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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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Pakistani police officers examine the car of prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar which was targeted by gunmen in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo)

Pakistan’s Lead Prosecutor in Bhutto Case Killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 3, 2013 | World

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunmen killed Pakistan’s lead prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto as he drove to court in the capital on Friday, throwing the case that also involves former ruler Pervez Musharraf into...

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Pakistan’s former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives at an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, April 20, 2013 (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani Judge Orders Musharraf Held for 2 Weeks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 20, 2013 | World

Islamabad, Associated Press—Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Saturday was ordered held for two weeks until the next hearing in a case related to his 2007 decision to sack and detain several judges. After the judge’s order, Islamabad’s...