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Posts Tagged ‘election commission’

Mobile Polling Stations

By Farid Masood • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

This is in opposition to my earlier post the Attracting Voters to Polling Stations . Now the idea behind is to facilitate old aged voters who have hard times to reach the polling stations even they are picked up by shuttle buses of the contesting candidates.
Election commission had not given any attention to the [...]



Travelling Punching Bag : Musharraf’s Tour to Europe

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Who ever advised Musharraf to go on European tour cannot be his friend. He must be grinning cheek to cheek with glee by watching President General (r) Pervez Musharraf getting thrashed by European journalists from Davos to Paris to London. Where he goes, he is jactitate severely by the free and independent European media, who [...]



Musharraf’s Image Improving, and Pakistan’s?

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

When the people attack police, what else police could do if not baton charge and tear gas the protesters? This was the point President Musharraf raised in his tour of England. He said that when Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz came to Election Commission to file Musharraf’s nomination paper for Presidential Elections, people blocked his way, [...]



No More Experimentation Please!

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Jan 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

There is news that a ‘national Government’ is being formed in this week, (before Ashura) which will postpone the general elections for indefinite period, extending up to one year. Major political parties will be given share in that set-up and on demands of parties, a new election commission would be established which will make efforts [...]



Journalists of Pakistan Call for Black Day on 30 September

By The Pakistani Spectator • Sep 29th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

PROTEST !!! PROTEST !!! PROTEST !!! PROTEST !!! PROTEST !!!
World saw on 29th September, 2007 in the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad that Pakistan is equal if not worst than Nepal, Burma (Myanmar) or occupied Kashmir, when it comes to supressing the media, lawyers and civil society with baton charges, tear gases and bullets.
Thousands and [...]



Musharraf Got License To Kill More: Election Commission Flashpoint

By The Pakistani Spectator • Sep 29th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

When prime minister Shaukat Aziz, the whole cabinet, and the lotas like Shiekh Rashid, Ijaz ul Haq, Shuaat Hussain, Pervez Elahi were standing on the head of chief election commission to ensure that the nomination papers of General Pervez Musharraf get accepted without any hindrance, police were applying batons, tear gas and other evil measures [...]