Re: Live Updates of Azadi March
I think MQM demand is not justifiable. I do not know why they are giving such statements, but maybe they are feeling threatened by daily increase in PTI popularity, or there could be other reasons that are not obvious.
Anyhow, whatever Imran is demanding is justified. It is right of people to make government leave office (not resign but leave office) if they are occupying office due to rigging. Precedent is protest against Bhutto (1977) forcing him to call for re-election. Though martial law followed, but if not, then there would have been re-election.
To rule through election is not right but privilege, and that happens with consent of all political parties and people at large, who accept that election was free and fair. Recent example is Afghanistan, where losing candidate did not accepted the election as free and fair, hence recounting and auditing of election is happening.
As far as 2013 election in Pakistan, all political parties, TV channels monitoring the election, political analysts, TV anchors, almost everyone says that it was not free nor it was fair. Hence 2013 Pakistan election was invalid, and people holding office due to that election are holding their offices wrongly.
Situation can be corrected in two ways.
1: complete or partial auditing of the votes in constituencies, so that some credibility can be given to the election and all parties start accepting it as free and fair.
2: Re-election.
saleem bhai....Imran demands regarding recount and juidical investigation of the rigging are already agreed upon by the govt....if rigging is proved in the court, bismillah, there will be new elections....but Imran's single-handidly destroyed electoral reforms agend
and you dont like that MQM leadership asked imran to control his language and his workers? what is so wrong abt that? kaya ho gaya aap ko saleem bhai?