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Extremists Pursue Mainstream in Pakistan Election - New York Times Mon, 06 May 2013 00:38:01 GMT

New York Times
Extremists Pursue Mainstream in Pakistan Election
New York Times
As election fever grips Pakistan this week, Sunni extremist groups are making a bold venture into the democratic process, offering a political face to a movement that, at its militant end, has carried out attacks on minority Shiites that have resulted ...

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Women in Pakistan town can't vote. Why? Because men say so - USA Today - USA TODAY Sun, 05 May 2013 20:59:39 GMT

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Women in Pakistan town can't vote. Why? Because men say so - USA Today
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Mateela is one of 564 out of the 64,000 polling districts across Pakistan where not a single woman voted in the country's 2008 election. The men from this village of roughly 9,000 people got together with other nearby communities to decide that their ...
In Pakistan town, men have spoken: No women vote - Philly.comPhilly.com
In Pakistan town, men have spoken: No women voteThe Idaho Statesman

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Women in Pakistan face opposition in fight for voting rights - Fox News Sun, 05 May 2013 16:31:26 GMT

Women in Pakistan face opposition in fight for voting rights
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Mateela is one of 564 out of the 64,000 polling districts across Pakistan where not a single woman voted in the country's 2008 election. The men from this village of roughly 9,000 people got together with other nearby communities to decide that their ...

Pakistan elections: On the campaign trail with Nawaz Sharif - BBC News Mon, 06 May 2013 00:17:27 GMT

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Pakistan elections: On the campaign trail with Nawaz Sharif
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Nawaz Sharif takes to the rostrum at the election rally in Sargodha, in Punjab. A group of supporters frantically wave green hats adorned with the crescent-and-star logo of his PML-N party, urging him to wear one. In a symbolic gesture, the former ...
Sharif says Pakistan should reconsider support for US war on terrorReuters
Nawaz Sharif says Pakistan should reconsider support for US war on terrorReuters India
Pakistan must review support to US terror war, says NawazThe News International
The Express Tribune -Geo News, Pakistan -DAWN.com
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Fear stalks Pakistan's election candidates - BBC News Sat, 04 May 2013 07:38:52 GMT

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Fear stalks Pakistan's election candidates
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In Pakistan a political candidate has been killed in a shooting in the Southern port city of Karachi, together with his young son. It is the latest incident of election-related violence, which has claimed more than 70 lives in the past month. The ...
Pakistan's women face battle for the right to voteThe Guardian

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New US representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan is critic of Biden on war - Washington Post Fri, 03 May 2013 22:04:05 GMT

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New US representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan is critic of Biden on war
Washington Post
The White House has named James Dobbins, a veteran diplomat, as its new special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. In late 2010, as debate raged within and without the Obama administration on what strategy the U.S. should pursue in the war in ...
Obama to tap veteran envoy for Afghan-Pakistan postBoston Globe
Veteran US diplomat appointed new special envoy to Afghanistan, PakistanChristian Science Monitor
Special Representative for Afghanistan and PakistanUS Department of State (press release)
PBS NewsHour -Wall Street Journal (blog)
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Baloch nationalists fight Pakistan at polls - Aljazeera.com Sun, 05 May 2013 12:27:10 GMT

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Baloch nationalists fight Pakistan at polls
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Quetta, Pakistan - As in most other parts of the country, the Pakistani government - both national and provincial - has been lambasted for failing to deliver basic governance and services to the people of Balochistan. In this province, however ...

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Pakistan elections: why feudal ties no longer bind for voters - The Guardian Sun, 05 May 2013 12:58:47 GMT

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Pakistan elections: why feudal ties no longer bind for voters
The Guardian
For many years, like many other Pakistani aristocrats or "feudals" as they are known locally, Shahabuddin could simply rely on his name and status to bring in votes. The southern Punjab – one of the most impoverished parts of south Asia – has been run ...

8 Pakistani soldiers and police killed in violence - MiamiHerald.com Sun, 05 May 2013 19:14:09 GMT

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8 Pakistani soldiers and police killed in violence
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Military operations and insurgent attacks in lawless districts of Pakistan left eight members of the security forces and around 30 militants and criminal suspects dead on Sunday, officials said. Two soldiers and 16 ...
Violent clashes kill 18 in northwest PakistanPress TV
Pakistan troops kill 16 militantsNEWS.com.au
3 soldiers, 22 militants killed in clashes in PakistanDaily News & Analysis
The San Luis Obispo Tribune -Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Song Critical of Pakistani Generals Is Blocked Online, With No Official ... - New York Times (blog) Sun, 05 May 2013 01:49:46 GMT

Song Critical of Pakistani Generals Is Blocked Online, With No Official ...
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Song Critical of Pakistani Generals Is Blocked Online, With No Official Explanation. By SALMAN MASOOD. Published: May 4, 2013. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani band with a reputation for satirizing the country's military may have finally gone too far.

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