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Pakistan’s incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif speaks to journalists at his farm house in Raiwind on the outskirts of Lahore on May 13, 2013. Source: AFP Photos/Roberto Schmidt

Pakistan vote count shows big Sharif win

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 14, 2013 | World

Islamabad, AP—The vote count from last weekend’s nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party. Figures released by the country’s election commission, based on 254 of the 269 races...

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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...