Pakistan holds elections for the lower house of parliament and assemblies in its four provinces on February 18. The elections were postponed from January 8 after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on December 27.

PATHAN KOT, Pakistan – Election banners and flags of all three of Pakistan’s main political parties flutter across Punjab, the country’s biggest province and the main battleground for votes in a February 18 election.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon was warmly received by his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a welcome ceremony here in Tehran on Sunday.