Pakistan's Sharif says danger hinders vote campaign
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Pakistan's perilous security situation is hindering campaigning for February 18 elections with politicians putting their lives at risk when they go out to seek votes, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday.
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Pakistanis will brave the risk of bomb attacks to vote in an election on Monday that could return a parliament set on driving U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf out of power.
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The President suffers a crushing blow to his authority in Pakistan's general elections
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Israr Shah lost both legs in a bomb attack on Pakistan's leading opposition party that killed 20 people last year. But that did not stop him from contesting a seat in Monday's parliamentary election.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Long-awaited elections scheduled for next week are almost certain to be postponed, a choice that rankles opposition leaders in Pakistan who want the vote held on time.
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It appears "impossible" for Pakistan to hold an election on Jan. 8 because of unrest following the killing of Benazir Bhutto, election officials said Tuesday
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Benazir Bhutto's party challenged the Pakistani government's version of the opposition leader's assassination as fresh violence on Saturday stoked fears that January 8 elections could be put off.
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Pakistan's president considers concessions to his political opposition ahead of expected January elections, as a polls show him in thrid place behind Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif
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A vote of no confidence in the Solomon Islands prime minister is deferred after threats to MPs, the opposition says.
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A roadside bomb blast hit an election campaign convoy killing two people and wounding three on Wednesday in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley, police said, as security fears deepen ahead of a February 18 general election.
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KARACHI - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said yesterday that she had received a new death threat but will start campaigning in Pakistani cities in the next couple of days, avoiding mass rallies.
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Pakistan's government urged exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif not to return home, saying Saturday he should honor a promise he made to stay away after being ousted from power.
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Pakistan's bitter election campaign heated up again Sunday as the country's main opposition leaders accused President Pervez Musharraf of trying to rig the vote two weeks from now.
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Pakistan plans to postpone next week's election after Benazir Bhutto's killing sparked turmoil in the nuclear-armed country, but officials put off a final announcement until Wednesday to consult parties.
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Four people were shot dead at a campaign rally for former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, police said, and Sharif's party blamed rival supporters of President Pervez Musharraf.
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U.S. policymakers must keep pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to hold fair elections in Pakistan next month or risk deeper chaos in the nuclear-armed country, an important ally in Washington's anti-terror campaign, experts told Congress on Wednesday.
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Country will be unable to hold presidential elections next year unless security improves, thinktank warns