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Posts Tagged ‘pakistan elections 2008’

Karachi Disco Club for Girls and Boys and Begum Nawazish Ali

By Amna Gilani • May 26th, 2011 • Category: Misc

The night when six terrorists were having a field-night within PNS Mehran Karachi, few miles away, very near to the shores of Arabian sea, in a very posh locality of Karachi, in an elegant house, the Disco club started receiving its usual and exclusive guests attired in Western dresses, which take no longer than three [...]



Post Election Scenario: Retreat, Surrender or Impeachment

By Farid Masood • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Nation’s verdict is crystal clear, if we see towards inclination of voters the things begun to clear that there is three categories of polled votes:
1. Anti-Musharraf Vote to PML(N) and PPP
2. Sympathy Vote to PPP
3. Anti-American Vote
If we see towards all above-mentioned categories directly or indirectly are Anti-Musharraf Vote. Therefore, the pressure is building around the President which [...]



National Duty

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics (Urdu)


Piers are falling, Rigging can’t be ruled out

By Farid Masood • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Vote counting is in progress and results are coming from the polling stations. Till now no final accumulative results from any constituency. If we just take the over view of NA-55 Rawlpindi-VI and NA-56 Rawalpindi-VII, from where an oldest pier Sh. Rasheed Ahmad who is trailing behind the other candidates till now. From NA-55 Mr [...]



Let’s See Who Rig the Polls?

By Farid Masood • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

In every elections held in Pakistan, we hearing the shouts of rigging in polling process. Yes rigging was there, always there. Sometimes by the care taker government and sometimes by ‘Sombody’. But the results were never beyond expectations. In 1970s we did not honored the leading party and Pakistan was split into two pieces.
In 1985 [...]



Sunny Polling Day : Honey Voters Come Out

By Ghazala Khan • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

It’s a beautiful sunny day. Full of promises, hope and fragrance of change. Just over one hour remains while the polling stations are still open to welcome us to perform our national duty. Pakistan is calling us. Our mother is calling us. Our duty is calling us. We have to come out. We [...]



Is it in the manifesto? Part-9 Pakistan Elections 2008

By Farid Masood • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Accountability is a democratic process in which any elected member parliament, Prime Minister and the Present have to answer before the nation for any charge on them.
Unluckily, Pakistan during the decades had many forums of such kind (e.g. NAB) but none of them were able to perform neatly.
It becomes very hard if a member of [...]



How to Bring the Voters For Polling?

By The Pakistani Spectator • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Millions and millions of people dont cast their votes. There are many reasons behind this election inactivity. Some of the voters don’t simply know how to vote. Some don’t find it necessary to take the hassle to go to the polling station round the corner. Some find any grudge against all the candidates. Some want [...]



Election Khan

By Farid Masood • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment, Pakistan Vote'08

It is a tradition of our brothers of tribal area to name a male child in relation to current affairs. Many of us have heard the names same of different saints. During the era of Afghan war we heard the name of Zia-ul-Haq Khan and Ghazab Khan etc.
When the first time American attached Iraq in [...]



Will the Election Day Triggers a Start of Countdown for the President?

By Farid Masood • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

We should not set forth our expectations for a party or an alliance to do the clean sweep in elections 2008 nor any party or alliance will be able to form a government in the center. If the results are the same as I mentioned there are two reasons for it.
First, the mixed point of [...]