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Pakistan elects first female Dalit senator
9 years agoPakistani army soldiers and policemen stand guard near the provincial assembly during the Senate election in Peshawar on March 3, 2018. Pakistani legislators votes for 52 vacant seats of Senate, the upper house of the parliament. / AFP PHOTO / ABDUL MAJEED
Pakistan elected its first female senator from the lowest Dalit caste over the weekend, in polls which also saw the ruling party strengthen its hand ahead of general elections in…