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		<title>Pakistan Repeats Vote in Karachi Despite Killing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(KARACHI, Pakistan) — Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan&#8217;s party. Khan blamed Zahra Shahid&#8217;s killing late Saturday night in Karachi on the Muttahida Quami Movement, the same party he accused of vote rigging in the May 11 election. The MQM denied the allegations. Gunmen shot Shahid in front of her home after they tried to snatch her purse and then sped away on a motorcycle, said police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz. The culprits made it look like a robbery, but it could have been a targeted killing, he said. (PHOTOS: Election Day in Pakistan: Defying Violence, Voters Make History) Shahid was vice president for Khan&#8217;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in surrounding Sindh province. Khan blamed the head of the MQM for the killing on Twitter, saying &#8220;I hold Altaf Hussain directly responsible for the murder as he had openly threatened PTI workers and leaders through public broadcasts.&#8221; Hussain is currently in self-imposed exile in London because of legal cases against him in Pakistan. Khan also blamed the British government, saying he had warned officials about Hussain&#8217;s threats against his party workers. The MQM, which is the strongest party in Karachi and has long controlled the city, has often been accused of using violence against its competitors. The party has boycotted the repeat polling being held Sunday for a national assembly seat and two provincial assembly seats. Turnout for the vote seemed light compared to the crowds that came out on May 11. The vote was being held at 43 polling stations in the NA-250 constituency under the protection of police and army soldiers. The big winner in the May 11 national election was the Pakistan Muslim League-N party, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, which looks set to form the next government. The party held off a strong challenge from Khan, whose criticism of the country&#8217;s traditional politicians energized the<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86859&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bombs at Mosques in Northwest Pakistan Kill 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(PESHAWAR, Pakistan) &#8212; Bombs exploded outside two mosques in a village in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 13 people, underlining the challenge of militant violence facing a new government led by Nawaz Sharif set to take power. The blasts at the two Sunni Muslim mosques also wounded 45 people, said tribal police officer Badshah Rehman. Both of the mosques were badly damaged, and the roof of one of them collapsed. The mosques were located in Baz Darrah village in the Malakand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Rehman said. Shahid Ali, who was in the first mosque that was attacked, said the explosion came just as worshippers were starting Friday prayers. &#8220;I rushed out with others and saw several people bleeding and crying,&#8221; Ali told The Associated Press by telephone. &#8220;There was dust and smoke around.&#8221; Ali rushed to the second mosque after it was attacked and saw that its roof had caved in and it was on fire. &#8220;Many people are buried under the rubble,&#8221; he said. Rescue workers were trying to retrieve the dead and wounded from the debris, Rehman said. No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, but suspicion will likely fall on the Pakistani Taliban. (PHOTOS: Election Day in Pakistan &#8212; Defying Violence, Voters Make History) The Sunni militant group has been waging a bloody insurgency against the government for years that has killed thousands of civilians and security personnel. The militants have attacked Sunni mosques in the past, perhaps because the worshippers did not follow their extremist brand of Islam. The Pakistani army has mounted multiple operations against the militants in the northwest, but they have proven resilient and continue to carry out near-daily attacks. The Taliban recently launched a series of attacks in the run-up to national elections on May 11 in an attempt to derail the vote. Pakistanis defied the militant group by coming out in large numbers to cast their ballots. Former Prime Minister Sharif&#8217;s Pakistan Muslim League-N Party was the big winner in the election and appears set to<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86798&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan Vote Count Shows Big Sharif Win</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / MUNIR AHMED</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(ISLAMABAD) &#8212; The vote count from last weekend&#8217;s nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif&#8217;s party. Figures released by the country&#8217;s election commission, based on 254 of the 269 races where the counting has been completed, show Sharif&#8217;s Pakistan Muslim League-N party will likely get a majority in the national assembly, setting him up to be prime minister for the third time. (MORE: Nawaz Sharif&#8217;s Return to Power Brings Pakistan&#8217;s Challenges in Focus) As the new-old premier, the 63-year-old Sharif, a devout Muslim and a populist, is expected to supplant President Asif Ali Zardari as the international face of a nuclear power whose increasing instability and Islamic militant havens are