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In this Monday, May 13, 2013, photo, former prime minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N party, Nawaz Sharif, gestures while speaking to members of the media at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo)

Pakistan’s Sharif free to rule without unwieldy coalition

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2013 | World

Islamabad, Reuters—Pakistan prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif won enough seats in Saturday’s parliamentary election that he will not need to form a coalition with other major parties to push through badly needed reforms, final figures showed on Thursday....

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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...