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Postal Votes: Pakistan Election 2008

By Farid Masood • Feb 17th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

As per the previous practice, this time also the Election Commission of Pakistan failed to educate the voter that how to cast vote through Pakistan Post.
In view of that the thousands of un-skilled workers come to the big cities to have a job miles away from their constituencies, therefore, they are not able to go [...]



Uncle Qayyum Busted !

By Ammar Yasir • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Election 2008 is on our door step and a fresh tape of attorney general Malik Qayyum has been released by the human rights watch (HRW); where he is advising someone to get a ticket of a certain party (Q-League) that has golden chances to win the elections because of the planned rigging. This is [...]



End to Elections Campaign means the start of Rigging?

By revo • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Right after one day the elections campaign will have an end for the next five years (I hope so). The parties and independent candidates will have made their run of elections campaign complete. February 18th is the judgment day by the nation and for the candidates and the political parties.
Yesterday talking to media, the disturbance [...]



Pakistani Youth and Pakistan Election 2008

By Ghazala Khan • Feb 15th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Albeit of the lacklusterness of the current 2008 Election campaign for the Pakistan’s destiny, there is a very brilliant silver lining. Youth of the country will learn a lot from these elections in the rousing information age courtesy to the more readily available information through electronic media like cable channels and Internet.
As a result of [...]



Pakistan Election 2008

By revo • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

The 2008 elections in Pakistan are very different from the previous elections. These elections are happening at that crucial juncture of our history when the country is rocking with bomb blasts and people are wary of suicide bombers, and the hapless populace of Pakistan is yearning for power, gas, flour and other basic necessities [...]



Why dont we go to poll our vote?

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Why don’t we just bother to vote? General Elections in Pakistan are likely to be held on 18th February, which is Monday next week, and it will be a national holiday, and that is what many of Pakistanis are happy about. They are asking each other as whether it will be a holiday on [...]



Bradley Effect in Pakistan Election 2008

By Ghazala Khan • Jan 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Elections in Pakistan are strange animal. They are waited by the people with zeal and zest while they fully are aware of the fact that they are unlikely to produce any change. But the just-before-month of Elections provides them a chance to milk their candidates a little.It’s a custom in Pakistan that in the villages [...]