a global concern, especially at a time when the West is looking to end the war in neighboring Afghanistan. Sharif&#8217;s party so far has won 123 of the 254 directly elected national assembly seats, the commission spokesman Khursheed Alam said. The commission is still compiling results for 15 seats, and Alam said it hopes the remaining results will be released by Tuesday evening. Earlier reports from the election commission on Tuesday wrongly indicated that the count was over. There are 272 directly-elected seats in the lower house of parliament, but races for three seats were not held because a candidate had died. A new vote will be scheduled for those seats after alternative names are proposed. Independent candidates who normally join the party that forms the government won 25 seats. The combination would give Sharif&#8217;s party more than the 137 directly elected seats they need to have a majority. There are an additional 70 seats for women and minorities that are apportioned to the parties based on how well they do in the general election. The outgoing ruling Pakistan People&#8217;s Party won 31 seats. The party was battered by allegations of corruption and complaints that it did nothing to address power blackouts and inflation. Almost all of the seats that it did win were in the party&#8217;s stronghold of Sindh province.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86454&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan&#8217;s Sharif Sends Mixed Message to U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(RAIWIND, Pakistan) — Pakistan&#8217;s presumptive prime minister said Monday that he wants good relations with the United States but criticized American drone strikes on militants as a violation of the country&#8217;s sovereignty — perhaps hinting the government&#8217;s grudging compliance may change. A devout Muslim and a populist, Nawaz Sharif is expected to supplant President Asif Ali Zardari as the international face of Pakistan following his party&#8217;s resounding victory in Saturday&#8217;s election. He is set to rule over a nuclear power whose increasing instability and Islamic militant havens are a global concern, especially at a time when the West is looking to end the war in neighboring Afghanistan. The 63-year-old Sharif often hit out at the U.S. in statements while lobbying for votes, and he accused the outgoing government ruled by the Pakistan People&#8217;s Party of selling out the country&#8217;s sovereignty in exchange for U.S. aid. (More: On Pakistan’s Election Trail: Photographs by Massimo Berruti) However, analysts have cautioned that while such rhetoric sells on the campaign trail in a country where anti-American sentiment is high, Sharif is likely to take a more nuanced approach to U.S. relations once in office. Sharif reinforced that sense Monday with his first comments since the vote about how he viewed the relationship with the U.S. — a key issue since Washington relies on Islamabad for help in fighting Islamic militants and negotiating an end to the Afghan war. &#8220;I think we have good relations with the United States of America. We certainly have to listen to each other,&#8221; said Sharif. &#8220;If there are any concerns on any side, I think we should address those concerns.&#8221; Pakistan and the U.S. have had an extremely fraught relationship in recent years, especially following the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani army town in 2011. The U.S. didn&#8217;t tell Pakistan about the operation beforehand, and the government was outraged at the breach of its sovereignty. Even before the raid, the U.S. accused Pakistan of supporting Taliban militants who use the country&#8217;s rugged northwest tribal region<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86356&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nawaz Sharif&#8217;s Return to Power Brings Pakistan&#8217;s Challenges in Focus</title>
		<link>http://world.time.com/2013/05/12/nawaz-sharif-returns-to-power-as-pakistans-newly-elected-prime-minister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 15:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Waraich / Lahore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*This story was updated May 13, 2013 In 1999, Nawaz Sharif was overthrown in a military coup. His vanquisher, General Pervez Musharraf, was broadly welcomed in Pakistan, and later, by the international community. Sharif was first thrown in jail, and later dispatched into exile for seven years. In his absence, some claimed that Sharif&#8217;s party — and his political career — were finished. Now, in an astonishing turn of history, Sharif is set to become Pakistan&#8217;s Prime Minister for the third time, while his once powerful nemesis Musharraf is under arrest and possibly facing trial for alleged crimes to do with abuse of power. Sharif beat expectations, cruising toward a convincing victory that will allow his Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PMLN) party to control the national Parliament and hold a two-thirds majority in the provincial parliament of Punjab, Pakistan&#8217;s wealthiest and most populous province. As the results became apparent in the early hours of Sunday morning, Sharif supporters spilled out into the streets of Lahore, the capital of Punjab, cheering. Young men whizzed through the streets, their speed lending a flutter to party flags attached at the back. &#8220;Look, look who has come? The tiger has come, the tiger has come!