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Posts Tagged ‘rigging’

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 [...]



Pakistan Polling Coming to an End : Show Prudence Please

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Now as the polling has entered in its final stages, and people have express their will over teh ballot people, the question is that will this election provide us with a leader who would shepherd us into a brave new era of true democracy where we would have a working free judiciary 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 [...]



Pakistan Election 2008 : Court of Nation

By Sameer Shaharyar • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Election Frenzy is touching the skies and world is watching in tense silence. We are yet to see as the months of uncertainty is turns into chaos or will it turn into hope, promise and assurance.
If one party which is really recoiling and about to burst at the seams is the King’s party, which goes [...]



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 [...]



President Says PML-Q will be the Victor

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

For many, if the crooked widower of Benazir Bhutto comes to power after the votes are counted in the evening, it will be the saddest day for the country. Whereas President Musharraf has predicted that his hand-knitted PML-Q is sure to win the elections alongside with the MQM of Karachi, things are quite murky on [...]



Come and Rule out the Option of Post Election Rigging

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

Go and stop post election rigging. How Nation can stop the post election rigging as the vote is like an arrow once out of hand is always out of site.
This is a short message to my fellow citizens. You can stop post election rigging with the power of your vote. Now a question is arising [...]



Polling Starts But It’s Slow

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

One hour has passed since the polling for Pakistan Election 2008 has started, but the voter turn out up till  now is hopeless. But that is not something to be get dejected about, as Election Day is considered normally a holiday in Pakistan, and these are winter times, people get up late, have a leisure [...]



Pakistan Election 2008 : I Plead You to Vote

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

Election 2008 are a time of reflection for us, the whole of Pakistan. We should thank our lucky stars that nature has bestowed this opportunity upon us to once again exercise our right to cast our votes. Once again we are presented with a chance to express our say. In these turbulent times, when Pakistan [...]



PML-Q Will Win : Guardian Predicts

By Ali Yar Khan • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Pakistan’s President General (r) Pervez Musharraf has prophesied after watching in his crystal ball that PML-Q, his brain child, will clean sweep the elections and along with Karachi party MQM will emerge as the victor. He also revealed that he would be acting as the guardian with the new government and his role would be [...]