Rigging US-style
Circle the first, first letter of the alphabet in this line. Now write the word ‘noise’ backwards and place a dot over what would be its second letter should it…
Circle the first, first letter of the alphabet in this line. Now write the word ‘noise’ backwards and place a dot over what would be its second letter should it…
As expected, the PML-N has managed to retain the NA-122 seat and Ayaz Sadiq has returned to the National Assembly. It was undoubtedly a close contest like it was in…
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has prepared a detailed fact-finding report against allegations levelled against it regarding anomalies in the general elections of 2013. The report will be…
Following the PTI’s intense propaganda and agitation after the 2013 general elections, certain rhetoric regarding electoral rigging has somehow become an essential part of the national political discourse in Pakistan.…
In his obsessive campaign to de-legitimise the May 2013 general elections, Imran Khan has apparently moved a bit ahead this week. On Monday, an election tribunal declared the NA-125 polls…
The judicial commission set up to probe alleged rigging in the 2013 elections has started its deliberations. Reportedly the 21 political parties that have approached the commission have been issued…
We have had ten general elections over the past 45 years. Over the past 15 years, we have seen the establishment of independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit election research and assessment organisations.…
After the Model Town tragedy, law enforcers refused to bash the protestors prodding the PML-N, and self-proclaimed 'defenders' of democracy in the opposition, to seek a negotiated settlement with Pakistan…
This was discussed before in this column - the shifting of the coordinates of the political pendulum in Pakistan over the years completely to the Right and the pendulum oscillating…
PTI Chairman Imran Khan is all set to launch his protest movement on May 11 to expose those he accuses of having "stolen the people's mandate through rigging." He has…