Cairo Looks to Islamabad

Five days have passed since Egypt held their run-off for the presidency between Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafik. Independent polls are pointing towards a victory by Morsi but there are widespread reports of electoral irregularities. As a result, in typical post-Mubarak politics, supporters for both candidates headed to Tahrir Square, the only real symbol of the Arab Spring left in Egypt. Often, delays in electoral results in authoritarian systems is not as much about maintaining the integrity of ...

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