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Sheikh Rashid flees the country
Sheikh Rashid was the first one to flee Pakistan after being humiliated in these elections. He lost both his seats, one by a margin of about 46,000 and the other by a margin of 62,000 votes. In the last elections he was elected from both these seats. Public love for him can be seen in [...]
Election Roundup (0630 PST)
The rigging observed today by many observers was not enough to hamper the voice of the people. While there is plenty of documented evidence of rigging by parties notably the Q-League and MQM this was not sufficient to save them from a crushing defeat at the hands of PML-N and PPP. Details of the rigging [...]
Summary of events at 1518 PST
10 people killed so far today. Many injured. Blatant rigging. News of “staged” voting in front of foreign election observers News of abductions (atleast 4 PML-N workers’ abduction confirmed) TV Channel’s barred from conducting their own exit polls to verify the accuracy of the compiled results and not allowed to broadcast results without being “issued” [...]
Election begins with rigging, violence and trouble
Not coming as much of a surprise, election starts off rather unpleasantly. Two friends who registered to vote in Islamabad went early to the polling station to find out that their names were missing from the designated polling station. Last night PML-N candidate Ch Asif Ashraf was assassinated in Lahore. In addition an MQM candidate [...]
