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Explained: What's Next In Pakistan Election Deadlock
Pakistan's national election ended with no party winning a majority in parliament, in polls marred by militant violence, political turmoil and questions of transparency.
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UN Rights Body "Disturbed" By Harassment Of Imran Khan's Aides Ahead Of Pak Polls
Imran Khan on Tuesday received unexpected international support ahead of Thursday's general elections when the UN human rights body deplored "all acts of violence against political parties and candidates."
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Forces On Alert In Pak's Sindh, Balochistan After Violence Ahead Of Polls
A surge in attacks targeting contesting candidates and offices of the election commission in Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan provinces has prompted increased deployment of security forces.
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Blast Outside Poll Body Office In Balochistan Ahead Of Pak Polls: Report
With the Pakistan Elections drawing near, explosions and violence have become prevalent in the last few days, as another bomb blast reportedly took place outside Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) office in Balochistanon Sunday, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan Polls To Take Place On February 8 Despite Spike In Violence
Pakistan's elections will go ahead as planned, the interior minister said Thursday, after the country's vote body held a meeting with government and intelligence officials to discuss a spike in violence.
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Fearing Poll Violence, Officials Arrange 1,000 Kafan In Pak's Peshawar
Security in Pakistan has been heightened because of the general elections. Around eight lakh law enforcement and army personnel have been deployed across the country to ensure safe polling.
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Rahul Gandhi's intention was not to malign any community: Jairam Ramesh on ISI remarks
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's remark that Muslim youth were wooed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was not meant to malign any community.
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Why minorities in Pakistan have no faith in democracy
In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under Pakistan's democratically elected government because of the growing violence of Islamic radicals, who are then courted by political parties, say many in the country's communities of Shiite Muslims, Christi...
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Pakistan bomb attacks kill one, injure 19: officials
Twin bomb explosions on Saturday killed one person and wounded 19 others in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, police and hospital officials said, the latest violence ahead of polls next month.
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Bomb blast destroys election office in Pakistan before historic polls
A bomb blast has destroyed an election office in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said on Saturday, the latest violence ahead of historic polls next month.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan eye US vote with foreboding
The US election is a side-show on the frontline of the war on terror where Afghans feel abandoned by Washington's looming troop withdrawal, which some in Pakistan fear could cause more violence and instability in their country regardless of who secures the White House.
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Explained: What's Next In Pakistan Election Deadlock
Pakistan's national election ended with no party winning a majority in parliament, in polls marred by militant violence, political turmoil and questions of transparency.
-
UN Rights Body "Disturbed" By Harassment Of Imran Khan's Aides Ahead Of Pak Polls
Imran Khan on Tuesday received unexpected international support ahead of Thursday's general elections when the UN human rights body deplored "all acts of violence against political parties and candidates."
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Forces On Alert In Pak's Sindh, Balochistan After Violence Ahead Of Polls
A surge in attacks targeting contesting candidates and offices of the election commission in Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan provinces has prompted increased deployment of security forces.
-
Blast Outside Poll Body Office In Balochistan Ahead Of Pak Polls: Report
With the Pakistan Elections drawing near, explosions and violence have become prevalent in the last few days, as another bomb blast reportedly took place outside Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) office in Balochistanon Sunday, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan Polls To Take Place On February 8 Despite Spike In Violence
Pakistan's elections will go ahead as planned, the interior minister said Thursday, after the country's vote body held a meeting with government and intelligence officials to discuss a spike in violence.
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Fearing Poll Violence, Officials Arrange 1,000 Kafan In Pak's Peshawar
Security in Pakistan has been heightened because of the general elections. Around eight lakh law enforcement and army personnel have been deployed across the country to ensure safe polling.
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Rahul Gandhi's intention was not to malign any community: Jairam Ramesh on ISI remarks
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's remark that Muslim youth were wooed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was not meant to malign any community.
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Why minorities in Pakistan have no faith in democracy
In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under Pakistan's democratically elected government because of the growing violence of Islamic radicals, who are then courted by political parties, say many in the country's communities of Shiite Muslims, Christi...
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Pakistan bomb attacks kill one, injure 19: officials
Twin bomb explosions on Saturday killed one person and wounded 19 others in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, police and hospital officials said, the latest violence ahead of polls next month.
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Bomb blast destroys election office in Pakistan before historic polls
A bomb blast has destroyed an election office in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said on Saturday, the latest violence ahead of historic polls next month.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan eye US vote with foreboding
The US election is a side-show on the frontline of the war on terror where Afghans feel abandoned by Washington's looming troop withdrawal, which some in Pakistan fear could cause more violence and instability in their country regardless of who secures the White House.
