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12 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Hobbled, once-grand railways reflect Pakistan’s decline

Railway workers attempt to fix tracks in Lahore. In its heyday, train travel in Pakistan was an elegant, popular mode of travel for the wealthy and working classes alike.

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Yesterday | The Cyprus Weekly

Mosque bombs kill 10 PESHAWAR - Police say bombings at two mosques in northwest Pakistan have...

Police say bombings at two mosques in northwest Pakistan have killed at least 10 people.

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Yesterday | PakTribune

Taliban kill two soldiers in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Taliban militants ambushed a military convoy late Thursday in Pakistan's troubled northwestern city of Peshawar, killing two soldiers, security officials said.

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Fri May 17, 2013

BBC News

Why Afghans are wary of Sharif

Nawaz Sharif's victory in Pakistan's general elections is being seen with some alarm in Afghanistan, where some fear it may mean more instability.

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Pakistan Christian Post

PCC nominates Jan Masih as President of Peshawar city

Karachi: May 16, 2013. The Central Executive Cuncil of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC have approved nomination of Jan Masih as President of PCC-Peshawar in a meeting here today.

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BBC News

Deadly bombs at Pakistan mosques

He told the BBC that 15 of the injured were in a critical condition and being taken to hospitals in Mardan and Peshawar.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Nation

Two Nato drivers shot dead in KPK

A driver was killed when unidentified militants opened fire at a NATO supply tanker in Gariza area of Jamrud tehsil, sub-division of Khyber tribal region, on Thursday, official sources said.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Khan's party to lead govt in Pakistan's terror-hit NW

The party of Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan on Thursday said it would lead a coalition government in the terror-hit northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Wed May 15, 2013

The Nation

Repolling in NA-40, NA-36, PK-13 demanded

Rejecting election results, PML-N candidate on NA-40 North Waziristan Agency, Naek Amal Khan, has demanded re-polling in the presence of Army.Speaking at a news conference here at press club on Wednesday, Naek claimed that polling was not held in a free, fair and transparent manner.

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PakTribune

'Free and fair' election bubble begins to burst

ISLAMABAD: Just two days after the much-trumpeted 'free and fair' general election, widespread allegations of rigging in the polling process have raised many an eyebrow, putting the credibility of whole the exercise at stake.

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Weekday Magazine

Khan's Party Plans Taliban Talks In Northwest Province

Pakistan's neighbors and global powers have welcomed Nawaz Sharif's victory in the country's May 11 general elections, in the hope that he will stabilize the country and change its external outlook.

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Tue May 14, 2013

PakTribune

JUI-F refuses to accept PTI's mandate in KP ...

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema e Islam-Fazl Chief, Fazlur Rehman has refused to accept the mandate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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The Daily Beast

Mohammad Sajjad/APPakistan's Comeback KidFormer prime minister Nawaz...

Sharif, Pakistan's former prime minister, once faced possible execution. Now he will return to the nation's highest office.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Bloomberg

Sharif to Appoint Dar Pakistan's Finance Minister Ahead of National Budget

Nawaz Sharif , whose party gained most seats in Pakistan's May 11 election and is set to form the next government, plans to name Mohammad Ishaq Dar as finance minister, ahead of a national budget in June.

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Inter Press Service

Giving Paraplegic Women a New Lease on Life

Not only did the mishap leave Shada widowed at the relatively young age of 37, she also sustained an injury to her back that immobilised her.

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Daily Mail

Car bomb kills at least six and injures scores more after a bloody...

A car bomb killed at least six people and wounded over 50 others after exploding outside a police chief's house in Pakistan.

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Voice of America

Memorial to Fallen Journalists Rededicated

VOA reporter Mukarram Khan Aatif shown in northwest Pakistan in January 2012. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for killing Aatif in a mosque in Shabqadar, some 35 kilometers from Peshawar.

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Counterpunch

Stopping the Drones

NEW DIGITAL COUNTERPUNCH: Rob Urie on THE FAILURE OF LIBERAL ECONOMIC TINKERING; and Eric Draitser on THE NEW POWER STRUGGLE IN IRAQ.

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Newkerala.com

Nawaz Sharif leads Pakistan polls

Islamabad, May 11 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared to lead ahead of his opponents as counting of votes began in the country's election on Saturday.

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Sun May 12, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Asia in Pictures

A burqa-clad woman voted at a polling station in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Saturday.

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