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Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister and head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif, celebrate with fireworks the victory of their party a day after landmark general elections, in Lahore, on May 12, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Arif Ali Topshots

Sharif poised to form government after Pakistan poll

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 13, 2013 | World

Islamabad, Reuters—Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile economy. Sharif may not...

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Pakistani soldiers stand guard in front of a long queue of internally displaced people voters awaiting their turn to cast their votes outside a polling station in Pakistan’s largest refugee camp, Jalozai, some 35 kms outside Peshawar on May 11, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / A. MAJEED)

Bomb blasts cast shadow over Pakistan’s milestone election

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 11, 2013 | World

Islamabad, Reuters—A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan’s general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country’s democracy. The poll, in which some 86 million people are...

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French President Francois Hollande attends the economic forum with French and Moroccan business leaders at a hotel in Rabat April 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal)

France’s Hollande in Dire Straits

by Michel Abu Najm | May 4, 2013 | World

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Francois Hollande would not be president of France if the elections were to take place today, a recent poll has revealed. A poll conducted by CSA for BFMTV released this week suggests that not only would President Hollande not be elected if the...

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Pakistani police commandos stand guard outside the residence of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf after a court ordered for his arrest in Islamabad on April 18, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Aamir Qureshi

Pakistan’s Musharraf Flees Court as Judges Order his Arrest

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 18, 2013 | World

Islamabad, Reuters–Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was forced to flee a courtroom on Thursday moments after judges ordered his arrest, dealing a fresh blow to his fast-fading hopes of reviving his political career at next month’s general elections....

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A poster of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on a pole in a neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, April 5, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen

Aide: Pakistan’s Musharraf Can Run for Parliament

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2013 | World

Islamabad, AP—A close aide to Pakistan’s former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf says elections officials have approved his candidacy for parliament in a remote northern district after it was rejected in two other parts of the country. Rashid Qureshi said...