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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center, and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, right, waves to their supporters as they arrive to address an election campaign rally in Hafizabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. More than 120 million voters in Pakistan get to elect a new parliament on Thursday. The elections are the twelfth in the country's 76-year history, which has been marred by economic crises, military takeovers and martial law, militancy, political upheavals and wars with India. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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Pakistan's election: Who's running, what's the mood and will anything change?
By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press
Tue,02/06/24-11:10PM , 48 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's 127 million voters are choosing members of a new parliament Thursday.
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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters as he arrives to address an election campaign rally in Hafizabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Pakistan is holding elections for a new parliament on Thursday. No less than 44 political parties are vying for a share of the 266 seats that are up for grabs in the National Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, with an additional 70 seats reserved for women and minorities. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

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Pakistan is electing a new parliament. Here are the key players in Thursday's vote
By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press
Mon,02/05/24-11:08PM , 67 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is electing a new parliament on Thursday. No less than 44 political parties are vying for a share of the 266 seats up for grabs in the National Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, where an additional 70 seats are reserved for women and minorities.
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Workers prepare ballot boxes and other materials before dispatching them in polling stations for the upcoming general election on Feb. 8, at an election commission office in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

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Pakistan's disillusioned voters wonder if new polls will change a country mired in political feuding
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Mon,02/05/24-7:12AM , 54 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding parliamentary elections this week but many voters are disillusioned and wonder if the balloting can bring any real change in a country mired in political feuding, a seemingly intractable economic crisis
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Pakistani bride Dua Khan and groom Asher Khan pose for photo during their wedding ceremony at Radiance banqueting hall, in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. There's a scrum of people trying to get photos with the married couple at the Radiance banqueting hall in a middle-class Karachi neighborhood Voices are barely audible above the din of 400 guests, dinner service, music, and the drone whirring around the room. The bride and groom are beaming. Their families and friends jostle for a place with them onstage. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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Brides, biryani and marriage multiplexes: Pakistan's wedding season heats up in cool weather
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Sat,02/03/24-11:06PM , 64 Reads
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — There’s a scrum of people trying to get photos with the married couple at the Radiance banquet hall, and you can barely hear someone talk above the din of 400 guests tucking into biryani and chicken tikka, music and the drone whirring around the room. The bejeweled bride and her natty groom are beaming.
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