| inbluevt | Date: Monday, 2013/05/13, 3:35 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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The victory of Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections will usher in a new period in Pakistan’s relationship with the United States, with Secretary of State John Kerry likely to assume the lead
role in relations long dominated by the Pentagon.
Sharif, a right-of-center moderate, is expected to take charge of Pakistan’s foreign and security policy, traditionally the exclusive territory of the country’s military, which has ruled Pakistan
for half its 65-year history, Pakistani analysts said.
Saturday’s election marked the first time Pakistan has successfully transitioned
from one full-term democratic government to another.
“The civilian government has had practically no say in foreign and security policy since 1977,” when Gen. Mohammad Zia ul Haq staged the third of four military coups, said Suhail Warraich, the political editor
of Geo News, Pakistan’s leading cable channel. “That will change now.”
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