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ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan cricket star Imran Khan’s party was enjoying a late surge of support on Friday, the eve of a landmark election, raising the prospect of a fragmented parliament that could lead to weeks of haggling to form a coalition government.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif, seeking to become prime minister for a third time, appeared way ahead of his rivals in Saturday’s general election, according to a partial count of votes cast.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the frontrunner in the country’s landmark elections, was on Saturday elected to parliament in a town in his Punjab heartland, his party spokesman said.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan streamed to the polls Saturday, despite a string of attacks that killed 24 people, for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent.

ISLAMABAD - The parties of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan appeared to be well ahead of their rivals in Pakistan’s election, according to a partial count of votes cast on Saturday.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s election commission announced Saturday that it would extend nationwide voting in landmark polls by an extra hour, with people still queuing to cast their ballots.

ISLAMABAD - Unfazed by Taleban threats and bombings, millions of Pakistanis on Saturday voted in parliamentary elections that will mark a democratic transition from one elected government to another.

Voter turnout for Pakistan’s historic elections was low in the country’s troubled southwest on Saturday, where fears of attack were high and security forces guarded polling stations.

President Asif Ali Zardari cast his vote through postal ballot, a media report said on Saturday.