tomorrow.
They were released a week before Pakistanis […]

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