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Fair elections?

When our last military dictator General Pervez Musharraf launched the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), he made pretty tall claims. One of them was that under the then-new system,…

Elections and the budget 2018-19

The National Assembly has passed the delimitation of constituencies' bill with 242 votes in favour and one against paving the way for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to complete…

German elections

The September 26 general elections in Germany have produced another hung parliament. Even though the Social Democrats emerged as the single largest party in parliament, it fell well short of…

Cantonment elections

Although cantonment elections represent a small fraction of the electorate in the country, their results still help understand political trends. This election exercise is better than most surveys to feel…

Cantonment elections

The most important message coming out of the cantonment board elections last Sunday night was that you may discredit him, you can run a propaganda campaign against him, you can…

AJK elections

As expected, the PTI won the majority in the AJK Assembly elections. The Kashmiri electorate continued the tradition of electing in the party that is ruling Islamabad. The PTI is…