Not a promising start
“Today, political parties claim there was rigging. The first thing I will say is that this Election Commission was formed by the two main political parties, the PPP and the…
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Presidential election 2009
04/09/2009 Will it make any difference? President Hamid Karzai is likely to emerge victorious from1 the controversial and violence-ridden Afghani presidential elections held on 20 August. The elections were…
Local elections expose Musharraf’s sham of democracy
By Khalid Bhatti 29/10/2005 The article below was written in early October. As a result of the earthquake, its translation into English was delayed, as well as its posting on…
Local Government Elections, General’s Democracy Flourishing
General Musharaf has been able to conduct the second non party local government elections in his six year rule. The election results are not shocking for all those who know…