During a late-night televised speech Thursday, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani called on the nation to unite against the Taliban, pledging that the military will not quit until the Swat militants are eliminated from the region.

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On Thursday, the son of former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was seized during an election rally.

BBC: Pakistan campaigning ends ahead of election

Much has been made of a trip there from which the prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, has just returned.

ECONOMIST: More extremist attacks��and establishment fantasies

Neither President Asif Zardari nor Yusuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister, deludes himself that he is really in charge.

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