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Posts Tagged ‘Elections’

A Polling Station in the Presidency

By revo • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Ground- breaking ceremony of Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project was held in Aiwan-i- Sadr Islamabad. It was scheduled to be held on actual site which is Chattar Klas village, located around 20 kilometers south of Islamabad along Muzaffarabad-Kohala road. The reason of changing the venue was stated as the weather has not supported the ceremony to be [...]



Is Care-taker government trespassing?

By Farid Masood • Feb 10th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

An NGO The Free and Fair Elections Network (Fafen) reported that nazims are supporting certain candidates by urging people to vote in their favour, attending their rallies and allowing use of official cars government buildings.
Care-taker government has also appointed 10 judges in Lahore High Court giving promotions from the lower courts, some judges in Supreme [...]



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 [...]



Elections,Democracy and Road to Progress

By fzuberi • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

The most talked about thing in the country is Elections. It’s not exactly a buzz, but we the enlightened generation of our country believe in it.
The right to opinion, public vote, to security and shelter, amongst other things is the born right of any person, living in any country, likewise ours as well. We the [...]



Jaag Pakistani Voter Jaag

By Ghazala Khan • Feb 7th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Though there is virtually no build up to the upcoming February elections in Pakistan, but there is no semblance of excitement in the air, which could be sniffed, if one tries hard while poking his or her nose quite intently.
Least, this campaigning and public meetings have provided a chance for the hapless public to criticize [...]



Vote Hai Na

By revo • Feb 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Vote is very precious. Vote is what can save us from total destruction. This February is no normal February in Pakistan, and this is the high time, we should get our act together and rally for a really genuine political change.
We should keep in mind that the late Benazir Bhutto gave away her life for [...]



Ring Road Lahore and Prince Elahis

By Farid Masood • Feb 5th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

A mega project was designed by the concerned authorities to construct a ring road around Lahore city to reduce the traffic burden inside the city and to reduce the traveling time consumed in while going from one area to the middle or other end of the city.
Now the ring is being de-shaped by changing the [...]



Valentine Elections

By Farid Masood • Feb 2nd, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Selection of date for elections re-scheduling seems to be not much thoughtful on part of government. If elections are decided on February 14 it might have been a good choice of date in connection with the Valentines Day. Most of the people don’t go to polling station on election day thinking that decision of wining [...]



Dreams and Promises Before Elections

By Ghazala Khan • Jan 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Before every election we the miserable Pakistanis are promised that this will be the election  when a new movement hoists some man of the people up over the bulwark of nefarious politics and returns the power to the people. That is to say, rule of people, over the people, by the people.
That man will unify [...]



Why Riots Erupted After Benazir’s Assassination ? An Analysis

By Farid Masood • Dec 31st, 2007 • Category: Politics

This is not as simple as some authorities are thinking that any one can get rid of the responsibilities in post assassination era by just holding one or two press conferences of making a jumble-bumble of simple information to mis-guide the masses. Doctors can be pressurized to pass on the desired statement, announcement of tapping [...]