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Pakistan’s Election Symbols

When Pakistan goes to the polls, their ballots will not have the names of any contesting parties on them. Using symbols on ballots has been standard procedure in Pakistani elections for decades, because over 40 percent of adult Pakistanis are illiterate.

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Answers at Last? The Bhutto Assasination Inquiry

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Can Pakistan Be Governed?

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New president in Pakistan sworn in

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Who runs Pakistan?

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Pakistani opposition parties reach agreement

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The leaders of Pakistan’s two main opposition parties announced today they’ll work together to form a new government, as Host Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Mary Kay Magistad in Islamabad.

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Pakistan mulls future of Musharraf

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President Pervez Musharraf’s party was the big loser in Monday’s parliamentary election, and now the two main opposition parties are calling for him to step down, but Musharraf says he has no plans to do so

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Elections in Pakistan

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The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on today’s national elections in Pakistan, where turnout is reported to have been low, as many voters appear to have been fearful of violence at the polls.

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Uncertain future for Benazir Buttho’s party

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Scotland Yard today released its report on the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, and investigators say she died from a suicide bomb blast and not from gunshot wounds but with the future of her part in doubt