ISLAMABAD May 20 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s all-powerful
military overthrew Nawaz Sharif 14 years ago and hustled him off
into exile in handcuffs. Now he’s back as prime minister-elect,
with the army watching his every move, especially steps planned
to ease tension with arch-rival India.

Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 124 of 272
contested seats in this month’s parliamentary election. Its
nearest rival, the Pakistan People’s Party, won just 31 in the
first democratic handover of power since independence in 1947.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – An upmarket constituency of Pakistan’s violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general elections.

It was not immediately clear who killed Zara Shahid Hussain, a senior member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party of former cricket hero Imran Khan, who accused the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) party, which has a stranglehold on the city.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties.

Around 150 people were killed in the run-up to national elections held last week, which handed a landslide victory to opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his PML-N party.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties.

Around 150 people were killed in the run-up to national elections held last week, which handed a landslide victory to opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his PML-N party.

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 win enough seats to rule on his own but has built up enough momentum to avoid having to form a coalition with his main rivals, former cricketer Imran Khan’s Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

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 win enough seats to rule on his own but has built up enough momentum to avoid having to form a coalition with his main rivals, former cricketer Imran Khan’s Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (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 win enough seats to rule on his own but has
built up enough momentum to avoid having to form a coalition
with his main rivals, former cricketer Imran Khan’s
Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif declared victory in a jubilant speech to supporters as results from Saturday’s election showed a clear lead for his party, making it almost certain that he will become prime minister of the country for a third time.

The election, in which 86 million people were eligible to vote, will bring the first transition between civilian governments in a country that has been ruled by the military for more than half of its turbulent history.

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – A doctor stood in line for hours to vote in Pakistan’s election, slipped away to deliver a baby and then returned to choose a candidate – only to find the polling booth never opened.

Her experience underlined the determination of millions of Pakistanis to take part in the election that will, for the first time, hand power from one civilian government to another in a coup-prone country.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The parties of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan appeared to be well ahead of their rivals in Pakistan’s election, according to a partial count of votes cast on Saturday.

The election, in which 86 million people were eligible to vote, will bring the first transition between civilian governments in a country ruled by the military for more than half of its turbulent history.