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Najam accepts, Talat declines
I, for one, was not surprised by either of the two responses. The two did exactly what I thought they would do.
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Media on the take?
Most effective firewall would be if media owners, practitioners file by March 29 forms similar to nomination papers.
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Political crystal ball-gazing
On the face of it, it appears that the real contest in the upcoming elections would be between the PML-N and the PTI.
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Analysis: Trials and errors of democracy
You cannot have democracy without passing through a phase during which everything appears to be coming unstuck.
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Guidelines for covering elections
The media’s ability to use its freedom with responsibility is expected to be put to test during election coverage.
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Nawaz Sharif’s Shariat bill
Sharif, who had almost succeeded in introducing Shariah, would appear to the TTP as an ideal guarantor for peace talks
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The matter of governance
Exceptions to the rule notwithstanding, civil service presently attracts those who wish to make a bundle on the side.
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The CEC in focus
Now the culprit is ECP’s bureaucracy, which has many years’ experience of rigging elections, manipulating results.
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The CEC in focus
Given circumstances, only option for CEC, it seems, to cancel verification results, let voters decide where they vote.
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The many forms and shapes of pre-poll rigging
Few resisted temptation to term 1997 SC's govt dismissal a form of pre-poll rigging with then president, CJ...