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<title>Sharif to stay close to Pakistan generals</title>
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<description>Although an army general has not run the country since Musharraf’s departure, the armed forces maintain a grip on policy, Victor Mallet writes</description>
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<title>Sharif seals third term as Pakistan PM</title>
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<description>Former leader ousted in military coup wins poll that also marks the first time one democratically elected government has replaced another</description>
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<title>Sharif prepares for victory in Pakistan poll</title>
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<description>As results trickle in, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz looks close to achieving a parliamentary majority without the need for coalition allies</description>
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<description>As Nawaz Sharif prepares to lead Pakistan, he is being pressed by the military and civilians to curb violence and restore the economy</description>
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<description>Former cricketer shows he remains a force to be reckoned with despite the absence of the political tsunami his supporters anticipated</description>
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<title>Pakistan votes in historic election</title>
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<description>Voters across the nation of 180m say they want an end to corruption, economic growth and regular electricity supplies</description>
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<title>Pakistan mosques echo Taliban message</title>
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<description>Religious hardliners say fragile democracy is un-Islamic and while some reject going to the polls, others plan to vote to change system from within</description>
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<title>Khan enjoys late surge in Pakistan polls</title>
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<description>Failure of frontrunner to emerge raises prospect of weak administration, clouding optimism over country’s first transition between civilian governments</description>
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<title>Pakistan’s last shot at staying democratic</title>
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<description>The goal of improving the nation’s miserable economic situation will entail radical reform, particularly the need to increase tax collection</description>
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<description>Ali Haider Gilani was seized during an attack on a political rally in Multan, the latest in a series of violent assaults ahead of Saturday’s elections</description>
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<title>Dynasty’s end in sight as Bhutto family loses its grip</title>
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<description>PPP’s feeble campaigning elsewhere and Imran Khan’s resurgence have prompted some forecasters to put the PPP in third place nationwide</description>
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<title>Bangladesh Islamist sentenced to death</title>
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<description>The conviction of a fourth Islamist in relation to alleged genocide during the 1971 independence war has stoked fears of fresh unrest</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 09:20:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Khan to campaign from hospital bed</title>
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<description>The former cricket star turned politician will make a live video address despite his injuries as Pakistan prepares to go to the polls on Saturday</description>
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<title>Big challenges for Pakistan poll winner</title>
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<description>Power cuts of up to 20 hours a day in some cities cost Pakistan 3-4 per cent of GDP a year, economists say, contributing to a sharp fall in investment</description>
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<title>Khan expected to recover fully from fall</title>
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<description>Cricketer turned politician to miss campaign for Pakistan general election after fracturing four bones during a fall at a political rally</description>
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<description>Imran Khan hurt in a fall at an election rally, four days before a historic vote that will mark Pakistan’s first democratic transfer of power</description>
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<description>The former prime minister says he will confront the country’s ‘gigantic’ terror problem if his party wins this week’s general election</description>
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<description>Gunmen fired at Chaudhry Zulfikar, the government’s lead prosecutor in several high-profile cases, as he drove to court in the capital Islamabad</description>
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