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December 26, 2007, 7:56am
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Re: Cell at CM House to help ‘Q’ candidates
‘PML-Q candidates harassing opponents’
LAHORE: The candidates of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) are harassing other political parties’ members, candidates and supporters during their election campaigns, said Mohammad Tahseen, executive director of South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP), at a press conference on Monday.
The Pakistan Coalition For Free, Fair and Democratic Elections (PACFREL) organised the press conference on the pre-elections situation in the country.
Tahseen said that around 2,200 PACFREL observers – 10 men and 10 women for every district – would be on duty to assess the countrywide electoral process. He said 1,950 observers had already been trained. He said the observers would fill out forms at the end of the day with their observations and assessments whether the election process was free, fair and democratic or not. The forms would be received by SAP and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and would be made available to the media, he added.
Tahseen said that up to a 100 observers from seven countries of South East Asia had expressed willingness to come to Pakistan for the 2008 elections. But only 28 applicants had been given visa so far, he added. He said the basic structure of the Election Commission of Pakistan was not democratic.
Tahseen said the application fee was so high that no poor man could consider contesting the polls. He said such elections could not be democratic. He said that unless the deposed judges were reinstated, the coming election could not be free, fair and democratic.
PACFREL national coordinator Sharjeel Ahmad said the PACFREL believed that women, youth and minorities were not being given equal rights and opportunities to express their opinions.
PACFREL is an alliance of the HRCP, SAP, Ecumenical Advocacy Forum, Aurat Foundation, Strengthening Participatory Organisations, SUNGI Development Foundation, Interactive Resource Centre, and the Pakistan Institute for Labour, Education and Research.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\25\story_25-12-2007_pg7_27
An insider privy of the liar/illegal president of Pakistan speaks about the existence of such a cell at ex-CM house…
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=11901
Wasi demands EC foil poll rigging plans
By our correspondent
JARANWALA: Former Law Minister Wasi Zafar has demanded the Election Commission take steps to foil the ballot rigging plans. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Wasi said the prospects of the PML-Q’s defeat in the elections had upset the government. Wasi, an independent candidate for NA-76, alleged that an election cell had been set up at the residence of Chaudhries in Lahore to ensure the success of PML-Q candidates by hook or by crook.