A Young Pakistani’s Perspective on Pakistan

CHUP recently interviewed Mahir Nisar, the Vice President of Future Leaders of Pakistan, an organization that seeks to encourage the growth and development of Pakistan’s future leaders. FLP also strives to promote leadership within the country. It aims to promote awareness on politically pertinent issues affecting the country. The organization established Parliament Watch, a website [...]

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PPP Delays PM Decision

The party of recently slain Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), delayed nominating the country’s Prime Minister on Thursday, “casting the nuclear-armed nation deeper into political limbo after elections,” reported the AFP. The News added that the decision will be made in the coming days. The PPP was expected to nominate the party’s [...]

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Inside Pakistan’s Elections - CAP’s Wadhams Video Journal

An interesting perspective by Center for American Progress’ Caroline Wadhams on the elections in Pakistan.

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Elections Over: Time for a New Political Landscape in Pakistan

The results from Monday’s election are official - not only did the opposition win, but elections were relatively free and fair, there was little reported violence, the Karachi Stock Exchange finished at significantly higher levels, and President Pervez Musharraf and the political party that backed him, the PML-Q, accepted defeat. These developments alone should [...]

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Analysis of the Election Results- Fahad Hasan

The federal parliamentary election results, which are still being counted, dealt a significant blow to the Musharraf regime, since most of the cabinet members serving in the PML-Q pre-emergency government lost their contested seats. If the results continue to pan out as expected, then we will have a PPP-led coalition government with the PML-N. Therefore, [...]

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Polls Close, Counting Begins

According to news sources, President Pervez Musharraf’s “allies” faced a “crushing defeat” in today’s parliamentary elections. According to CNN, “In the first three counts to finish, the provincial assembly seat in Balochistan went to the Pakistan People’s Party — the party of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto — while two independent candidates won [...]

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ELECTIONS 2008!

The elections are upon us, and I’d like to say good luck to all who are going out to the election stations to vote. Please be careful - given the current security situation, extremist groups have been targeting polling centers in an effort to destabilize the country and intimidate voters.I’d also like to take a [...]

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Car Bomb Kills 27 Ahead of Pakistan Vote

A car bomb killed 27 people and wounded 93 on Saturday when it exploded in front of a (Pakistan People’s Party) PPP election office in Parachinar, in northern Pakistan. The blast, reported the AFP, increased security fears on the last day of campaigning, just two days before the elections. According to CNN, “The office [...]

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Pakistan Attack Victims Mourned

On Saturday, 25 people were killed and 35 were injured in a suicide attack targeting an Awami National Party election rally in Charsadda. The ANP is a secular political party that competes against Islamist parties for support among the NWFP’s ethnic Pashtun community. One man, who attended the funeral of two of Saturday’s victims, told [...]

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"Democracy Is Not Born in a Minute"

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to stick to his pledge to hold free elections, but added that she understood that democracy “is not something born in a minute,” reported Pakistan’s Daily Times today. The official told reporters traveling with her to Berlin for meetings on Iran, [...]

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