Power cuts test Pakistani patience in election year
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The last thing any government wants  is hot, angry voters, but that is Pakistan&#39;s fate with  elections just months away.
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Pakistanâs Election Commission said that the extra time was needed to cope with damage caused by protests.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- With their country in turmoil, Pakistani voters are expected within months to go to the polls for the first parliamentary elections here in five years. But as time runs short, independent observers say that the nation is poorly prepared and that the elections will be highly...
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Pakistan on Wednesday postponed general elections until February 18 following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, a move grudgingly accepted by the country's major parties.
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Killing of Pakistani opposition leader likely to scuttle elections, removing opportunity for military strongman to gain political legitimacy.
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Pakistan will decide whether to hold elections on 8 January, despite Benazir Bhutto's death.
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Pakistan's Election Commission has postponed general elections until February 18, saying polling was not possible on January 8 because of disturbances following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Opposition leaders on Tuesday debated whether to call mass street protests in response to a government decision to delay parliamentary elections that had been due next week, but now will be put off until after Feb. 8.
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Counting began on Monday after an  election in Pakistan which was far less violent than feared,  although it could result in a parliament set on driving U.S.  ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
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In Peshawar, where frustration is high over President Musharraf's inability to stop rising insecurity, law-and-order issues could shape the outcome of Feb. 18 election.
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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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While the government hailed an end to emergency rule, many Pakistani politicians, voters and the media said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf remained entrenched in power with elections next month skewed in his favor.
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A wave of defections from Pakistan's ruling party ahead of parliamentary elections is compounding the woes of Pervez Musharraf at a time of rampant Islamic militancy, soaring food prices and anger over the U.S.-backed president's maneuvering to prolong his eight years in power.
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A rash of arrests just weeks before planned elections has Pakistan wondering if the president's hold on power is slipping
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Pakistan appears no closer to crippling al Qaeda or snaring its leader, despite scores of militant arrests in recent months which highlighted
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Violence after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto could threaten Pakistan's January 8 parliamentary elections. Protesters outraged by Bhutto's killing are burning election offices, according to media reports in Pakistan.
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Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January 8 poll, with expectations it will be delayed by up to two months after Benazir Bhutto's killing plunged the country into crisis.