&#8221; they chanted, referring to Sharif&#8217;s election symbol. If the elections could be boiled down to one issue, it was electricity. Throughout the country, voters listed a litany of their disappointments. They dreaded the near-daily terrorist attacks they suffer, not least during the campaign. At least 130 people were killed during the bloody election campaign, mainly supporters of Pakistan&#8217;s secular parties, in attacks on candidates, election rallies and campaign offices. Tales of greed also repulsed Pakistanis. All former ministers of President Asif Ali Zardari&#8217;s Pakistan People&#8217;s Party (PPP) were voted out in Punjab province. (PHOTOS: Election Day in Pakistan: Defying Violence, Voters Make History) But for many voters, their principal concern was the crippling power shortages they endure — sometimes for up to 20 hours a day — and the effect it has on the economy. Economists estimate that Pakistan&#8217;s energy<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86092&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan&#8217;s Sharif Headed for 3rd Term After Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(LAHORE, Pakistan) — Pakistan&#8217;s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif looked set Sunday to return to power for a third term, with an overwhelming election tally that just weeks ago seemed out of reach for a man who had been ousted by a coup and was exiled abroad before clawing his way back as an opposition leader. As unofficial returns continued to roll in Sunday, state TV estimates put Sharif close to the majority needed to govern outright. Even if he falls short of that threshold, independent candidates almost certain to swing to his favor would give Sharif&#8217;s Pakistan Muslim League-N a ruling majority. The margin of victory over the closest competitors — a party headed by former cricket star Imran Khan and the outgoing Pakistan People&#8217;s Party — gave Sharif&#8217;s party a clear mandate to guide the country of 180 million over the next five years. (PHOTOS: Election Day in Pakistan: Defying Violence, Voters Make History) &#8220;It&#8217;s clear that Nawaz Sharif will form the federal government,&#8221; said political analyst Mehdi Hasan. Supporters danced in the streets overnight in his hometown of Lahore, Pakistan&#8217;s second largest city and the provincial capital of Punjab province. Violence marred the vote in the southern port city of Karachi, the northwest and in the southwestern province of Baluchistan. At least 29 people died in election-related attacks, but people still came out in droves. Election officials said the turnout was close to 60 percent, easily eclipsing the 44 percent of voters who came to the polls in 2008. Sharif fended off a strong challenge from Khan&#8217;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. Khan, who led the country to victory in the 1992 cricket World Cup, had tapped into the frustrations of many Pakistani youths fed up with the country&#8217;s traditional politicians. But in the end, it was Sharif and the PML-N who emerged as the clear winners. The seat projections indicated that his party would have a much stronger grip on power than its predecessor. Supporters in Lahore said they hoped that would bring progress after the outgoing Pakistan People&#8217;s<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86090&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scenes from Pakistan&#8217;s Historic Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite violent attacks that left dozens dead, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers to vote in the country&#8217;s first democratic transfer of power. Related Content: Nawaz Sharif’s Return to Power Brings Pakistan’s Challenges in Focus<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86057&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan&#8217;s Sharif Declares Election Victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(ISLAMABAD) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, as unofficial, partial vote counts showed his party with an overwhelming lead. If his victory is confirmed, it would be a remarkable comeback for the 63-year-old Sharif, who has twice served as the country&#8217;s premier but was toppled in a military coup in 1999. He spent years in exile before returning to the country in 2007. His party weathered a strong campaign by former cricket star Imran Khan that energized Pakistan&#8217;s young people. Sharif expressed a desire to work with all parties to solve the country&#8217;s problems in a victory speech given to his supporters in the eastern city of Lahore as his lead in the national election became apparent based on unofficial, partial vote counts announced by local Pakistan state TV. (MORE: On Pakistan’s Election Trail, the Old Feudal Elites Struggle for Votes) The results indicated Sharif&#8217;s party has an overwhelming lead, but would fall short of winning a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats, meaning he would have to put together a ruling coalition. &#8220;I appeal to all to come sit with me at the table so that this nation can get rid of this curse of power cuts, inflation and unemployment,&#8221; Sharif said. Despite attacks against candidates, party workers and voters that killed 29 people Saturday, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers to elect the national and provincial assemblies. The high participation was a sign of Pakistanis&#8217; desire for change after years of hardship under the outgoing government, and it offered a sharp rebuke to Taliban militants and others who have tried to derail the election with attacks that have killed more than 150 people in recent weeks. &#8220;Our country is in big trouble,&#8221; said Mohammad Ali, a shopkeeper who voted in the eastern city of Lahore. &#8220;Our people are jobless. Our business is badly affected. We are dying every day.&#8221; The vote marked the first time a civilian government has completed its full five-year term and<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86067&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistanis Go to Polls as 24 Killed in Attacks</title>
