Source: [Emergency] Mailing List
By Erik de Bruyn
Erik de Bruyn, leader of the left wing of the Flemish Socialist Party in Belgium has been invited by the PPP to monitor the elections in Pakistan. In particular he is monitoring the elections in the industrial belt of Karachi (NA 257) where the PPP candidate Riaz Lund is […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Vote-counting began in Pakistan Monday after voters defied bombings and shootings to cast their ballots in elections that will decide the political fate of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf.
The parliamentary polls were meant to cap the transition to civilian democracy after eight years of military rule, but took place in […]

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Source: CNN
(CNN) — – Support from Pakistanis for al Qaeda and the Taliban has plummeted in Pakistan, and so has their confidence in the current government, according to two recently released nationwide polls.
The separate polls were conducted by two U.S.-based organizations, the International Republican Institute and Terror Free Tomorrow.
They were released a week before Pakistanis […]

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Source: AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A UN human rights envoy on Thursday told US lawmakers not to send any delegation to monitor the upcoming election in Pakistan, claiming that it was already rigged by President Pervez Musharraf.
“There is no point in monitoring the elections or watching the poll — the rigging has already happened,” said Hina […]

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Source: Geo News
ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday announced to hold the general elections in the first week of January 2008.
Addressing a press conference here he directed the Chief Electron Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan to fix any date before the 9 January 2008.
The elections for National Assembly and provincial assemblies would be held on […]

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