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Bloody elections: Rigging, abductions and torture in Karachi
Polling agents tortured, some taken hostage for two hours and beaten, including 4 women workers.
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Karachi: Blast at Qasba colony, polling suspended
Polling has been suspended in the area, which falls under NA-242.
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New players: Religious parties optimistic about affecting results
MWM candidates are expected to cause an upset by putting a dent into the vote bank of various contenders.
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Strict measures: Rigging polls will be harder this time
Photo on electoral roll to help verify voters.
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As violence goes down in NA-242, civic problems come to the fore
About 40 per cent of the area’s residents don’t have access to potable water.
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Constituency profile: ‘It’s hard to pick a candidate in NA-240’
The constituency has pockets of MQM, PPP, ANP and JUI-F supporters.
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Troubled waters: Pakistani fishermen fear reprisals
Think their peers imprisoned in India may face harsher treatment following Sarabjit’s death.
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Elections a battle between ‘pro and anti-Taliban forces’
ANP, PPP, MQM blame ECP, caretakers for turning blind eye to attacks.
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NA-241: A historically violent constituency waits for polling day with bated breath
Most residents of NA-241 are labourers on the lower rungs of the economic ladder.
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Karachi NA-239: In this constituency by the sea, there is hardly a drop of water to drink
Residents complain political leaders disappeared right after they secured seats in the previous elections.