Why PTI
From the Blog borderlinegreen This election, I am voting for PTI. This will be the first time I vote. I am not the only one who has never voted before in her life. Only 80 million people were registered to vote during the last elections, against eligible voters of almost 110 million. Of these 80 million, only 34 million actually polled. And of those who polled, only 18 million voted in favor of the winning candidates in aggregate. I am not looking forward to being ruled by the mandate of 18 million out of a population of 180 million for another five years. I am certainly not the only one. Many new people (I hope) will vote this year. So, as I second guess my choices, yo-yo between yay and nay, I log on to facebook and sigh with relief: I am not alone. Many like me, who have never voted before, or never as pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Mr Zardari's legacy
From the Blog pakteahouse By Saad Hafiz: Pakistan will have to grapple with serious issues in the upcoming election with security and the economy at the top of the agenda. It remains to be seen whether this election campaign will strengthen democratic discourse or turn into the normal political slugfest filled with slander, distasteful language and hostility between the parties. There are early indications that the opposition will make an election issue of the person and record of the much-maligned incumbent president, Mr Asif Ali Zardari. Mr Zardari and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) came to power in 2008 on a wave of sympathy and hope, after a Taliban suicide-bomber killed his wife and the then PPP leader, Ms Benazir Bhutto, during the election campaign. As a result, Mr Zardari, never popular and pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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