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Key facts about the May 11 Pakistani election
Some key facts about the May 11 Pakistani election: — Candidates for National Assembly: 4,670 — Candidates for Provincial Assemblies: 10,955 — Seats: ...
A look at the major issues ahead of Pakistani vote
National elections come at a time of widespread despair in Pakistan, as the country suffers from faltering economic growth, worsening energy shortages ...
Pakistanis head to polls in unpredictable election
Despite a bloody campaign marred by Taliban attacks, Pakistan was holding historic elections Saturday pitting a former cricket star against a two-time ...
Death toll in Pakistan building fire rises to 22
Police in Pakistan say the death toll from a building fire in the eastern city of Lahore has climbed to 22, after rescue workers recovered 17 bodies.
Bosnia detains retired Pakistani general
Bosnian authorities say they have detained a retired Pakistani general who is accused of corruption in his home country. Mirela Znaor, the head of the ...
Abduction, attacks mar run-up to Pakistan election
An especially violent spate of killings, kidnappings and bombings marred the run-up to Pakistan's nationwide election, capped Thursday by the ...
Karzai says US can have 9 Afghan bases after 2014
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that ...
Pakistan: 5 plunge to death from burning building
Police say five people have plunged to their deaths trying to escape a burning government building in eastern Pakistan. Police officer Maruf Wahla ...
Hard-line Islamists to make gains in Pakistan vote
The imposing, black-bearded politician in a striking white turban takes the stage at a campaign rally in northwest Pakistan as a song about Islamic ...
Pakistan's ruling party struggles in election
The campaign posters for the Pakistan People's Party show both why it has been so popular for so long and why it's in trouble ahead of this Saturday's ...
Pakistan's Imran Khan has 3 fractured vertebrae
Prominent Pakistani politician Imran Khan is expected to make a full recovery despite fracturing three vertebrae and a rib in a dramatic fall at a ...
Pakistani government to ban air conditioners
Pakistan's prime minister has decided to ban the use of air conditioners by government offices to help cope with the country's pervasive energy ...
China and India's rivalry extends to the Arctic
While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants ...
Bombing connected to election kill 18 in Pakistan
Three bombings in northwest Pakistan targeting individuals involved in this week's national elections killed 18 people, police said, pushing the death ...
Leading Pakistan politician falls, injures skull
One of Pakistan's most prominent politicians, former cricket star Imran Khan, fell at a political rally Tuesday, leaving him with two hairline skull ...
Pakistan warns Afghanistan to show restraint
Pakistan warned Afghanistan on Tuesday that it would not be responsible for the consequences if a border spat between the two countries escalated ...
Pakistan's minorities have no faith in democracy
In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under ...
Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses
Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed ...
Violent separatists seek to derail Pakistan vote
The graffiti on walls around this Pakistani provincial capital hold a dire warning ahead of this weekend's national elections, "Voting means death.
Bomb at Pakistan Islamist party rally kills 16
A bomb blast tore through a political rally held by an Islamist party in northwest Pakistan Monday, in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that ...
Afghans file protest with Pakistan over border
Afghanistan filed an official protest with Pakistan after its forces allegedly came under fire early Monday along a contested stretch of their border.
Aerosmith drops Indonesia show over security fears
Aerosmith canceled a show in Indonesia after authorities there said they had foiled a bomb plot targeting the Myanmar Embassy. Concert promoter Ismaya ...
In Pakistan town, men have spoken: No women vote
For decades, not a single woman in this dusty Pakistani village surrounded by wheat fields and orange trees has voted. And they aren't likely to in ...
8 Pakistani soldiers and police killed in violence
Military operations and insurgent attacks in lawless districts of Pakistan left eight members of the security forces and around 30 militants and ...
7 American service members killed in Afghanistan
Seven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops ...