Finally, it's election time in Pakistan. Over eight crore people vote for the National Assembly as well as the provincial assemblies today. The run-up to the elections has seen widespread violence including the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Not in recent memory has there been an election that has attracted so much attention, despite it being well known that it won’t amount to much. It reflects the world’s anxiety over Pakistan. It also reflects how much the world wants the Pakistan ship to right itself with these elections and sail out of troubled waters.
There are apprehensions of widespread rigging. Over 1000 observers, including those from the United States and the European Union will be monitoring the elections.
Pakistan witnessed a violent start to the general elections on Monday as a PML-N candidate was shot dead in Lahore while a blast hit a polling booth in Swat Valley, even before the voting began.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Election Day in Pakistan: Fear of more terror attacks
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