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I hope the the PML[Q] paychecks didnt get delayed because of the assasination of BB.
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what difference will expecting make?isn't the final result all that matters?
Ah, the good ol' irony of PPP expecting the people to 'vote' for them in a democractic process, yet the party itself does not believe in democracy. :)
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Disgusting. Are you also laughing at the families of hundreds of people that have been murdered, and people that have lost their jobs because their business have been burnt. These poor families certainly will not be getting any paychecks.
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Disgusting. Are you also laughing at the families of hundreds of people that have been murdered, and people that have lost their jobs because their business have been burnt. These poor families certainly will not be getting any paychecks.
according to Musharaf they will...In his speech adressing the nation he says they'll get some money:p
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Disgusting. Are you also laughing at the families of hundreds of people that have been murdered, and people that have lost their jobs because their business have been burnt. These poor families certainly will not be getting any paychecks.
aalsi/reza pehalwi/malik73 nope, I am only laughing at you and your fellow Pml[q lota] TCers...
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according to Musharaf they will...In his speech adressing the nation he says they'll get some money:p
lol after it goes through chaudhry pervez elahi's office...
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lol after it goes through chaudhry pervez elahi's office...
may be but there will be some left over from PE unlike NS and BB coz with them there is no left over :)
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Good decision… 
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Political parties slam polls delay
** Say decision being taken to help out PML-Q
- JUI-F, PML-Q favour polls delay
By Daud Khattak*
PESHAWAR: With the exception of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F), the rest of NWFP political parties taking part in the upcoming general elections unanimously condemned the polls postponement till February 18.
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday announced a six-week delay in the parliamentary elections which were slated for January 8. However, EC officials argued the polls were being delayed due to violence triggered by the assassination of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) chairwoman Benazir Bhutto.
Commenting on the EC decision, JUI-F Provincial General Secretary Maulana Shujaul Mulk said the government had taken the right step by rescheduling the polls. He said the party endorsed the decision as it would enable candidates of all parties to reach the electorates and fully inform them about their manifestos and future programmes.
A day earlier, the party’s provincial president Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan had asked the government to hold the elections as per schedule.
Expressing his party’s resentment over the more than a month delay, Provincial President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Pir Sabir Shah said the decision was condemnable as, according to him, it was meant to provide more time to the PML-Q.
The Q-League graph, which was already down, had plummeted to zero following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the government wanted to give it more time to improve its image among the masses, opined the former NWFP chief minister.
To a question about any possible alliance between the PPPP and PML-N, Sabir Shah said they had seat adjustment arrangement with PPPP in Haripur but no such plan were on the cards at the national or provincial level at the moment.
Khwaja Yawar Naseer, PPPP’s NWFP spokesman, said the government was already involved in pre-poll rigging. However, the killing of Benazir Bhutto further frightened them and they adopted the postponement option to create hurdles in the PPPP’s march towards success.
Awami National Party (ANP) Senior Vice President Ghulam Ahmad Bilour condemned the delay in polls and termed it an effort to help out the PML-Q through a ‘sham’ electoral process.
How could the government delay the polls on the pretext of security situation while precedents of Iraq and Afghanistan are before the world, where elections were held despite a warlike situation in the two countries, he questioned.
He said the ANP would not raise objections if the poll delay was restricted to January 25 or 26. However, the more than 40-day postponement revealed the government’s intentions to shore up the PML-Q.
Jamat-e-Islami (JI) NWFP President Sirajul Haq said they had already informed the people and the parties about the government’s intentions. He said it was not clear if the elections would now be held on the February 18 or not.
Without criticising the government for the delay, provincial general secretary of the PML-Q Mushtaq Ghani said they were in favour of the postponement of elections for a week or two.
However, he added, they had already made it clear that the PML-Q was fully prepared for the polls even if it were being held on January 8. He said the political parties were hurling baseless accusations on PML-Q regarding the postponement.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\01\03\story_3-1-2008_pg7_13
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Parties criticise govt for postponing polls
** Allege move has been made to give PML-Q advantage over other parties
Staff Report*
LAHORE: Political parties, especially those taking part in the election, have criticised the government for postponing the election to February 18. They have alleged that the move has been made to give the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) an advantage over the other parties.
However, they said the PML-Q would face certain defeat even if the election were held on a later date.
PML-Nawaz’s Raja Zafarul Haq said there was no justification to extend the election date. “The only justification can be to give the PML-Q an advantage over the other parties. The government is using various tactics to support the PML-Q, but none will prove fruitful for the party,” he added.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed said the Pakistan People’s Party and PML-N should boycott the election and join the movement to remove President Pervez Musharraf from office.
He said a new government should form a new Election Commission to conduct the election after Musharraf’s removal. He alleged that a free and fair election under Musharraf was impossible and that the opposition parties had not accepted him as a presidential candidate.
