{"id":4283,"date":"2009-03-03T14:20:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T18:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4283"},"modified":"2009-03-12T18:18:48","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T22:18:48","slug":"pakistan-at-the-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/pakistan-at-the-polls\/4283\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The World Factbook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/pk.html\">CIA World Factbook: Pakistan<\/a><br \/>\nInformation on Pakistan\u2019s geography, people,  military, and economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Pakistan\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/country_profiles\/1157960.stm\">BBC Country Profile: Pakistan<\/a><br \/>\nInformation about Pakistan&#8217;s history, leadership, and media, with links to BBC stories on the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Topics\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/topics\/news\/international\/countriesandterritories\/pakistan\/index.html\">New York Times: Topics<\/a><br \/>\nLinks to archived <em>New York Time&#8217;s<\/em> articles about Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Election Commission of Pakistan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecp.gov.pk\/\">Election Commission of Pakistan<\/a><br \/>\nPakistan&#8217;s election commission providing information on the country&#8217;s political parties and election results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Senate of Pakistan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov.pk\/Main.asp\">Senate of Pakistan<\/a><br \/>\nDescribes the history of the senate in Pakistan, lists the current members and details administrative protocol and structure of the senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/publication\/16763\/securing_pakistans_tribal_belt.html\">Council on Foreign Relations: Securing Pakistan&#8217;s Tribal Belt<\/a><br \/>\nDaniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South  Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, analyzes the challenges of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) &#8211; the tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"BBC News, Profile President Ali Zardari\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/4032997.stm\">BBC News, Profile President Ali Zardari<\/a><br \/>\nProfile of Pakistan&#8217;s president, Asif Ali Zardari.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Pro-Sharif Demonstrations Spread Across Punjab\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/27\/world\/asia\/27pstan.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"On the Campaign Trail In Pakistan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,1709995,00.html\">Time Magazine: On the Campaign Trail&#8230; In Pakistan<\/a><br \/>\nProfile of Abida Hussain on the campaign trail in 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Syedaabidahussain.com\" href=\"http:\/\/syedaabidahussain.com\/\">Syedaabidahussain.com<\/a><br \/>\nAbida Hussain&#8217;s homepage, which gives her political philosophy, her background and the story of her political career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"6 Tales of Courage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,1142268-4,00.html?cnn=yes\">Time Magazine: &#8220;6 Tales of Courage&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nTime magazine honored former cab driver, Ihsan Khan, for his work as mayor of Batagram in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/publication\/16763\/securing_pakistans_tribal_belt.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dawn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/\">Dawn<\/a><br \/>\nPakistan&#8217;s English-language newspaper<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Ahmedrashid.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ahmedrashid.com\/publications\/pakistan\/articles\/\">Ahmedrashid.com<\/a><br \/>\nAhmed Rashid is one of the preeminent journalists writing about Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. He has written for <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, <em>The<\/em> <em>Los Angles Times<\/em>, <em>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>, <em>The International Herald Tribune<\/em> among many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIA World Factbook: Pakistan Information on Pakistan\u2019s geography, people, military, and economy. BBC Country Profile: Pakistan Information about Pakistan&#8217;s history, leadership, and media, with links to BBC stories on the country. New York Times: Topics Links to archived New York Time&#8217;s articles about Pakistan. 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