		<link>http://world.time.com/2013/05/11/pakistanis-go-to-polls-as-16-killed-in-attacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 13:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(ISLAMABAD) — Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday, despite a string of attacks that killed 24 people, for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. The violence, which included blasts outside a political office in Karachi that left 10 dead, capped a bloody election season. More than 130 people have been killed in bombings and shootings over the campaign, prompting some to call this one of the deadliest votes in the country&#8217;s history. Despite the bloodshed, many see the election as a key step to solidify civilian rule in a country that has experienced three military coups. It marks the first time in Pakistan&#8217;s 65-year history that a civilian government has completed its full term and handed over power in democratic voting. Previous governments have been toppled by military coups or sacked by presidents allied with the powerful army. (MORE: On Pakistan’s Election Trail, the Old Feudal Elites Struggle for Votes) With the Pakistani Taliban threatening to target political parties Saturday, an estimated 600,000 security personnel fanned out across the country to protect polling sites and voters. Many Pakistanis seemed determined to cast their ballots despite the violence. &#8220;Yes, there are fears. But what should we do?&#8221; said Ali Khan, who was waiting to vote in the northwestern city of Peshawar, where one of the blasts took place Saturday. &#8220;Either we sit in our house and let the terrorism go on, or we come out of our homes, cast our vote, and bring in a government that can solve this problem of terrorism.&#8221; In a reflection of the enthusiasm surrounding the vote, the secretary of the election commission, Ahmed Khan, told reporters in Islamabad that he expected the turnout to be &#8220;massive.&#8221; The election is being watched closely by the United States, which relies on the nuclear-armed country for help fighting Islamic militants and negotiating an end to the war in neighboring Afghanistan. This vote is notable for more than just the historic handoff of power from one civilian government to another.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86040&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan Set for Historic, Unpredictable Election</title>
		<link>http://world.time.com/2013/05/10/pakistan-set-for-historic-unpredictable-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(ISLAMABAD) — Despite a bloody campaign marred by Taliban attacks, Pakistan holds historic elections Saturday pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister once exiled by the army and an incumbent blamed for power blackouts and inflation. The vote marks the first time in Pakistan&#8217;s 65-year history that a civilian government has completed its full term and handed over power in democratic elections. Previous governments have been toppled by military coups or sacked by presidents allied with the powerful army. Deadly violence struck again Friday, with a pair of bombings against election offices in northwest Pakistan that killed three people and a shooting that killed a candidate in the southern city of Karachi. More than 130 people have been killed in the run-up to the vote, mostly secular party candidates and workers. Most attacks have been traced to Taliban militants, who have vowed to disrupt a democratic process they say runs counter to Islam. The vote is being watched closely by Washington since the U.S. relies on the nuclear-armed country of 180 million people for help in fighting Islamic militants and negotiating an end to the war in neighboring Afghanistan. The rise of former cricket star Imran Khan, who has almost mythical status in Pakistan, has challenged the dominance of the country&#8217;s two main political parties, making the outcome of the election very hard to call. &#8220;I think it is the most unpredictable election Pakistan has ever had,&#8221; said Moeed Yusuf, South Asia adviser at the United States Institute of Peace. &#8220;The two-party dominance has broken down, and now you have a real third force challenging these parties.