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Thursday, June 06, 2013

New Pakistan PM calls for end to U.S. drone strikes

MQ-9 ReaperPakistan’s new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called Wednesday for an end to U.S. drone strikes in the country’s northwest, after lawmakers endorsed him for an unprecedented third term in office.

Some 13 years after he was deposed in a coup and sent into exile, the 63-year-old was formally chosen by a vote in the National Assembly and will take the oath from President Asif Ali Zardari later in the day.

The country faces a daunting array of problems from crippling power cuts to Taliban militancy, and the new prime minister said citizens should be in no doubt about the challenges that lay ahead.

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