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| February 2008 |
| Vol. 60 ; 16 February 2008 |
| PAKISTAN ELECTION WATCH 60 - 16 February 2008 |
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In an audio recording obtained by Human Rights Watch, Pakistan¿s Attorney General Malik Qayyum stated that upcoming parliamentary elections will be ¿massively rigged,¿ Human Rights Watch said today.
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| Vol. 59 ; 15 February 2008 |
| PAKISTAN ELECTION WATCH 59 - 15 February 2008 |
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PPP is today poised to win sizeable number of seats in both the provincial and National Assembly elections. PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto's assassination on December 27 last has turned the wave of public support in favour of the party.
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| Vol. 58 ; 14 February 2008 |
| PAKISTAN ELECTION WATCH 58 - 14 February 2008 |
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Eyebrows are being raised in and outside Pakistan over the surprise meeting two arch political rivals-PPP and PML-N-had early this week. Media reports said it was more than a courtesy call; party leaders reportedly discussed the possibility of a working out a coalition in Islamabad after February 18 elections.
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| Vol. 57 ; 13 February 2008 |
| PAKISTAN ELECTION WATCH 57 - 13 February 2008 |
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PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said they would form a coalition government if their groups won the biggest share of votes in next week's parliamentary elections. Following an hour-long meeting in Lahore,
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| Vol. 56 ; 12 February 2008 |
| PAKISTAN ELECTION WATCH 56 - 12 February 2008 |
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Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that electioneering would come to an end at midnight on Feb 16. A commission press statement said that according to Section 84 of the Representation of the People Act, 1976,
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| Vol. 55 ; 11 February 2008 |
| PAKISTAN ELECTION WATCH 55 - 11 February 2008 |
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The State sponsored rigging will be attempted without a doubt, but political forces that are still standing by Musharraf are so heavily discredited that 'standard rigging procedures' may fail.
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| Vol. 54 ; 08 February 2008 |
| PAKISTAN ELECTION WATCH 54 - 08 February 2008 |
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Election Commission said presiding officers should give a certified copy of the statement of the count and the ballot paper account to polling agents. Spokesman told all presiding officers that after the polling ended they should give a certified copy of the statement of the count and the ballot paper account to candidates' agents present at the polling station and obtain a receipt from them in this regard.
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| Vol. 53 ; 07 February 2008 |
| PAKISTAN ELECTION WATCH 53 - 07 February 2008 |
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PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said a national government sans the former ruling party would rewrite a 'contract' between the state and its subjects after the polls. He said the 'contract' had vanished after former premier Benazir Bhutto's assassination,
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| Vol. 52 ; 06 February 2008 |
| PAKISTAN ELCTION WATCH 52 - 06 February 2008 |
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According to a recent Newsweek report PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has suggested that he might be interested in premiership if the PPP was elected to power in the elections because he ¿has the widest name recognition in the party.
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