... aka
Taliban Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five...
against the party of tossed in the slammer
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...in a process marred by a suicide bomb that killed 31 people near a polling station.
Electoral authorities said official results declaring an outright winner were not expected before late Thursday morning. However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
early unofficial results gave cricket star Imran Khan and his Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
Party a commanding lead over his main rival, Shahbaz Sharif
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...’'s Pakistain Moslem League.
Jubilant Khan supporters danced to the beat of drums at his party headquarters in Islamabad, sensing a victory. The sound of fire crackers echoed in the night sky.
Sharif, the younger brother of disgraced Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been tossed in the slammer
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
on corruption charges, disputed the election results even before they were announced. He charged fraud and vowed not to accept the results, generating fears that disgruntled losers could delay the formation of the next government.
The parliamentary balloting marked only the second time in Pakistain's 71-year history that one civilian government has handed power to another in the country of 200 million people. There also have been widespread concerns during the election campaign about manipulation by the military, which has directly or indirectly ruled the country for most of its existence.
"We will sweep the elections," said Abdul Basit, a supporter of Khan’s, who watched the results on a large TV screen.
Neither Khan nor Sharif’s party appeared likely to win a clear majority in the too-close-to-call election, with results likely to be known by around 2 a.m. local time on Thursday (2100 GMT Wednesday).