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

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farhan_9909;732377[B said:
]for a new party like PTI..this indeed was a big achievement[/B]

looking forward for PTI govt in future.

never loose hope i learnt from the great khan

that i agree:thumb::thumb:
 

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The Million US Dollar, GB Pound with Saudi Riyal question whats going to happen to General Pervez Musharraf ... : ) Interesting times ahead.
nothing will happen to musshy. 2 reasons

1) nawaz does not want to angry paki army

2) musshy before coming to pakistan went to papa saudi to get guarantee. he will l be let go out of pak to not return for 5 yrs atleast
 

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nothing will happen to musshy. 2 reasons

1) nawaz does not want to angry paki army

2) musshy before coming to pakistan went to papa saudi to get guarantee. he will l be let go out of pak to not return for 5 yrs atleast
I wonder what was the piece of paper Musharraf wanted Nawaz Sharif to sign when he was in jail after the coup. Also what made Saudi Arabia bring them to insert a injunction into that circumstance.

I am thinking if Nawaz Sharif will make Musharraf sign a statement (AKA - something akin to the "Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan statement" with full house arrest honors). This will be return for the piece of paper Musharraf wanted Nawaz Sharif to sign. After that it will be good to see which of the US Dollar, GB Pound with Saudi Riyal that appears.

But Musharraf is a smooth operator (with history of having survived difficult situations that have shown him to be guilty). Not sure if his fate has changed but it seems to be that case: case in point his failed return to Pakistan (you got to love Twitter) and him running away and retreating (not matching his military background) from the court.

In retrospect Musharrafs role and importance can be viewed in strengthening the Pakistani Nuclear doctrine during his rule and that is frankly what is saving him. He tried everything else that he would call his "Pakistan renaissance" in vain thinking that would save him from his guilt later. The Kargil affair might be too hot for Nawaz Sharif to touch. The ideal situation would be for Nawaz Sharif to shows his strength (after all he had pressed the button for the Pakistan Nuclear tests) and be firm on Musharraf. This will allow him to set a very important and required precedent for the benefit of Pakistan as a nation that civilian leadership can balance and check the military in Pakistan. There will be voices that say "Musharraf has suffered too much already and this will prevent future military leaders from thinking along the same path". But the true statement is "The Pakistan Military has failed the people of Pakistan in running the civilian government and its image is at a all-time low. The Military does not want the people of Pakistan to turn against it". The Pakistan Military will be safeguarding its image now. Thats where Nawaz Sharif has the advantage.

Whats Zardari still doing in Pakistan.
 

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@ farhaan. where is naya pakistan??:laugh::laugh:


Same faces in sindh assembly, same chief minister.:lol::lol::lol::lol:






Qaim Ali Shah (PPP),
 

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Women's reserved seats: Top politicians' spouses, kin strike it lucky


only in banana country




ISLAMABAD:
The kith and kin of top political leaders have once again grabbed a lion's share of the reserved seats for women in both the National Assembly and provincial assemblies.
Some of them managed the feat without actually winning in the recent general elections.
Wives, daughters and close relatives of seasoned politicians punched their ticket to the NA and provincial assemblies under the 33% quota reserved for women. Some of the lucky women, who lost on May 11, are now members of the assemblies via the reserved seats route.
Currently, there are 70 reserved seats in the NA, 60 for women and 10 for minorities. There are 137 seats reserved for women in the four provincial assemblies. In the Punjab Assembly, 61 seats are reserved for women, 37 seats in the Sindh Assembly, 25 in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and 14 seats in the Balochistan Assembly.
Rida Khan, daughter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senator Mushahidullah Khan, will be an MNA, according to the final list of MNAs and MPAs prepared by the Election Commission of Pakistan. The list revealed that Nafisa Shah, daughter of former Sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Shaista Pervez, wife of PML-N MNA Pervez Malik, are also set to become MNAs.

Anusha Rehman of PML-N also managed to secure a reserved NA seat
Top Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders Dr Shireen Mazari and Munaza Hassan made their way to the lower house of Parliament for the first time on the reserved seats.
Despite losing in her constituency, Marvi Memon managed to secure a reserved seat on a PML-N ticket, while Shazia Marri was elected as an MNA on a Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians ticket on the reserved seat after losing in the polls.
Syeda Shehla Raza, who is set to take charge as deputy speaker of Sindh Assembly, was elected on a PPPP ticket.
However, not all political leaders are in favour of the way some politicians have made their way into the NA on the reserved seats without contesting for them. They recalled that a bill seeking reserved seats for women in the Indian Parliament was pending for the last three years.
The bill proposed to amend the Indian Constitution to reserve 33% of all seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, and in all state legislative assemblies for women.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan said his party was against reserved seats for women in the assemblies. "Legislators in assemblies are representatives of the people. How can some women be representatives of other women when they haven't even contested the elections?" Khan asked last December.
Senior politician and jurist S M Zafar said elected people should be MPs.
"Elections belong to the people and it's their decision to elect the leaders."


