Pakistan General Elections 2013

Who will be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan ?

  • General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • General Pervez Musharraf

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • Imran Khan

    Votes: 14 33.3%
  • Asif Ali Zardari

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • Nawaz Sharif

    Votes: 23 54.8%
  • Yousaf Raza Gillani

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    42

Decklander

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What a funny situation, Our PM was born in Pakistan and Pak PM in India. So we now have a situation wherein a Pakistani is head of Govt in India and an Indian as head of Govt of Pakistan.
 

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What a funny situation, Our PM was born in Pakistan and Pak PM in India. So we now have a situation wherein a Pakistani is head of Govt in India and an Indian as head of Govt of Pakistan.
Pakistan is a new and artificial construct from 1947. There is absolutely no question of MMS being a "Pakistani".
 

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Pakistan is a new and artificial construct from 1947. There is absolutely no question of MMS being a "Pakistani".
What he meant was born in Pakistan and born in India ?

And if an Italian can run the state why not a Pakistani ?
 

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Pakistan election: Sharif edges closer to majority

Nawaz Sharif appears on course to secure a majority in Pakistan's parliament and form the next government after claiming victory after Saturday's election.

Unofficial results suggest his Pakistan Muslim League has won easily, though he has reportedly opened talks with independents to guarantee a majority.

He has already been congratulated by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

US President Barack Obama also pledged to work with the new administration.

Mr Sharif is set to become prime minister for the third time.

Former cricketer Imran Khan, whose Movement for Justice Party (PTI) is in a close fight for second place, has promised to provide genuine opposition.

Analysts say Mr Sharif, 63, is in a far stronger position than the outgoing Pakistan People's Party (PPP) which led a weak coalition often on the verge of collapse.

The PPP of late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto appears to have been badly beaten in the election. It was one of several secular parties unable to campaign freely due to Taliban attacks.

Pakistani media say Mr Sharif's PML-N has so far captured well over 100 seats with the PTI and the PPP on around 30 each.

Analysts said the PML-N was likely to get around 130 seats and should be able to make up the required majority of 137 with support from independents and small parties.

Once it achieves a majority, Mr Sharif's party would be allocated a majority of 70 other parliamentary seats reserved for women and non-Muslim minorities.

An election commission spokesman said turnout had been around 60%. In 2008 it was 44%.

The election appears to have paved the way for the first transition from one elected government to another in a country prone to military takeovers.

Mr Sharif - who was toppled in a military coup in 1999 and spent years in exile - spent Sunday in talks on forming a government.

Imran Khan, still bedridden after a fall at a campaign rally, said the election would boost Pakistan's young democracy.

"We are now moving towards democracy. I congratulate the nation on the numbers in which they turned out to vote," he said.

But Mr Khan said his party was collecting evidence of alleged vote-rigging.

'New course'
President Obama congratulated Pakistan on successfully completing the election and said he looked forward to working with the government that emerged.

He welcomed the "historic, peaceful and transparent transfer of civilian power" but stopped short of naming Mr Sharif.

During his election campaign, Mr Sharif said he would end Pakistan's involvement in the US-led war on terror.

However, he declined to say whether he would call a halt to military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he hoped for a "new course" in relations between India and Pakistan.

"PM extends his congratulations to Mr Nawaz Sharif and his party for their emphatic victory in Pakistan's elections," he said on his Twitter account.

He invited Mr Sharif to go to India "at a mutually convenient time".

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he hoped for co-operation to root out what he called terrorist sanctuaries.

Both Pakistan and Afghanistan are engaged in a long battle with Taliban Islamist militants.

The triangular relationship between Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US will be tested more than ever as Nato withdraws combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of next year, says the BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Islamabad.

At home, Nawaz Sharif's government will be equally tested in tackling Pakistan's severe shortages of power which damage the economy and hold back job creation, says our correspondent.

In the run-up to the vote, more than 100 people died in election-related violence.

In what is seen as another sign of the acute challenges facing the new government, a bomb has gone off in the south-western city of Quetta, killing at least five people.

A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the wall of the official residence of the police chief of Balochistan province, Mushtaq Shukhera.

Most of those killed are reported to be police, but one child also died.

Mr Shukhera was not among the 60 injured in the explosion, which left a large crater and was heard across Quetta. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Balochistan suffers from separatist violence and sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims.

BBC News - Pakistan election: Sharif edges closer to majority
 

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What he meant was born in Pakistan and born in India ?

And if an Italian can run the state why not a Pakistani ?
I know very well what he meant.

Only a Paki will call someone born pre-1947 India will call himself a Paki. Pakistan is an artificial construct which did not exist before 1947, so let us not do a disservice to ourselves by calling people born in those regions before 1947, Pakis.
 

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Golden Quuestion.

when will zardari flee Pakistan?? bilawal is already in Dubai.
 

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And what happened to all the hype that Imran Khan is the new kid around the block who will lead Pakistan to Paradise]!
 

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Sharif's comeback raises hope of better Indo-Pak ties

Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif made a comeback to power after 14 years on Sunday, in an election victory that was welcomed by India as it raised hopes of better ties between New Delhi and Islamabad. With counting still on, Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) was headed for a win in more than 128 of the 272 directly elected seats of the national assembly, according to projections by local television news channels.

The tally was overwhelming in comparison with what his key rivals – Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf and Asif Ali Zardari's Pakistan People's Party – were seen winning, around 30-35 each.

