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Punjab votes for PML-N’s stance against Musharraf: PML-Q heading for rout
LAHORE, Feb 18: Preliminary results of Monday’s polls indicated that voters in the Punjab rejected pro-Musharraf forces in an election marred by polling irregularities, a low turnout and violence that killed... 
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PPP gets six seats from Quetta, Nasirabad
QUETTA, Feb 18: Pakistan Muslim League-Q and its ally Balochistan National Party (Awami-group) won 10 seats of the Balochistan Assembly and unofficial results showed that people of Quetta and Nasirabad districts...
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Polling held for 14 NA, 51 PA seats in Balochistan
QUETTA, Feb 18: Polling for 14 seats of the National Assembly and 51 of the provincial assembly was held on Monday amid tight security....
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MMA in trouble in Fata
PESHAWAR, Feb 18: Candidates backed by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal suffered setbacks both in the NWFP and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), according to unofficial results....
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Khuhro in spat with Ghinwa Bhutto
LARKANA, Feb 18: Activists of the PPP (Shaheed Bhutto) allegedly manhandled PPP leader Nisar Ahmed Khuhro at the Shaikh Zayed Colony polling station on Monday after an altercation between him and...
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PPP set for Sindh sweep: MQM eyes 2 Hyderabad seats
HYDERABAD, Feb 18: Early results from Sindh late on Monday night indicated that the People’s Party was poised for a landslide in elections for the National and Sindh assemblies....
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Rashid routed in Pindi
RAWALPINDI, Feb 18: Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who had declared himself invincible after his six straight electoral wins, bit the dust on Monday when he was beaten roundly on both the National Assembly seats in “the mother of all elections”....
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Poll violence claims 11 lives in Punjab
LAHORE, Feb 18: Sporadic violence claimed 11 lives and injured over four dozens across the province on Monday. Most of the violence was the result of attempts by rival groups to rig the elections....
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PML-N Recaptures Lahore
LAHORE, Feb 18: The Pakistan Muslim League-N was leading rivals — Pakistan People’s Party and pro-Musharraf PML-Q, on 10 out of 12 contested national assembly and 23 provincial assembly seats till the filing of this report well after mid night....
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Faulty lists, polling schemes baffle voters
LAHORE, Feb 18: Flaws in voter lists and polling schemes, especially for women and minorities, affected the voting process at many polling booths in rural and urban areas of the Punjab capital on Monday....
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Stray bullet kills man; 11 injured
RAWALPINDI, Feb 18: One person was killed, while a woman was injured by stray bullets in separate incidents during the elections in Rawalpindi and its surrounding areas on Monday....
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PML-N rules capital
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) made a clean sweep in the federal capital by clinching the two National Assembly seats....
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Islamabad sails through polling peacefully
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Balloting on Monday remained smooth and peaceful in both National Assembly constituencies (NA-48 and 49) of the capital city, except for some disturbance in Bhara Kahu where polling had to be suspended briefly....
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Discrepancy in rolls mars poll process
RAWALPINDI, Feb 18: Most of the voters in this sister city of Islamabad complained about discrepancy in voters’ list and the difficulties they faced in locating their polling stations....
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Deposed CJ rejects Musharraf’s allegations
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has rejected the allegations levelled against him by President Pervez Musharraf and said he considers it below his dignity to respond to such “insinuations”....
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Sindh, Punjab not swayed by APDM appeal
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) appeared to have failed in Punjab and Sindh to make people boycott the general election....
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Attack on PML-N men: toll rises
LAHORE, Feb 18: Another man injured in the firing which killed PML-N candidate from PP-154 Chaudhry Asif Ashraf in Green Town on Sunday evening, succumbed to his wounds in the Jinnah Hospital on Monday....
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A unique example of unity, submission and indifference
VEHARI, Feb 18: Voters of Sardarpur Jhandir village in Mailsi tehsil set a unique example of unity, submission and indifference among their folds after they decided not to support any political...
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Wasi shows his colour
FAISALABAD, Feb 18: Former federal minister Wasi Zafar has shown his true form once again and this time the target of his wrath was a poor constable....
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House of PML-Q man set ablaze
SIALKOT, Feb 18: PML-N workers on Monday afternoon set ablaze the locked house of PML-Q supporter Adil at Aadha-Daska, (NA-112 Sialkot-III), who allegedly shot dead N-activist Lala Fiaz over an election dispute outside a polling station....
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Varied factors keep turnout low
SARGODHA, Feb 18: Although the fear factor reigned supreme in the low turnout, the faulty voters’ lists and the establishment of polling stations in distant places also contributed to it....
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Ex-ministers defeated
FAISALABAD, Feb 18: Two former ministers Wasi Zafar and Mushtaq Cheema and Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Afzal Sahi were losing till the filing of the report at 1.50am....
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Presiding Officers abducted, recovered
FAISALABAD, Feb 18: Five presiding officers who were carrying results from PP-51 were kidnapped on Monday evening and later the police recovered them....
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Voting goes smooth despite glitches
LAHORE, Feb 18: Low voter turnout, faulty electoral lists, and a general camaraderie among the workers of opposition parties marked a day of peaceful polling in Lahore on Monday....
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Lahore abuzz with aerial firing
LAHORE, Feb 18: Numerous incidents of aerial firing and scuffles between activists of political parties were reported from different parts of the city during and after polling on Monday, say Edhi and police officials....
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Voting for first time after six decades
LAHORE, Feb 18: An 83-year-old man joined his 19-year-old granddaughter in voting for the first time in Pakistan’s general election here on Monday, describing the experience as “highly gratifying”....
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A love-hate engagement
LAHORE, Feb 18: The bittersweet relationship between the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N came to fore here on Monday as their workers in most constituencies forged ‘alliances’ while in a few others they fell out....
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Kala does it again
LAHORE, Feb 18: Kala Masih, 60, has been the first to reach the polling station of his area to cast his vote since 1977....
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Bomb hoax at call centre
LAHORE, Feb 18: A bomb hoax created panic among employees of a foreign call centre situated in Waheed Trade Centre on Khiban-i-Jinnah on Monday....
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Observers visit polling stations
LAHORE, Feb 18: Foreign observers visited various polling stations in the city on Monday to monitor the electoral process....
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