Women's reserved seats: Top politicians' spouses, kin strike it lucky – The Express Tribune
 

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Demand for Saraiki Province From Dailytimes.pk

When the newly elected members of the Punjab Assembly were taking oath in its first session on Saturday, newly formed National Saraiki Party (NSP) held a protest demonstration to demand a separate Saraiki province.
 

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List reveals portfolios of incoming federal cabinet







ISLAMABAD: A list of names for the upcoming federal cabinet was received by DawnNews on Tuesday night.

Senior PML-N leaders Ishaq Dar, Chaudhary Nisar, Ahsan Iqbal, Khurram Dastigir and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and PML-F's Saduruddin Rashadi will be handling major portfolios.

According to the list, the following names have been selected for the ministerial slots:

Ishaq Dar for Finance Minister; Chaudhary Nisar for Interior Minister; Pervez Rashid for Information Minister; Khurram Dastagir for Trade Minister; Murtaza Jatoi as Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, Ahsan Iqbal as IT Minister, Zahid Hamid for Law Minister;:shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::hail::hail:


Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Sadaruddin Rashdi for Minister for development, Sardar Yousuf for Minister of Food Security and Kamran Michael for Minister for Minority Affairs.

The names of Tariq Fazl Chaudhry, Anusha Rehman and Saira Afzal are also on the list for federal ministerial slot.

Meanwhile, Tariq Fatemi's name is there as adviser on foreign affairs.

JUI and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party expected to get one ministry too

List reveals portfolios of incoming federal cabinet - DAWN.COM
 

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Minority rights: No minor issues





ISLAMABAD:
Members of minority communities have pledged to pile up pressure on the upcoming government to promote religious freedom from the very onset. As the last few years saw risks to minorities reaching alarming proportions, it seems the minorities mean business when it comes to making sure their interests are guarded.
Minorities' representatives, both in the parliament and the provincial assemblies, want fresh legislation on religious freedom to protect the rights of an estimated nine million non-Muslims living in Pakistan.

"We want to get the necessary bills passed from the Parliament soon," said MNA Aasiya Nasir who is a Christian MNA from the platform of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F. Minorities want to stay away from the sensitive issues but will continue to struggle for their basic rights, she added.
An important proposed bill seeking increase in minorities' quota in assemblies has already been passed by the previous federal cabinet. An important proposed bill seeking registration of Hindus, the largest minority in Pakistan, is pending with the standing committee concerned since 2011.

Minority rights: No minor issues – The Express Tribune
 

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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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Minority rights: No minor issues





ISLAMABAD:
Members of minority communities have pledged to pile up pressure on the upcoming government to promote religious freedom from the very onset. As the last few years saw risks to minorities reaching alarming proportions, it seems the minorities mean business when it comes to making sure their interests are guarded.
Minorities' representatives, both in the parliament and the provincial assemblies, want fresh legislation on religious freedom to protect the rights of an estimated nine million non-Muslims living in Pakistan.

"We want to get the necessary bills passed from the Parliament soon," said MNA Aasiya Nasir who is a Christian MNA from the platform of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F. Minorities want to stay away from the sensitive issues but will continue to struggle for their basic rights, she added.
An important proposed bill seeking increase in minorities' quota in assemblies has already been passed by the previous federal cabinet. An important proposed bill seeking registration of Hindus, the largest minority in Pakistan, is pending with the standing committee concerned since 2011.

Minority rights: No minor issues – The Express Tribune
More sikh are recruited into army aswell.

After christians.now sikh are the 2nd most largest minority group in Pak armed forces.

But there are no Hindus in PA :rofl:
 

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More sikh are recruited into army aswell.

After christians.now sikh are the 2nd most largest minority group in Pak armed forces.

But there are no Hindus in PA :rofl:
how many sikh in pak 1 million army and para millitary forces???

1 or 2 that is also for show off.

we cant forget what u people did with gulab singh first sikh officer in west punjab police. how he was humiliated by u. how he left the job
 

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how many sikh in pak 1 million army and para millitary forces???

1 or 2 that is also for show off.

we cant forget what u people did with gulab singh first sikh officer in west punjab police. how he was humiliated by u. how he left the job
well minority and female quota is similar

in 2011 when i wanted to appear for initial test.the total seat expected allocation was 715 for men and 37 for female/minority.
And only sikh and christian can join the army
 

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