The outgoing Pakistan People's Party was expected to fare poorly in the election because of unhappiness with its performance leading the last government.
His party has dented the two-party system long dominated by the Pakistan Muslim League-N and the outgoing Pakistan People's Party and could steal votes from both.
My parents were outgoing, hospitable people, their friends culled from among my father's associates at the office and from the women who along with my mother had helped to organize the Parent-Teacher Association at newly built Chancellor Avenue School, where my brother and I were pupils.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (nyse: MSFT - news - people) employees saw their outgoing e-mail messages get mired in the company's internal e-mail network, taking as long as four days to reach recipients, reports say.
The U.S. Air Force is keeping between eight and 10 people at the airport in Mali's capital to help with the incoming and outgoing flights, the Pentagon said late Tuesday.