The two-time Prime Minister, once jailed and exiled after being ousted in a military coup in 1999, has promised to improve relations with India, including resuming talks on Kashmir and an investigation into the alleged role of Pakistan's spy agency, ISI, in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

"We will pick the threads from where we left. We want to move toward better relations with India, to resolve the remaining issues through peaceful means, including that of Kashmir," said the 63-year-old leader whose family moved from Amritsar to Pakistan post partition.

Congratulating Sharif on his "emphatic victory", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, "The people of India welcome your publicly articulated commitment to a relationship between India and Pakistan that is defined by peace, friendship and cooperation. I look forward to working with you and your government."

Talks between India and Pakistan to end their decades-old rivalry – rooted primarily in a dispute over Kashmir – were interrupted after Sharif was deposed by then army chief Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

Musharraf is widely believed to have been behind the cross-border incursions in Kargil that triggered a mini-war between the two countries.

"Nawaz Sharif is very serious about better relations with India. (President Asif Ali) Zardari was thwarted by the establishment. Being a Punjabi and a mandate from Punjab, Sharif can do much more," says retired Pakistani general Talat Masood.

In his party manifesto, Sharif has said the Lahore accord that he signed in 1999 with then Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee remains the touchstone of his India policy. Under the treaty, the neighbours reached a mutual understanding on the development and use of nuclear weapons. Sharif takes great pride in Lahore, seeing it as a personal achievement he must complete.

Lahore is one of the threads of the past he plans to pick up, the other is his vendetta against Pervez Musharraf, the general who wrecked Lahore and overthrew him.

Sharif's promise to reveal all about Kargil is more about getting at Musharraf than about winning Indian trust.

However, normalising relations with India fits in with two elements of the agenda Sharif will pursue in the coming years.

First is granting most-favoured nation status to India and otherwise normalising economic ties.

Sharif shares the view of most civilian politicians that Pakistan's economy has done well out of trade - and India is the one obvious market left to be tapped.

"Sharif understands that if done correctly, Indian imports will be cheaper and help tackle inflation," says Pakistani economist Asad Saeed.

Second is Sharif's campaign statements that civilian control of the military is a must in today's Pakistan. To make the case for this, he has to reduce the threat perception regarding India.

As PM, Sharif may wish to do a lot with India but delivery will be an exercise in patience.

Taking on the army, for example, will be easier said than done. It would mean confronting Punjabi militants like the Lashkar-e-Taiba, groups which, notes Pakistani analyst Ayesha Siddiqa, he once nurtured and were backed by his Punjab party.

"The military will use Imran Khan and the Taliban against him if he goes too far," believes Rana Banerjee, Pakistan expert at the Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research.

The expectation is that Sharif will move stealthily.

He will support existing moves to bring the ISI's activities under civilian scrutiny. On the diplomatic front, he will resurrect the back-channel diplomatic talks that fell into disuse after Musharraf's fall.

Sharif's comeback raises hope of better Indo-Pak ties - Hindustan Times
 

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And what happened to all the hype that Imran Khan is the new kid around the block who will lead Pakistan to Paradise]!
farhan should answer this as he was batting furiously for IK. :lol:

He LOST badly... perhaps he is better suited for coaching Paki cricket team.
 

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And what happened to all the hype that Imran Khan is the new kid around the block who will lead Pakistan to Paradise]!
When they think of paradise they pick up guns and run towards Kashmir ..

And Kashmiri girls run towards Udhampur for abortions !!

That is the address to their respective paradises
 
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And what happened to all the hype that Imran Khan is the new kid around the block who will lead Pakistan to Paradise]!
Oh yes off course. Paradise exists on Facebook a twitter
 

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What would be the thoughts of Musharraf right now? Any guess?
 

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FAFEN releases list of 49 polling stations with over 100pc turnout:lol::lol::lol::lol:


ISLAMABAD: Based on data gathered by Free and Fair Election Network observers at polling stations showing impossible voter turnout greater than 100 percent, FAFEN called on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to release all polling station Statements of the Count (Form XIV) to the public on its website before certifying any final election results in any constituency.

The voter turnout was more than 100 percent in at least 49 polling stations out of 8,119 polling stations sampled by FAFEN across Pakistan, according to Statements of the Count delivered so far by FAFEN observers.

ECP must not include votes from these polling stations in calculations of constituency election results, and should consider re-polling in these stations.

At least 32 polling stations with greater than 100 percent turnout were in Punjab, 10 in Sindh, six in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one in Balochistan. The polling stations with impossible voter turnout figures included 19 female polling stations, 16 male stations and 14 combined (male and female) stations.

Voter turnout is calculated on the basis of the registered voters for each polling station as given on the ECP website Election Commission of Pakistan.

Polling stations included in the analysis are only those in which presiding officers accurately calculated the total number of ballots as recorded on the Statement of the Count (Form XIV).

FAFEN has recommended since 2008 that ECP should void the results from any polling station where more ballots are cast than the number of registered voters, and should investigate highly improbable cases of voter turnout, such as those greater than 80 percent.

Best practice for election transparency requires that polling station ballot counts and vote counts should be posted as quickly as possible on the ECP website, both as scans of the original forms and in data tables that can be scrutinized.

This information was made public by ECP for the first time many months after General Election 2008, based on persistent FAFEN advocacy.


FAFEN releases list of 49 polling stations with over 100pc turnout | Pakistan - geo.tv
 

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