Worse Than Raisani
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 18, 2013 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The Pakistan Muslim League (P.M.L.-N) hasattained the required support to form a coalition government in Balochistan after the Pakhtunkhawa Milli Awami Party (P.K.M.P) of Mahmood Khan Achakzai and the National Party of Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch announced to join the next administration. The new coalition partners have decided to keep the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam … Read more
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The Reluctant Nationalist
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 15, 2013 · 2 Comments
The Balochistan National Party (B.N.P.) of Sardar Akhtar Mengal has rejected the results of May 11 polls and launched a massive protest campaign against what it calls as the rigged polls. The Pashtunkhawa Milli Awami Party and the National Party, which performed beyond expectations, are neither a part of Mr. Mengal’s protest nor are they … Read more
How Nawaz Sharif Can Help Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 14, 2013 · 1 Comment
Political parties that won Saturday’s general elections in Balochistan have already initiated contacts with other parties to form a coalition government. According to the results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan, the Pashtunkhawa Milli Awami Party has emerged as the largest political party with 11 seats in the Balochistan Assembly which is followed by … Read more
Elections Over; But Where Are the Balochistan Results?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 12, 2013 · 1 Comment
The Election Commission of Pakistan (E.C.P.) has not released the official results of Saturday’s elections nearly 24 hours after the counting of the votes began. The delay in the release of the official results is eventually causing panic among some political parties that are now complaining about alleged rigging and mismanagement of the polls. The … Read more
Elections With a Positive Outcome in Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Saturday’s general elections in Balochistan largely remained peaceful, transparent and productive despite the lowest voters’ turnout probably ever witnessed in the history of the province. Voters’ turnout is hardly given much consideration while judging the success of an election as long as a candidate is elected and all political parties are provided a level playing field in the election … Read more
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Pakistan’s Unfair Elections
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
On May 1, 2013, a full-page ad in Pakistan’s Dawnnewspaper read: “My Dear Pakistanis, have you thought why PPP, ANP and MQM are targeted?” The ad was referring to three secular political parties, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), the Awami National Party (ANP.) and the Muthida Quami Movement (MQM). The three parties formed a coalition that ran the … Read more
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National Party-J.U.I-F Nexus
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The National Party (N.P.) has taken a dramatic decision to support the right-wing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (J.U.I.-Fazal) in Khuzdar district against the candidate of the Balochistan National Party (B.N.P.-Mengal). This move has attracted considerable criticism from Baloch nationalist quarters for a number of reasons. Firstly, the J.U.I.-F was a part and parcel of the past two … Read more
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Teachers’ Decision: An Extraordinary Setback For Elections
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Two weeks before the upcoming general elections, the Government Teachers’ Association (G.T.A.), the biggest union of public school teachers in Balochistan, hasannounced that its members will not perform election duty on May 11 due to security concerns. The G.T.A. says as many as 18,441 government school teachers in 11 Baloch-dominated districts of Balochistan will not offer … Read more
Campaigns Silenced
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 26, 2013 · 1 Comment
The election campaigns in Balochistan have been deeply silenced after at least five organized attacks on different political parties in various cities. On April 16, the Baloch Liberation Army (B.L.A.) attacked the convey of Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, the Balochistan president of the Pakistan Muslim League (P.M.L-Nawaz), which led to the killing of his young son, brother and … Read more
What Pakistan’s Elections Will Not Deliver
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar For an unstable and fragile country like Pakistan, next month’s general elections are important. But they will not necessarily resolve many of the country’s outstanding problems. For instance, none of the mainstream political parties, including the secular groups, has promised to eliminate or at least enervate the influence of political Islam. … Read more
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