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16 women arrested for casting bogus votes

SARGODAH — The polling staff has arrested sixteen women casting bogus votes at the polling station on bogus computerized card. According to details, the staff members of polling station no 197, that was established in High School railway ground in constituency NA- 66 during general checking arrested sixteen burqa clad women attempting to cast bogus votes were less than eighteen.

 

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  APDM stages protest demonstrtion  

LAHORE — All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) Monday staged protest demonstrations against General Elections-2008 in several areas of provincial capital. JI leaders Liaqat Baloch, Farid Paracha, Azhar Iqbal Hassan,Syed Waqas Jafferi and Ahsan Rasheed while addressing the ...

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Nation votes in mother of all elections with surprising turnout
Arrow goes lethal—Tiger goes wild — cycle tumbles down
International Observers satisfied—Peace, Transparency, Fairness rule the polling day—Terror, rigging fears vanish—flour crises, load shedding, price hike sink Q League boat—Sympathy Vote Strengthens PPPP position—Q's failure results in N's success—PPP sweeping Sindh. PML(N) swallowing Punjab ANP smells renaissance in NWFP—Q trying to emerge in Baluchistan, loses heavyweights at centre

Makhdoom Babar, Uzma Zafar & Saad Saud in Islamabad, Zeeshan Mirza & Mona Khan in Karachi, Adnan Rafique Chauhdary and Umer Cheema in Lahore, Tarique Yousafzai & Iqbal Khattak in Peshawar and Hassan Talpur & Jam Anis Ahmad in Quetta

ISLAMABAD— As the nation votes in The Mother of All Elections that can clearly be described as the most transparent, free and fair polls in the political history of the country, surprising results have started emerging, indication PPPP heading to claim major victories at Sindh and Centre while PML (N) following it at both centre and Punjab, pushing aside the former ruling PML (Q) ....

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Whoever wins will form Govt: President
By Makdhoom Babar

RAWALPINDI—President Pervez Musharraf Monday said that whoever wins in the general election will form the government and he remains committed to the policy of political reconciliation in the larger interest of the country. The President was talking to reporters after casting his vote at a polling station at Bhindara School here in constituency NA-54 and PP-9. First lady Begum Sehba Musharraf and the ....

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US hails Pakistan poll as important step towards civilian democracy

WASHINGTON—The United States Monday hailed the conduct of parliamentary election in Pakistan, describing it an important step on the pathway towards civilian democracy. “We are pleased that elections have been conducted in Pakistan. It is an important step in the path towards an elected civilian democracy that reflects ....

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VP stresses improvement of energy... CDA to promote 16 Sub engineers
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Election: February 2008
Pakistan Elections 2008 Summary

Party

NA PP PS PF PB Total
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Group (PML N) 43 24 0 0 0 67
Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) 30 11 7 5 4 57
Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML Q) 18 9 2 1 10 40
Independent 16 9 0 5 3 33
Awami National Party (ANP) 9 0 0 15 1 25
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) 3 0 0 2 2 7
0 0 0 6 0 6
Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) 1 0 0 4 0 5
Balochistan National Party (BNP) 0 0 0 0 3 3
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) 0 0 1 0 0 1
Pakistan Muslim League Functional (PML F) 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 121 53 10 38 23 245
 

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