&#8221; The election of both the national and provincial assemblies comes at a time of widespread despair in Pakistan, as the country suffers from weak economic growth, rampant electricity and gas shortages, and a deadly Taliban insurgency. The bombings that killed three people Friday occurred in Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal area, a major sanctuary for the Pakistani Taliban. The blasts also wounded 15 people, said<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=86031&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Hospital Bed, Pakistani &#8216;Change&#8217; Candidate Imran Khan Aims for Victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 05:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Waraich / Lahore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The front wall of Lahore&#8217;s Shaukat Khanum hospital has come to resemble a shrine. Scores of bouquets of flowers are arrayed amid a sprinkling of &#8220;get well soon&#8221; cards. On the walls, posters appear with messages ranging from the plaintive to the stirring. &#8220;When a leader falls,&#8221; says one, &#8220;the nation rises for the leader.&#8221; The object of this devotion is Imran Khan, Pakistan’s World Cup–winning cricket captain turned politician. Just days before the end of campaigning, Khan suffered a dangerous fall from an overloaded lift that tipped over on its way up to a campaign-event stage. His supporters rushed to the charitable cancer hospital he built in memory of his late mother, and where he is now recovering from a bloodied head, a cracked rib and three fractures. Khan&#8217;s supporters have steadily flocked to the hospital, sometimes staying there for hours in a solidarity vigil. &#8220;Imran Khan will bring change,&#8221; says Mueen Bukhari, an electrical engineer who drove several hours from the southern Punjabi town of Rahimyar Khan. Much like the Obama 2008 presidential campaign, the word change has become the central motif for Khan&#8217;s attempt to win power in Pakistan at the parliamentary elections on May 11. &#8220;I am 100% confident change will come,&#8221; adds Bukhari. &#8220;If the person at the top is sincere, then it improves things at the grassroots.&#8221; Like many of Khan&#8217;s supporters, he&#8217;s wearied by Pakistan&#8217;s crippling energy shortages, long-souring economy, near daily terrorist attacks and lurid tales of official corruption. (PHOTOS: On Pakistan’s Election Trail: Photographs by Massimo Berruti) The lift accident happened toward the end of a grueling and aggressive campaign where Khan was crisscrossing Pakistan, borne by a small helicopter to six or seven events a day, rousing his supporters with denunciations of old politicians. He has cast himself as an outsider sweeping away an oppressive order put in place by grasping, inept and distant politicians. The fact that he has no experience of government, having only won one parliamentary seat in the past, adds to his appeal. &#8220;We&#8217;ve endured the two big parties,&#8221; says Muhammad Shafiq, a government clerk sipping tea at a stall in Lahore&#8217;s old city. &#8220;Let&#8217;s try him as well.&#8221; The core of Khan&#8217;s supporters is drawn from Pakistan&#8217;s<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85895&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hard-Line Islamists to Make Gains in Pakistan Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(MARDAN, Pakistan) &#8212; 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 holy war blares over loudspeakers. Before a chanting crowd, he praises the Afghan Taliban and blasts Pakistan&#8217;s government for not protecting Osama bin Laden from U.S. commandos. Maulana Shujaul Mulk is one of hundreds of candidates from hard-line Islamist parties running for office in this Saturday&#8217;s national elections. Many analysts expect the Islamists to win more support than in the last vote five years ago, raising concerns about the impact they could have in a country already plagued by rising intolerance and a deadly Taliban insurgency. (MORE: On Pakistan&#8217;s Election Trail, the Old Feudal Elites Struggle for Votes) The Islamists could also make life more difficult for their avowed enemy, the United States, which needs Pakistan&#8217;s help to fight Islamic militants in the country and negotiate an end to the war in neighboring Afghanistan. The parties are seen as close to Pakistan&#8217;s powerful army, which has allegedly used them to put pressure on the U.S. at troubled times in the relationship. The army &#8220;wants someone who keeps on hounding the next government on how and what to negotiate with the Americans,&#8221; said Pakistani political analyst Ayesha Saddiqa. Hard-line Islamist parties like Mulk&#8217;s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam enjoy significant support in majority Muslim Pakistan, especially in conservative areas along the Afghan border. The parties often attract tens of thousands of people to their public rallies, but in the past they have had difficulty converting this into seats in the national and provincial assemblies because Pakistanis vote based on many factors other than religion. Still, they are expected to make some gains in Saturday&#8217;s vote. The Islamists could win enough seats in the national parliament to influence the behavior of the federal government, since the ruling coalition that emerges is expected to be fairly weak and susceptible to the demands of smaller parties. On the local level, analysts believe Mulk&#8217;s party could pick up enough seats in<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85830&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen Snatch Former Pakistani PM&#8217;s Son at Rally</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 09:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(ISLAMABAD) — Pakistani officials say gunmen have attacked an election rally in the southern Punjab province and abducted the son of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. A police official, Abdul Rehman, says gunmen stormed the rally in the town of Multan, opened fire and seized Ali Haider Gilani on Thursday. A Punjab government official, Rao Iftikhar Ahmad, says one of Gilani&#8217;s guards was killed and five people were wounded in the attack. Thursday is the last day of campaigning for Pakistan&#8217;s election scheduled this Saturday. But the race has been marred by a string of violent attacks against candidates and election events.