Re: LB polls transparent: Commonwealth report
The onus of responsibility is with the Federal government to ensure a free and fair election..not with the opposition parties and civil society to ensure it..the HRCP while it maybe led by Asma Jehangir right now is not a fiefdom of hers and the organisation has consisted of some of Pakistans finest social workers, lawyers and jurists..the organisation is universally cited as a reliable source of information by any number of soruces. One may dislike Ms Jehangir for her politico/religious beliefs but that does not alter the fact that the HRCPs credibility is quite high. The Commonwealth report as I said is not a report on the elections it is about the electoral process..in a technical sense ..and even in that limited role it has heavily criticised the electoral commission for it's performance. It is far more effective to rig an election well before and well after than to simply stuff ballots..Mushys friends did not need to worry about any challenge about rigging in many areas because they in Sind (in die hard PPP strongholds) have been elected unopposed..and in central and South punjab almost all candidates have been "encouraged " to switch sides for their own good.
The rest of your criticisms of the opposition are not linked to the rigging itself.