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Posts Tagged ‘President’

Rise of the Nation: Decide thoughtfully What We Need

By Farid Masood • Feb 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Politically stability is the need of the hour. It cannot be attained by to impeach the president. It cannot be attained to act against the will of the nation. It cannot be attained to perform as per the dictation we were performing during last few years.
We are in the process of forming government, government based [...]



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 [...]



The Dead Line March 9th

By Farid Masood • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

The Lawyer had announced one day before elections that Mach 9th is the dead line for the new government to re-instate judiciary. This date last year was the day when Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary (who is currently under house arrest for many months) was called to Presidency camp office, Rawalpindi, and [...]



Danger Lies in Current Results

By Farid Masood • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

The score board tells the winners have lost. The candidates for the future Prime Ministers have been clean bold by the nation from their native constituencies. Now the nation may get some sigh of relief. The politics will change the whole scenario will change, a government by national consensus is about to form.
The President and [...]



Rigging Starts with Dama Dum Mast Qalunder

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

The voting time is over guys, but who have reached the poling stations will have the right to vote until the queue ends. In rush areas vote counting will start a bit late and in less populated areas the same will start soon. The polling agents who have been working hard all the day long [...]



Vote Vote Vote, Ale Ale Ale

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

The polling is in process and we may see a lower medium turn out this season. May be below 40%. But the vote is here, the terrorism has harassed, the future is here. Use the power of vote, use it as a guided one, to reduce the chances of rigging during elections to [...]



Election 2008: President Knows the Results before Elections

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

President Pervaiz Musharraf has told the media that PML(Q), MQM along with coalition parties will form the government and he will supervise the government of the Prime Minister from PML(Q).
This was told by the President in an interview given to Ms Jamima the ex-wife of Imran Khan, Chairmain Pakistani Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) (which can be seen [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]



The IRI Survey Report

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

Please visit the link below and see how the general public is responding. Almost 75% of respondents say that President Musharaf should leave his office . . .
IRI Report
Courtesy Dawn.com