Pakistan Parliament completes term usually brought down by force including good old assassination

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Pakistan PM bids farewell, hails victory for democracy

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This photo, released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on March 16, 2013, shows Pakistan’s Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf addressing the nation in Islamabad. Ashraf hailed parliament’s historic completion of a full term in office as a victory for democracy as he gave his farewell.