The Pakistani Spectator

8th general elections are going to happen tomorrow in Pakistan. Since our independence in 1947 from the British colonial rule, elections have been arranged in the fatherland, but there was no continuity in them, though nation took part in every election with fervour.
Elections were manipulated every time. Political cells of agencies affected the polling, political […]

The only thing, which may be termed as above the law in any country is ‘Basic Human Rights’. If any law cannot provide it or have the weakness that any one can supercede it with its own rules then such law should be thrown into the sea and a new one should be implemented.
The right […]

We Pakistanis, over the years have developed a penchant for the personalities rather than the system. This was exactly the reason why just after the brutal and ghastly assassination of two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, every one started predicting as when the PPP will break up. The talk is still in the […]

Since the independence of Pakistan, many elections were held, some under military coups and some under the rule of law. The voters turn out remained below 30% of the total registered voters except the turnout was above 40% in 2002 elections as mentioned by the Musharaf regime.
People don’t go to the poling stations for many […]

by Dan Tow (with a nod to Mr. Orwell)
To my readers: I wrote the following before the tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Apart from my deep sadness for all the people killed, I was terribly sorry that the assassination denied the people of Pakistan their full range of choices in the scheduled election. Assassination is […]