KARACHI:
In an exclusive checking of FER-2012 (the final electoral rolls), it was found that 633 voters out of 2,581 registered voters in a particular census block were listed under a single address in the PECHS neighbourhood.
However, at the given address, only six voters were actually found, Karachi’s district election commissioner told the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) chairperson in a letter.
He requested the NADRA chairperson to take speedy action in this regard and rectify the omission. He demanded the authority to supply revised copies of FER-2012 to the district election commissioner’s office at the earliest date possible.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2012.
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Game Over for MQM !
MQM has these tricks to stuff the ballot boxes on election day. This is how they secured dr. farooq sattar's victory in 2008, when it surprised everyone that he had lost in the initial count, and his result was announced very late after stuffing additional votes. We are not saying that the other parties are saints, but those pretending that MQM wins elections fairly must be living in fool's paradise.
Those who think that they can win karachi through stupid electoral changes, they will be rejected again by the people of karachi. Because at the voting time karachite don't sleep they all go for cast the vote for wining middle class member. Discrimination about karachi may be harmful for every pakistani, where as MQM's concerned it will be unbeatable bcz MQM not only wins election but heat of citizens
In some constituencies of Karachi where MQM won, the turnout was more than100%. Let alone 633 votes in a house. Yes, MQM 'wins.' :P
@ Shariq Please post the proof of your claim that MQM won by the margin of double of votes of any constituency. All the results of previous elections are on ecp.gov.pk and if you are correct it would not be difficult for you to post those proofs of your claim above. And if you fail to do that no need to say sorry as we are habitual of this sort of propaganda.
@Anonymous: yes Mr like your name every time some anonymous group of peoples come to booth & fill out the boxes. and MQM win with a margin of double the total votes of any constituency. I am witness of the whole drama for last three elections, do not worry keep going with same spirit of use of UN-fare means.
I participated in first local bodies election during Musharraf Regime. I know it for a fact that there are more than one cases of same nature in Union Council Jehangirpura, Peshawar as well.
I am not in Pakistan to challenged these bogus vote entries made by two political parties namely, ANP and JUI.
A Peshawary.
I am wondering how these 633 voters mistake by ECP is blindly been shifted to MQM's account shame on all of them.
No more walk in the park for MQM this time around!
This tells the inner story that How MQM win with big margin.
May be time for all voters to be required to show a government ID before voting!
& we wondered How MQM win Elections..!