He said every step taken by Musharraf was unconstitutional including the imposition of martial law and the removal of judges. He said the opposition parties, after the death of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, should not accept Musharraf as president or contest the election under his rule.
He demanded the PPP and PML-N lead the country to get Musharraf out of office.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\01\03\story_3-1-2008_pg7_42
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People not happy with polls delay
‘Polls should have been held on time’
Thursday, January 03, 2008
By Xari Jalil
Karachi
In the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and the countrywide mayhem that was triggered soon after, questions about whether the elections would be postponed loomed large in everyone’s minds.
It became an even more important issue after the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) confirmed that they would participate in the polls, while the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone the elections to February 18 compounded the confusion. With regards to postponing the polls, the opinion of the public at large is apparently very different from that of the establishment.
Amjad Khan, a rickshaw driver shook his head sadly when he first heard of the decision. “This is an unfortunate incident, it shows that the government is scared that the People’s Party will sweep the elections,” he says.
“When the affected party itself has said that it has the courage and strength even at this moment to fight these polls, then why is the government saying that they should wait?” questions 20-year-old Hamid Ali, a student of a college.
The people who had been deeply disillusioned before Benazir’s murder, are now angry and mobilized. They say they are moved by the loss of the party, even though any were not siding with any party as such.
“It is pathetic to see how the government is being scared of the PPP,” says Nauman Ahmed. “Its only clear that they know that the party will win, but by delaying the polls, they are only causing people to become even angrier and take to the opposition parties.”
“The establishment is giving the reason of ballot papers being burnt, but I ask the government, where was the writ of the government when the arson was taking place? With this kind of inefficiency, I say the sooner the elections the better so at least the people can choose someone who can bring in more law and order,” says Ahmed Kazim.
“If they (government) are finding it hard to hold elections, only because of the ballot papers being burnt, then it is advisable to them to hold these elections in other areas first, and delay them only in those areas till they fix the problem,” says Mohammad Yousuf, a taxi driver.
A large number of people have showed their distress at the decision to postpone the elections, but some still remain neutral and passive, and display themselves as being apolitical.
“I have no interest in anything happening in this country,” says Shoaib Akhtar. “I hardly read the newspaper unless there’s something important happening around.”
“I know that the elections will be rigged, everyone knows that. Whoever is really the winner, will never be proclaimed.
The establishment will remain, so why even bother about elections?” says a student of the Urdu Science College who asked not to be named.
“I think that the decision to postpone elections till after Moharram was a good idea, because there would have been a lot of disturbance and problems. In the end the common man suffers,” says Ayesha Shah. “And in the end, the people will only vote for who they want, whether the polls are postponed or whether they are held on schedule.”
Nevertheless, the public view does not seem to matter to the establishment at the moment. The decision is made and the affected party is still willing to fight instead of boycotting. Only the results will be held in tense anticipation.
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I think it is a better decision. Holding elections on Jan 8 might have cuased further bloodshed in parts of Sindh. People are not tolerant here. By February 18, things would settle down considerably. People here in Karachi are very much agigated over the the treatment (I cant describe it over here) of garment factories girls in EPZA on the evening of December 27.
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not to say that the badmaashi these animals did at edhi centers was any better.
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Disgusting. Are you also laughing at the families of hundreds of people that have been murdered, and people that have lost their jobs because their business have been burnt. These poor families certainly will not be getting any paychecks.
And, where was you commando general? Also, isn't govt responsibility to protect innocent people's lives and and properties?
Re: Election commission postpones election
I think it is a better decision. Holding elections on Jan 8 might have cuased further bloodshed in parts of Sindh. People are not tolerant here. By February 18, things would settle down considerably. People here in Karachi are very much agigated over the the treatment (I cant describe it over here) of garment factories girls in EPZA on the evening of December 27.
I think elections should be cancelled altogether and people should be trained for next atleast one generation in how to get civilized....election will just enhance the hate politics.....and these politicians will continue to innovate new reasons of hatred>>>
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Government was very clever to postpone the elections for six weeks....I bet it will not take more than two/three weeks for Mr, Zardari to expose his real self....
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Government was very clever to postpone the elections for six weeks....I bet it will not take more than two/three weeks for Mr, Zardari to expose his real self....
The questions are already being asked. The handing down of power though a 'Will' was a big mistake. PPP has lost all its credibility in the eyes of the people when they talk about democracy.
The fact that Zardari is already talking about agitation means he is taking Pakistan towards a civil war. BB (whether she meant it or not) spoke about reconciliation, and kept the party stalwarts from all regions together. PPP as people know it is finished.
God Bless Pakistan and help avoid the secterian riots of the past. Ameen.
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IT WAS AN EXCELLENT MOVE, IM SURE ZADARI AND PPPP LEADERSHIP WOULD BE EXPOSED BEFORE ELECTIONS, IF THEY CAME TO POWER THEY COULD HAVE MANIPULATED REPORTS AND GOT AWAY WITH BB MURDER