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A Pakistani woman casts her vote at a polling station for the parliamentary elections in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. After an acrimonious campaign, polls opened in Pakistan on Wednesday to elect the country's third straight civilian election, a first for this majority Muslim nation that has been directly or indirectly ruled by its military for most of its 71-year history. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

The Latest: Pakistan vote results coming in late morning

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In this July 22, 2018, file photo, supporters of Pakistani politician Imran Khan attend his election rally in Karachi, Pakistan. As Pakistanis prepare to make history on Wednesday by electing a third consecutive civilian government, rights activists, analysts and even some candidates say the campaign has been among the country's dirtiest imperiling the country's democratic future. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil, File)

Charges of rigging, intimidation mar Pakistan campaign

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Pakistani security personnel visit the site of bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. A suicide bomber struck outside a crowded polling station in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta, killing many people as Pakistanis cast ballots Wednesday in a general election. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Suicide blast kills 31 as Pakistan holds general elections

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Banners of election candidates from political parties are displayed on a road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. As Pakistan prepares to make history Wednesday by electing a third straight civilian government, rights activists, analysts and candidates say the campaign has been among its dirtiest ever, imperiling the country's wobbly transition to democratic rule. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Major events in Pakistan’s 70-year political history

By ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

Supporters rallied for prime minister candidate Imran Khan this week as Pakistanis prepared to make history on Wednesday by electing a third consecutive civilian government. (Associated Press)

Pakistan youth vote to shape elections

By Connor Foarde - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Sept. 25, 2017 in Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan heads the center-right Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party. Khan, who is tipped to win the polls, faces his stiffest competition from ex-premier Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League party. Pakistan's parliamentary elections on July 25 will mark the second time a democratically elected government in this Islamic nation has been succeeded by another. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

A look at the main candidates in Pakistan national elections

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistan party: Jailed ex-PM needs to be taken to hospital

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

In this July 11, 2018, photo, Radesh Singh, right, is one of about 200,000 Sikhs living in Pakistan, talks to local people in his constituency in Peshawar, Pakistan. Despite attacks on his fellow Sikhs by radicals and even by Islamic State insurgents, he is running in elections as an independent. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

In Pakistan’s elections, minorities face daunting challenge

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Why America must welcome the ‘Uzbek Spring’

By S. Rob Sobhani

Supporters of Tehreek-e-Insaf party greet to their leader Imran Khan during an election campaign rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, July 21, 2018. Pakistan will hold general election on July 25. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Suicide bomb kills election candidate, driver in Pakistan

By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD - Associated Press

Hanif Abbasi, center, a candidate from Pakistan Muslim League-N party for upcoming general election, talks to his supporters outside a court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 21, 2018. A court convicted Abbasi, a former lawmaker and candidate for national assembly Saturday and gave him life term for misusing controlled chemical he obtained for his pharmaceutical company.(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani court convicts ex-lawmaker for substance misuse

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Officials: Missing Pakistani peace activist returns home

By ZAHEER BABR - Associated Press

Head of the radical religious party, Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah, Khadim Hussain Rizvi speaks during a press conference regarding their talks with government to end the sit-in protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Pakistani Islamists announced they were disbanding their sit-in near Islamabad after the country's law minister resigned, caving in to the protesters who have been demanding his ouster in a three-week-long rally. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Khadim Hussain Rizvi, extremists in Pakistan propelled to power

By Naila Inayat — Special To The Washington Times

I.A. Rehman, center, an official from the Human Rights Commission (HRCP) addresses a news conference regarding the upcoming elections, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, July 16, 2018. Pakistan's independent HRCP warned Monday of &quot;blatant, aggressive and unabashed&quot; attempts to manipulate the results of elections set for later this month, with prominent activist Rehman calling it &quot;the dirtiest election&quot; in the country's troubled relationship with democratic rule. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan rights group issues warning ahead of polls

By KATHY GANNON and MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistan ex-PM’s party: Police arresting Sharif’s supporters

By ZAHEER BABAR and MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

The Latest: Suicide attack kills 12 at Pakistan rally

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U.S. President Donald Trump waves next to Chinese President Xi Jinping after attending a business event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. Trump is on a five-country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

China dominates armed-drone market with sales in terrorist hotbeds

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Pakistan army chief confirms death sentences of 12 militants

Associated Press

FILE - In this file image made from video broadcast on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, undated footage of Mullah Fazlullah is shown on a projector in Pakistan. An Afghan defense ministry official says Friday, June 15, 2018 a US drone strike in northeastern Kunar province killed Pakistan Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah. Pakistan has been hunting Fazlullah for several years and has repeatedly said he was plotting attacks on Pakistan from safe havens in Afghanistan. (AP Photo via AP Video, File)

Pakistan: Killing of Pakistan Taliban chief ‘significant’

By AMIR SHAH and MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pompeo, Pakistan army chief discuss relations, Afghanistan

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