.... umm nevermind
Seems like you were right!
I can only hope that the US continues to 'hail' the elected officials, specially those in NWFP, where the americans have a free reign as of now.
NWFP has seen the emergence, and a possible clean sweep by the Mutahidda majlis-e-amal, a coalition of major religious parties of the country. An average voter turnout of 30% was seen in the tribal areas, which normally have seen much less than that.
Lets see how well this staunchly anti-american-forces-in-pakistan government sits with the US.
Will america respect Pakistans democratically elected officials and their decisions, or will they use the usual blackmail or force tactics to get things done their way?
well i dont agree with this notion
PMLQ is winning most of its seats from Punjab and it was expected that it will happen!! What a rigging that so called favorite of Govt Mian Azhar has lost both his seats ??? come on guys Grow up 
Pakistan Zindabad
This is a great day for Pakistan. Alhumdulillah Democracy is once again taking root in our land! I know it is worrying that the religious parties performed so strongly but they will be constricted by a coalition government that will force them to moderate their views. I actually hope they take part in the coalition government; that way they can stop talking in ideals and see what it actually takes to run a country. One cannot be idealistic when he has to deal with getting food on the table and employing people. Their misguided zeal and hate for India/USA/Israel will do them no good this time. Let us hope democracy sets foot permanently and that people, no matter what their differences, resolve them through dialogue not violence.
Pakistan Zindabad, bravo President Musharraf!
LOL Abdali.... I have'nt seen a more accurate piece of satire for a long time!
I agree with spock if it wasn't for rigging PPPP would have won considerably. MMA winning is a clear indication that rigging was done scientifically to give an impression that it was a fair election. MMA was not even in picture for winning 10 seats :) As for letting Mian Azhar loose well as I said at his jalsa only 4 ppl showed up till the time it was expected to start, so changing the result there would have made it all too obvious. What kinda party can win so many seats when its leader is so unpopular? Aren't political parties all abt leadership? Mian Azhar lost PML (Q) took the lead what a joke!!!
Does anyone know which party within the MMA has won the more seats?
I wouldn't be surprised if a rift occurs among the members of the different fractions of MMA. Regardless of them being part of the ruling collation or not, they will have a significant political pressure and will use it more effectively in the coming years.
Was MMA winning rigging? Early polls from remote areas of NWFP which usually are the last ones to come in, probably hint towards that way. But if this is assumed then I am sure that at many other places the govt. rigged the poll on a grand scale.
oh ajee its obvious there was rigging. NWFP key polling station are miles apart from eachother hamesha hi result dair sey atta hey. MMA ko jitaiya hi iss liey so that they can say it was a fair election.
I dont think there was any rigging. We just have a habit of being suspicious of everything and never to accept anything at face value. There has to be a conspiracy theory to everything and we will clutch at any straws to prove the point.
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I dont think there was any rigging. We just have a habit of being suspicious of everything and never to accept anything at face value. There has to be a conspiracy theory to everything and we will clutch at any straws to prove the point.
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ahan. which country are u residing in if i may ask? Did the presiding officer told u to vote for cycle when u went to cast your vote? And did she say with joy key sarey vote cycle ko hi pur rae hien? How did she know? Wo dekh rai thi? Jis shehur sey PML Q ka leader haar giya aur loag kaiswey jeet gae? Parties are due to leaders. Agur leader haar giya party kaisey jeet gai?
Had PPPP won PML would have said its rigging.... This is nothing out of the ordinary....
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Had PPPP won PML would have said its rigging.... This is nothing out of the ordinary....
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Pur looton ki baat sunta kaun, waisey bhi with Mushy behind them they couldn't loose. :D
conspiracy theories
fantastic saahib,
with all due respect, is the CIA involved when everday pakistanis take rishwat? Is it rigging when a tribal group decides punish a muslim woman by gang-raping her? sir, we can always find conspiracies to justify our thinking but one should realize that people who do so will never be taken seriously by the mainstream. relying on conspiracy theories makes one appear ignorant of complexities and instead, to reliant on simplistic ideas to make sense in a simple brain.
your suggestion that Musharraf "rigged" the election by making the party he opposes actually win is giving Musharraf way too much credit! the only thing that is plain to me is that you will go to great lengths, bordering on the ridiculous, to maintain your contempt for Mr. Musharraf.
just my .02 cents but i am quite fed up with moronic thinking...i mean get real...
