Pakistan wins UN Security Council seat alongside India

          Pakistan has won a seat alongside its regional rival India on the UN Security Council. Securing 129 out of 193 votes in the United Nations General Assembly – exactly the two-thirds majority required to win the seat, Pakistan will now be a   non-permanent member, replacing Lebanon, of the United Nations Security Council in a term that begins on January 2012 and will end in December 2013. The seat is on the Asia-Pacific and Africa group, where Pakistan will join India amongst other countries as non-permanent members.
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