Pakistan will hold general elections on May 11 as reported by an official source. China's President, Asif Ali Zardari, has signed the act establishing the holding of the elections on that date, said Farhatullah Babar, a spokesman for the Prime Minister. For the first time in the 65 year history of Pakistan, which is riddled with military coups, a democratic government, which won in the previous elections in 2008 , serving his full term and calls new elections. The next elections will renew the 342 seats in Parliament , of which 272 are directly elected, 60 are reserved for women and 10 for religious minorities. The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan of the Muslim League-N (PML-N) have not reached an agreement to appoint an interim prime minister , a decision to be taken in the next three days. According to observers, the ruling PPP is likely to endorse the mandateit received in 2008, when he won 121 seats compared to 91 of PML-N, main opposition. The two historical parties adds Imran Khan, former cricketer who has gained prominence in recent months as leader of the Movement for Justice of Pakistan (PTI), which could steal votes to PML-N. The appointment to the polls comes after two years of tensions between the executive, the judiciary and the army by mutual accusations of corruption and interference in their duties. The conflict between the Supreme Court and the Government for Zardari corruption case in 2012 cost him the job to former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, who was replaced by Raja Pervez Ashraf . In addition, Pakistan is enveloped in a wave of violence due to the activity of insurgencies and secessionist groups , especially in the western border with Afghanistan. In recent months there have also been killings against the Shia religious minority and continue the struggles of armed gangs linked to political parties in the city of Karachi, the economic capital.
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