Pakistan’s opposition supporters cheer Nawaz Sharif at election campaign

In this Monday, April 29, 2013 photo, Pakistani villagers listen to an activist from the Association for Gender Awareness & Human Empowerment lecturing about the benefits of voting in Mateela village near Sargodha, Pakistan. As the country gets set to vote in the upcoming nationwide election that will see a transfer of power from one civilian government to the next — a first for Pakistan — women still face an uphill battle to make their voices heard in the political process. <AP Photo/Rebecca Santana>

Supporters of Pakistan Muslim League-N party cheer their leader, Nawaz Sharif, not pictured, during an election campaign rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Pakistan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on May 11, the first transition between democratically elected governments in a country that has experienced three military coups and constant political instability since its creation in 1947. <AP Photo/Anjum Naveed>