* Religious minority says two largest parties, PPP and PML-N, offer only hope of protection at this week’s general election
LAHORE: Traumatised Christians in a Lahore slum where angry Muslims torched more than 100 homes say Pakistan’s two largest parties offer the only hope of protection at this week’s general election.
The Pakistan Muslim League-N of Nawaz Sharif, a man accused of being soft on the Taliban but tipped to win Saturday’s polls, and the main outgoing Pakistan People’s Party both gave affected families $5,000 each in compensation. PML-N is the party in power in Punjab, the home of the largest Christian community in Pakistan. PPP led the outgoing federal government.