With all due respest MISS TUMS why don't u answer my queries? If they aren't genuine you shouldn't find it difficult o answer them.
I live in this county and I love it and when I see something wrong it my right to protest. Where do u live btw?
And I can say too then that ppl like u would go to any lengths to prove that Mushy didn't do anything wrong but obvios is a little to difficult to reject :p
Akif :k:
PPP regaining in Punjab Assembly :biggthumb:
LAHORE, Oct 10: **The People’s Party, which had been banished from Punjab in the 1997 elections at the hands of its erstwhile adversary Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), regained its lost glory in the province on Thursday by winning various important provincial assembly seats. **:biggthumb:
**The party improved its performance in the biggest province by defeating Punjab PML (Quaid-i-Azam) President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi - a candidate for the office of the chief minister - on one of the two seats he was contesting. ** 
The PML(Q) leader was stranger to the Rahim Yar Khan constituency. However, **he won his Gujrat seat with a big margin. **
Many other seats which were regarded as strongholds of the PML(N) have gone to the PML(Q).
The National Alliance, a coalition of smaller parties of which the Millat Party is one, also showed good performance in the southern districts.
According to preliminary results received from Bahawalnagar, People’s Party Parliamentarians’ Saifullah Awaisi (PP-270), Chaudhry Shoaib Karim (PP-275), Dr Mohammad Afzal (PP-276) are the winners.
In Sialkot district, six seats have been won by the PML(Q) and one each by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the PML(N). Those who have been returned on these seats are: Ahmed Cheema (PP-121), Khush Akhtar Subhani (PP-125), Armaghan Subhani (PP-127), Arshad Mahmood Baggo (PP-122), Imran Ashraf (PP-123), Shahid Mahmood Butt (PP-128), Chaudhry Ansar Iqbal (PP-129) and Chaudhry Azeem Ghumman (PP-131).
In Rahim Yar Khan, Makhdoom Imaduddin of the PPP trounced Pervaiz Elahi on PP-292. Winning candidates on other seats in the district are: Mohammad Shafiq Anwar of PML(N) on PP-296 and Sheikh Aziz Aslam of PPP (PP-297).
In Layyah, Asghar Ali Gujjar of MMA, Mehr Ejaz Ahmed of PML(N) and Haji Malik Allah Bux Samita and Chaudhry Altaf Husain of PML(Q) have won on PP-266, PP-265, PP-263 and PP-262, respectively.
In Rajanpur, Sardar Awais Leghari of the National Alliance and independent candidates Hasnain Bahadur Dreshak and Sardar Mohammad Amanullah Dreshak won from PP-247, PP-248 and PP-249 respectively.
In Dera Ghazi Khan, Mir Badshah Khan Qaisrani (NA), Sardar Fateh Mohammad Buzdar PML(Q), Javed Akhtar (NA), Syed Abdul Aleem (NA), Farooq Leghari (NA), Sardar Yousaf Khan Leghari (NA) have won on PP-240, PP-241, PP-242, PP-244, PP-245 and PP-246 respectively.
In Sahiwal, PPP’s Valayat Shah Khagga, Aftab Ahmed Khan and Chaudhry Mohammad Arshad, PML(Q)'s Malik Jalal Din, Mohammad Arshad and Malik Noman Ahmed Langrial of NA and independent candidate Chaudhry Waheed Asghar Dogar succeeded on PP-220, PP-221, PP-225, PP-222, PP-223, PP-224 and PP-226, respectively.
How do you guys feel about the Molvis gaining power?
Has anyone read the cnn.com article on pro-taliban parties winning in Pakistan? according to the surey they posted the marjority of people feel that Mushy isnt trying to return democracy.. what do you guys think?
well pakistan has gone the indian way india had a hindu nationalist party and now pakistan also has islamic parties in fore front