Source: Daily Times 
* Achakzai says martial law still prevails in form of NSC
By Manzoor Ali Shah
PESHAWAR: Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai said on Friday that the people of Pakistan had voted against the dictatorship and that now President Pervez Musharraf should admit defeat and resign.
Addressing a news briefing after a two-day […]

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Here are the videos and they work even after YouTube was banned by MQM! (Open this post to view the video)

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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: Xinhua
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — Pakistani people are casting their votes in the general elections on Monday.
The polling started at 8 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) and will continue till 5 p.m. (1200 GMT).

Staffers of a polling station prepare minutes before the general elections in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, Feb. 18, 2008. Pakistani people […]

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Source: CNN
By Suzanna Koster
PESHAWAR — Athlas Khan says he wants to vote for people who are honest in Pakistan’s upcoming general elections. Sporting a warm smile from under his turban, the elderly rickshaw driver adds that he wants to vote for those who are working for Allah and Prophet Mohammad.
“They are the book people,” he […]

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Source: The Wall Street Journal
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Tens of thousands of Pakistani civilians have signed up as election monitors, fostering hope that Monday’s national vote will end a history of rigged elections and restore stability to this jittery, nuclear-armed nation.
Ambreen Saba Khan is one of them. The 27-year-old teacher has been patrolling this army garrison […]

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KARACHI, Feb 7: With the country due to go to the polls on Feb 18, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is eyeing with some confidence 18 national assembly seats out of the total 20 available in Karachi, as compared to the 12 national assembly seats the party bagged in the 2002 elections. Nevertheless, the party […]

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Source: U.S. News
Seven and a half weeks after the brutal slaying of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Pakistanis will go the polls in what has become a contentious referendum on the beleaguered presidency of Pervez Musharraf.
While Musharraf, who has been a key ally of the United States, is not on the ballot himself, his […]

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Source: Emergency (Mailing List)
Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section “49-O” that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn’t want to vote for anyone!
Yes such a feature […]

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