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85814&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani Government to Ban Air Conditioners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(ISLAMABAD) — Pakistan&#8217;s prime minister has decided to ban the use of air conditioners by government offices to help cope with the country&#8217;s pervasive energy shortages. A statement issued Wednesday from Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso&#8217;s office says the ban will go into effect on May 15 and will continue until the energy situation improves. Pakistan faces serious shortages of electricity and natural gas. The ban could make for a very uncomfortable summer since temperatures in Pakistan often reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). The prime minister also issued a summer dress code recommending light-colored, loose-fitting clothing to help combat the heat. MORE: On Pakistan’s Election Trail, the Old Feudal Elites Struggle for Votes<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85589&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Pakistan Politician Falls, Injures Skull</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 20:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(LAHORE, Pakistan) — One of Pakistan&#8217;s most prominent politicians, former cricket star Imran Khan, fell at a political rally Tuesday, leaving him with two hairline skull fractures and knocking him off the campaign trail ahead of Saturday&#8217;s general election. Khan has emerged as a wild-card candidate and it is unclear how much his widespread personal popularity will translate into votes at the polls. His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, however, is considered one of the top three parties in the country. Khan was treated at the hospital he himself built in honor of his late mother in the eastern city of Lahore. Doctors told local television that Kahn suffered two minor fractures to the skull and had a backache, but none of his injuries were life-threatening. Just hours after the fall, the charismatic politician spoke to reporters from his hospital bed. He was visibly shaken and had a cut on his forehead, but he was still asking people to vote for his party. &#8220;I have done whatever I could do,&#8221; he told national broadcaster Dunya TV. &#8220;Now you have to decide whether you want to make a new Pakistan.&#8221; Asad Omar, leader of Khan&#8217;s party, told Pakistan&#8217;s Geo News that party leaders would meet Wednesday to discuss how to continue his campaign during the next three days. He said Khan will spend the night at the hospital, and that doctors are asking him to rest for 15 days. But the former cricket star, Omar said, is in good physical condition and wants to resume his political activities as soon as possible. Outside the hospital, hundreds gathered awaiting word of his condition. Dramatic television footage of the fall showed Khan standing on a stack of crates piled onto a forklift accompanied by at least three guards or supporters. As the forklift began to raise him up to the stage, the cricket star and three of the men standing next to him fall back over a railing. Khan fell at least 5 meters (15 feet), but it was not clear on what type of surface he landed. Local TV footage showed supporters carrying<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85488&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide Attack on Candidate Kills 12 in Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 08:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / HUSSAIN AFZAL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(PARACHINAR, Pakistan) — A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives near a vehicle carrying a candidate from a hard-line Islamist party in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 12 people in the second attack on the party in as many days, police said. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the Taliban took credit for an attack the day before on the same party, claiming it was targeting a candidate who had supported military operations against the militants in the northwest. The blast Tuesday also wounded 35 people, but the candidate from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, Mufti Syed Janan, escaped unharmed, said police officer Haleem Khan. The attack occurred as Janan&#8217;s convoy passed through a market in the town of Doaba in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Khan. The Pakistani Taliban set off a bomb at a political rally held by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in the northwest Kurram tribal region on Monday, killing 25 people and wounding 70, said government official Javed Khan. The targeted candidate was not harmed. The Taliban have carried out multiple attacks in the run-up to national elections scheduled for May 11. But most of the attacks have targeted secular parties that have opposed the militants and backed the army&#8217;s attempt to clear