Pakistan
Pakistan
![Pakistan’s Perpetual Crisis](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/GettyImages-1998069444.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=aFBib2I0)
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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif addresses an audience at the party office of Pakistan Muslim League in Lahore, Pakistan, on February 9, 2024. (Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images)
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![Indian soldiers patrol the line of control between Pakistan and India on January 24, 2024. (Nasir Kachroo via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-04/GettyImages-1949152678.jpg?h=266821f8&itok=lGYUeplL)
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Indian soldiers patrol the line of control between Pakistan and India on January 24, 2024. (Nasir Kachroo via Getty Images)
![Pakistani President Arif Alvi administers the oath to newly sworn-in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 4, 2024. (Pakistan President House/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-03/GettyImages-2050194863.jpg?h=e7f1cd54&itok=qZNVTzlV)
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Pakistani President Arif Alvi administers the oath to newly sworn-in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 4, 2024. (Pakistan President House/AFP via Getty Images)
![Youth activists of Muslim Talba Mahaz shout slogans during a protest against Iranian air strikes. (Raja Imran Bahadert via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-02/GettyImages-1935920645.jpg?h=fee4874d&itok=wFiQEegA)
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Youth activists of Muslim Talba Mahaz shout slogans during a protest against Iranian air strikes. (Raja Imran Bahadert via Getty Images)
![Supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance party gather during a protest rally in Jamshoro on February 16, 2024, amid claims of alleged vote-rigging in Pakistan's national elections. (Akram Shahid via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-02/GettyImages-2006882892.jpg?h=48c59e0f&itok=VQmOPDbc)
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Supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance party gather during a protest rally in Jamshoro on February 16, 2024, amid claims of alleged vote-rigging in Pakistan's national elections. (Akram Shahid via Getty Images)
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![Polling staff open ballot boxes in the presence of poling agents from various political parties as they start counting votes at the end of Pakistan's national elections on February 8, 2024. (Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-02/GettyImages-1987392410.jpg?h=a9897534&itok=U1EkReF8)
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Polling staff open ballot boxes in the presence of poling agents from various political parties as they start counting votes at the end of Pakistan's national elections on February 8, 2024. (Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images)
![A woman casts her ballot to vote at a polling station during Pakistan's national elections in Karachi on February 8, 2024. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-03/GettyImages-1986213847.jpg?h=cecf4cec&itok=z5kwZZ7p)
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A woman casts her ballot to vote at a polling station during Pakistan's national elections in Karachi on February 8, 2024. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
![Military troops patrol near a polling station during Pakistan's national elections in Lahore on February 8, 2024. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-02/GettyImages-1987134632.jpg?h=ee03d089&itok=KaQ1kW1V)
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Military troops patrol near a polling station during Pakistan's national elections in Lahore on February 8, 2024. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)
![Pakistan election commission workers prepare election materials at a distribution center in Karachi on February 6, 2024. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-02/GettyImages-1982806548.jpg?h=95acd807&itok=ntbnpq_X)
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Pakistan election commission workers prepare election materials at a distribution center in Karachi on February 6, 2024. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
![Joint session of the National Assembly and Senate in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 14, 2020. (Murat Kula via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-01/GettyImages-1200684602.jpg?h=8afe9474&itok=gdPPv_pz)
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Joint session of the National Assembly and Senate in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 14, 2020. (Murat Kula via Getty Images)
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![Commuters move past the Pakistan People's Party flags hung over a street in Karachi on January 16, 2024, ahead of the country's upcoming general elections. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-01/GettyImages-1929767564.jpg?h=2d6e2349&itok=7KJeRsD4)
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Commuters move past the Pakistan People's Party flags hung over a street in Karachi on January 16, 2024, ahead of the country's upcoming general elections. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
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![Pakistan People's Party supporters attend an election campaign rally in Lahore on January 21, 2024. (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-01/GettyImages-1942471387.jpg?h=f728280d&itok=qmaQyXB9)
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Pakistan People's Party supporters attend an election campaign rally in Lahore on January 21, 2024. (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)
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