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7 hrs ago | PakTribune

PTI's Khakwani loses after vote recount ...

VEHARI: Senior PTI leader Ishaq Khan Khakwani has lost to a PML-N candidate after vote re-count on National Assembly seat NA-168 on Friday.

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Fri May 17, 2013

The Nation

PPP members grill party leadership

LAHORE A majority view in PPP's Punjab Executive Committee meeting on Friday was that BISP funds if spent to generate electricity could have averted party's defeat in the recent elections.

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The Indianapolis Star

Gov. Mike Pence pulls state incentives on fertilizer plant

Gov. Mike Pence today pulled the plug on state incentives for a proposed $.18 billion fertilizer plant in southern Indiana, citing security concerns about the Pakistan-based owners.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, US Governors, Indiana, World News, Pakistan

The Nation

Newly elected govt to be sworn in before June 1: Nizami

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arif Nizami on Friday hoped that the new upcoming government will be sworn in before 1st June.

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Newkerala.com

Google expected to appear before Pak court over YouTube ban issue

Lahore, May 16 : Legal representatives of Google Inc. are expected to appear before the Lahore High Court on Thursday to explain the company's position in the YouTube case.

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The Nation

LHC revokes ECP's order over NA-57 vote recount

Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Friday revoked Election Commission's decision regarding recounting of votes in NA-57 constituency of Attock.

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Newkerala.com

Sarabjit's lawyer Awais Sheikh has been freed by abducters

Lahore, May 16 : Awais Sheikh, the lawyer of Sarabjit Singh, who was kidnapped in Lahore on Wednesday along with his son, has now been freed.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Globe and Mail

Timely subject, but Reluctant Fundamentalist is flawed

The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a political thriller that follows the story of a young Pakistani man chasing corporate success on Wall Street, who ultimately finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American dream, a hostage crisis and the enduring call of his family's homeland.

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Mail & Guardian

Pakistan elections: Will this tale have a happy ending?

Can't Pakistani voters tell the difference between a world-famous, charismatic leader and a mere politician who refers to himself in the third person? Supporters of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party celebrate their party's victory in the parliamentary elections.

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PakTribune

Sugar sector sees new govt to stabilise export policy

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association has appreciated the PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif over his overwhelming victory in the elections 2013 in centre as well as in Punjab, hoping the new government will work for increasing exports particularly of sugar, which has great potential in the country.

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The Las Vegas Sun

Sharif's win sparks hope for Pakistan-India ties

Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting the two countries as cheering supporters waved flags and tossed rose petals.

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Wed May 15, 2013

PakTribune

New govt to divert gas from fertilizer plants to IPPs

Lahore: The new government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz will divert gas supply from fertilizer plants to power sector as a short-term solution to lessen electricity loadshedding in the country especially in Punjab as the province has been experiencing worse power breakdowns and industries have been suffering the most.

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FiveThirtyEight

IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 15

NEWS As the United States and Russia work to organize peace talks next month between the Syrian government and its opponents, the ever more extreme carnage of combat makes the prospect of reconciliation seem more remote.

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The Telegraph

Rajnath softens Modi Pak pitch

New Delhi, May 14: BJP president Rajnath Singh today congratulated Pakistan Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif and termed his statements on rebuilding relations as "a positive sign", the call contrasting with party mascot Narendra Modi's shrill anti-Islamabad pitch.

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UnBeige

Metropolitan Museum Unveils Imran Qureshi's Roof Garden Installation

And how many rains must fall before the stains are washed clean? This question, posed by Pakistani poet Salima Hashmi , is at the heart of Imran Quereshi 's latest work, created for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's roof garden .

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The Nation

US, Saudi ambassadors meet Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD OUR STAFF REPORTERS The US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson on Tuesday called on PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif at Raiwind and congratulated him on his party's success in the elections.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The Nation

12th Annual LUX Style Awards nominations

KARACHI PR The Awards office of the 12th Annual LUX Style Awards announced nominations in 22 categories in the field of television, music and fashion late on Tuesday.

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PakTribune

PTI decides not to join Nawaz government in Centre

LAHORE: Bedridden Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Monday held meetings with his party's leaders in hospital and decided to sit on opposition benches in the National Assembly and form government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Suria

Pakistan's Sharif tells Khan 'we should...

Pakistan's incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday pledged to work with his rival Imran Khan for the good of the country as he visited the cricketer-turned-politician in hospital.

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Pakistan Christian Post

LEAD Chief writes an open letter to Pakistani Churches

Lahore: May 14, 2013. Growing persecution in Pakistan and Muslim Extremists intrusion into the Christian faith and Church affairs is posing a serious threat to Church autonomy and our most Consitutional right religious freedom.

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