them from their sanctuaries in the northwest. Prior to the last two days&#8217; bombings, there was concern that the attacks could benefit parties that take a softer line toward the militants, like Jamiat Ulema -e-Islam, because their candidates are able to campaign more freely ahead of the vote. But the Taliban have also condemned democracy as a whole, meaning that any political party taking part in the elections could be considered fair game by the militant group. Militants have called on people in many areas to stay away from the polls on election day. The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party is considered supportive of the Afghan Taliban&#8217;s fight against the United States and its allies in neighboring Afghanistan. It&#8217;s also sympathetic to the Pakistani Taliban, which have been fighting Pakistani troops and would<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85373&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Violent Separatists Seek to Derail Pakistan Vote</title>
		<link>http://world.time.com/2013/05/06/violent-separatists-seek-to-derail-pakistan-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / SEBASTIAN ABBOT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(QUETTA, Pakistan) — The graffiti on walls around this Pakistani provincial capital hold a dire warning ahead of this weekend&#8217;s national elections, &#8220;Voting means death.&#8221; It&#8217;s a very real threat: Over recent weeks at least six people have been killed and around 40 wounded in bombings and grenade attacks targeting candidates. Ethnic Baluch separatists who have waged a bloody insurgency trying to win independence for the vast, sparsely populated province of Baluchistan are seeking to derail the vote with a campaign of violence. In large part, their targets have been fellow Baluch, seen by the separatists as traitors for agreeing to participate in the vote. &#8220;Our houses are not safe. Our workers are not safe. Our leaders are directly targeted every day,&#8221; said Naimatullah Gichki, a senior member of a Baluch party, the National Party. &#8220;We are fighting a war, not an election.&#8221; (More: On Pakistan’s Election Trail, the Old Feudal Elites Struggle for Votes) Saturday&#8217;s election has thrown into sharp relief a question that has divided the country&#8217;s Baluch ethnic minority: Can the community win their rights at the ballot box or is the only solution a violent campaign to break away from Pakistan? The Baluch have long been alienated by what they see as exploitation by the central government. Wedged between the borders with Afghanistan and Iran, Baluchistan is rich in oil, natural gas and valuable minerals. But it is Pakistan&#8217;s poorest province and remains extremely underdeveloped, with residents complaining that resource riches have mainly gone to fill the federal government&#8217;s coffers. The province is Pakistan&#8217;s largest, making up around 40 percent of its area, but also its least populated, with only 9 million people, about half the population of the city of Karachi. Just over half the province&#8217;s population is Baluch. The local government is seen as notoriously corrupt, dysfunctional and not responsive to Baluch grievances. Adding to the misery, paramilitary soldiers and intelligence agents have waged a repressive campaign against separatists in which they are accused of snatching scores of people off the street and either killing<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85330&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bomb at Pakistan Islamist Party Rally Kills 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 16:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / Hussain Afzal and Rebecca Santana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(PARACHINAR, Pakistan) — 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 killed 16 people and underscored an increase in violence ahead of the May 11 vote. The explosion, at a rally held in the village of Sewak in the northwest Kurram tribal area, was the latest attack on candidates, political offices and election-related events as the vote approaches. Much of the violence is believed to have been carried out by the Taliban against three liberal and secular parties. But Monday&#8217;s blast targeted a gathering of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party which generally has a more favorable relationship with the militant group. The bomb, which was apparently planted near the main stage of the rally, killed 16 and left 44 wounded, said Umar Khan, a doctor at the nearby Sada hospital where many of the wounded were initially taken. Two party leaders who were speaking at the event escaped unharmed. (MORE: Pakistan’s Election Season: When Courting Voters Means Courting Death) About 2,500 people had gathered at a local religious school to hear the candidates speak, said one man who was in the crowd, Sabir Gul. The massive explosion came just as one of the candidates ended his speech and was leaving the stage, he said. One of the candidates, Ainuddin Shakir, told a local television station that the bomb appeared to have been detonated by remote control. Another resident, Mohammad Jamil, attended the meeting with his brother and was in the dining hall eating when the explosion occurred. Political parties often give food to people at rallies who sometimes travel from nearby villages to hear candidates speak. Jamil said people attending the rally had been searched as they went into the gathering. &#8220;There was a deafening sound which stunned me for a while but I quickly moved out of the dining hall,&#8221; he said, describing a &#8220;hell-like&#8221; situation. &#8220;There were countless people bleeding and crying for help. My brother Khalil was among them.