Pakistan elections: MSN special report (Image © EMILIO MORENATTI/AP/PA Photos)
Pakistan elections: MSN special report
Pakistan elections: MSN special report (Image © EMILIO MORENATTI/AP/PA Photos)

Threats of violence have loomed large over Pakistan's election campaign since opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed in a gun and suicide attack on December 27.

As the country struggles to regain its composure and restore a semblance of political stability with civilian rule, MSN brings you the latest news and analysis from the frontline in this special report. 

    Pakistan elections: news and analysis from MSN UK News

    YouTube access blocked in Pakistan (Image © PA)
    YouTube access blocked in Pakistan
    Pakistan's government has banned access to the video-sharing website YouTube because of anti-Islamic movies users have posted on the site, an official said.
    Sharif says better if Musharraf goes sooner (Image © Reuters)
    Sharif: 'Better if Musharraf goes sooner'
    The sooner Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf accepts the verdict of the people and steps down the better it will be for him, Musharraf's old foe, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, said on Monday.
    On the frontline: MSN UK News (Image © Ben Hammersley)
    MSN on the frontline: the aftermath
    MSN foreign correspondent Ben Hammersley, fresh from Islamabad, reports on the aftermath of Pakistan's parliamentary elections and explains what comes next.
    Pakistan elections: your views (Image © PA)
    Pakistan elections: your views
    The elections have been held in Pakistan - an attempt to restore civilian rule to the nuclear-armed country rocked by recent violence. What is your view on the process? Can civilian rule restore stability? And who will be the next prime minister?
    Special report: the assassination of Benazir Bhutto (Image © PA)
    Special report: the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, slain in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi in December, knew very well the risks she ran when she decided to wage a public campaign for the restoration of democracy.
    A brief history of Pakistan, from MSN Encarta (Image © Burt Herman/AP/PA Photos)
    A brief history of Pakistan, from MSN Encarta
    The area of present-day Pakistan was the cradle of the earliest known civilisation of South Asia, the Indus Valley civilisation (2500?-1700BC). The territory was part of the Mughal Empire from 1526 until the 1700s, when it came under British rule.

    In pictures: the 2008 Pakistan general elections

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