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Pakistan's Musharraf Can Run for Parliament - ABC News Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:57:58 GMT

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Pakistan's Musharraf Can Run for Parliament ABC News Pakistan's former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf was given approval Sunday to run for parliament next month, a victory for him in what has otherwise been a bumpy return to the country after more than four years in self-imposed exile. Musharraf ... Musharraf cleared to run in Pakistan electionAljazeera.com Pakistan approves Musharraf election candidacy bidBBC News Top Pakistan court to hear Musharraf treason petitionGlobalPost Fox News all 139 news articles »

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Giving voice to Pakistan's 'voiceless': Housewife becomes first female ... - NBCNews.com (blog) Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:52:36 GMT

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Giving voice to Pakistan's 'voiceless': Housewife becomes first female ... NBCNews.com (blog) By Mushtaq Yusufzai, Producer, NBC News. PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A housewife in Pakistan's tribal belt has made history by becoming the first woman from the restive and conservative region to run for office. “The women in the Federally Administered ... and more »

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Why Pakistan's Mohammed Ali Jinnah Was No Nelson Mandela - Daily Beast Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:47:26 GMT

The News International

Why Pakistan's Mohammed Ali Jinnah Was No Nelson Mandela Daily Beast Rafia Zakaria is one of Pakistan's most readable columnists. She's writing a book on Karachi, the port city to the south that, having once served as Pakistan's first capital, is now paralysed by sectarian bloodletting. Anyone with an interest in ... COMMENT: Ideology of Pakistan —Yasser Latif HamdaniPakistan Daily Times Stifling Jinnah's PakistanThe News International all 6 news articles »

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Pakistan: chequered progress - The Guardian (blog) Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:52:14 GMT

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Pakistan: chequered progress The Guardian (blog) Take the long view, and there is progress to be found in the fact that elections are taking place in Pakistan on 11 May. It will be the first transfer of power from one democratically elected civilian government to another in the 65-year history of the ... Pakistan's rulers have undermined democracygulfnews.com EDITORIAL: The monster is back with a vengeancePakistan Daily Times Pakistan's hour of reckoningThe New Indian Express all 15 news articles »

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The secret kill deal that began CIA's Pakistan drone war - Salon Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:25:36 GMT

Salon

The secret kill deal that began CIA's Pakistan drone war Salon The first target of a CIA drone strike in Pakistan was not a top al-Qaida operative. Rather, as noted in the New York Times this weekend, a Pakistani ally of the Taliban who led a tribal rebellion and was marked by Pakistan as an enemy of the state ... 'US drone hits in Pakistan followed deal'Press TV Terror camps spared in Pakistan-US drone dealHindustan Times A Secret Deal on Drones, Sealed in BloodNew York Times Slate Magazine (blog) -The News International -Daily Beast all 34 news articles »

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Pakistan election authority allows ex-president Musharraf to run for parliament - Washington Post Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:12:34 GMT

Pakistan election authority allows ex-president Musharraf to run for parliament Washington Post ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf was given approval Sunday to run for parliament next month, a victory for him in what has otherwise been a bumpy return to the country after more than four years in self-imposed exile.

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Dodgy Burmese courts hurt Pakistan - Fox Sports Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:16:07 GMT

DAWN.com (blog)

Dodgy Burmese courts hurt Pakistan Fox Sports Pakistan said it would protest to tennis authorities over a referee's decision to award a Davis Cup tie to New Zealand because of an unplayable court surface at a neutral venue. The Asia Oceania group II tie was played in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) after ... Tennis-Pakistan complain after Davis Cup disqualificationYahoo! News Pakistan shocked as Davis Cup tie “gifted” to New ZealandDAWN.com (blog) Pakistan to appeal NZ Davis Cup win3News NZ Stuff.co.nz -Radio Sport -Taipei Times all 34 news articles »

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Judges 'take turn for the weird' in Pakistan - The Japan Times Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:16:58 GMT

Montreal Gazette

Judges 'take turn for the weird' in Pakistan The Japan Times ISLAMABAD – Aslam Khan Khattak passed his first — and perhaps most curious — test this week in his quest to become a member of Pakistan's Parliament: He correctly named the first person to walk on the moon. The question was posed to Khattak by ... EDITORIAL: A cauldron of confusionPakistan Daily Times all 5 news articles »

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Asylum-seeker left behind infant in Pakistan - Times of India Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:37:38 GMT

Asylum-seeker left behind infant in Pakistan Times of India NEW DELHI: Bharti gave birth to a baby boy three days before she was to take a train to India. Her family, natives of Hyderabad in Pakistan, failed to arrange for the infant's passport in the short time before the journey. On March 10, Bharti left the ...

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Pakistan a fake country, will reunite with India one day: Markandey Katju - Daily News & Analysis Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:52:10 GMT

Daily News & Analysis

Pakistan a fake country, will reunite with India one day: Markandey Katju Daily News & Analysis Pakistan is "a fake country", and one day will reunite with India along with Bangladesh, Press Council of India chairperson Justice (Retd) Markandey Katju said in Hyderabad on Sunday. He also said that whereas today an overwhelming majority of Hindus ...