&#8221; The Jamiat<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85303&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Pakistan Town, Men Have Spoken: No Women Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 02:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / REBECCA SANTANA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(MATEELA, Pakistan) — For decades, not a single woman in this dusty Pakistani village surrounded by wheat fields and orange trees has voted. And they aren&#8217;t likely to in next week&#8217;s parliamentary election either. The village&#8217;s men have spoken. &#8220;It&#8217;s the will of my husband,&#8221; said one woman, Fatma Shamshed. &#8220;This is the decision of all the families.&#8221; Mateela is one of 564 out of the 64,000 polling districts across Pakistan where not a single woman voted in the country&#8217;s 2008 election. The men from this village of roughly 9,000 people got together with other nearby communities to decide that their women would not vote on May 11 either. (More: Pakistani Squash Player Fights For Women’s Rights) Next week&#8217;s election will bring a major first for democracy in Pakistan — the first time a civilian government has fulfilled its term and handed over power to another. But women still face an uphill battle to make their voices heard in the political process, as voters, candidates and in parliament, where they hold 22 percent of the seats in the lower house. Women represent only about 43 percent of the roughly 86 million registered voters, according to election commission data. In more conservative areas like Khyber Paktunkhwa province and Baluchistan, the percentage drops even further. In places like Mateela, the fact that men decide women should not be allowed to vote is a decades-old tradition. Some men say women don&#8217;t have the mental capacity. Other times they don&#8217;t want wives and daughters to leave the house. Some simply don&#8217;t see the point. At a recent gathering in the village, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Islamabad, activists tried to encourage the opposite. The Association for Gender Awareness &#38; Human Empowerment, an independent group working to increase voter participation, met with residents, trying to encourage them to let women vote. Mateela&#8217;s men sat with male activists in a courtyard near the village mosque. Secluded behind a gate, the women sat on a concrete floor and listened to a female activist talk about the<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85214&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>8 Pakistani soldiers and police killed in violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 15:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / Ishtiaq Mahsud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan) — Military operations and insurgent attacks in lawless districts of Pakistan left eight members of the security forces and around 30 militants and criminal suspects dead on Sunday, officials said. Two soldiers and 16 militants were killed in clashes in the Tirah Valley area of the Khyber tribal region in the northwest, the military said in a statement. Another three soldiers were wounded in the remote mountainous district near the Afghan border. The army launched an offensive last month into the valley targeting the Pakistani Taliban and an allied group, Lashkar-e-Islam. The military statement said the latest fighting forced the militants to flee from two of their hideouts, leaving behind a huge cache of arms and ammunition. In the North Waziristan tribal region, another northwestern district bordering Afghanistan, a roadside bomb attack on a convoy killed two soldiers and wounded three, said two Pakistani intelligence officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. The tribal region is home to both Pakistani and Afghan militant groups, including al-Qaida-linked organizations with significant numbers of foreign fighters. The military conducts sweeps against the insurgents, inflicting losses but not preventing them from striking back with roadside bombs and ambushes targeting soldiers, government-allied militias, anti-militant politicians, and others. Also Sunday, two members of the paramilitary Frontier Corps were killed in clashes in the Bolan district of the southwestern province of Baluchistan, said government official Waheed Shah. He said the fight also killed 13 &#8220;criminals&#8221; suspected in kidnappings and robberies. In the province&#8217;s Sibbi district, a convoy of an independent candidate running in Pakistan&#8217;s May 11 parliamentary elections was attacked by two gunmen who killed two of his police guards, said police official Owais Ahmad. He said candidate Sardar Sarfraz Domeki&#8217;s other guards fired back, killing one of the attackers and wounding the other. He said the police were questioning the wounded attacker. The southwestern province has seen for years a low-level insurgency by nationalist groups who want a greater share of regional<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=85187&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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