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A security man keeps guard outside a
polling station in Rawalpindi of Pakistan, Feb. 18, 2008. The polling of
Pakistan's general elections came to an end Monday afternoon. (Xinhua
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ISLAMABAD, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two Pakistan's ruling
party leaders had lost their seats in the Monday's parliamentary elections, Dawn
News and Aaj TV reported on Tuesday.
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, president of the Pakistan
Muslim League-Q party, and Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the railways minister, lost
seats in the vote in Punjab province.
A spokesman for the ruling party said that early
results showed the opposition did well in the parliamentary elections.
Shafiq Ahted Khan of the Pakistan People's Party won
a provincial assembly seat in Balochistan.
The Election Commission is still collecting data from all across the country and final results are expected to be announced on Wednesday.