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[13 Oct 2002 | Comments Off | Shimaila Matri Dawood]
Lights, Camera, Elections

PTV gets blasted for biased election coverage, while its competition exposes some truly ridiculous political views.

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[13 Oct 2002 | Comments Off | Sairah Irshad Khan]
Interview: Naheed Khan

“The Peoples Party doesn’t believe in running away, even if the dice are loaded against us,” says Naheed Khan, Political Secretary to Benazir Bhutto.

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[13 Oct 2002 | Comments Off | Massoud Ansari]
A Foregone Conclusion?

Has a PPPP defeat been engineered in Sindh?

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[13 Oct 2002 | Comments Off | Massoud Ansari]
Interview: Nisar Khuhro

“How can the elections be free when the General is openly supporting those who supported him in the referendum?” asks Nisar Khuhro, Provincial President, PPPP.

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[13 Oct 2002 | Comments Off | Zahid Hussain]
The General’s Selection

Sending shock waves through the nation is the government’s decision to allow Azam Tariq, the leader of the outlawed extremist religious party, Sipah-e-Sahaba, to stand for a National Assembly seat from Jhang.

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[13 Sep 2002 | Comments Off | Massoud Ansari]
Past Tense?

Does the rejection of Benazir Bhutto’s nomination papers signal a permanent end to her political career?

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[13 Sep 2002 | Comments Off | Zahid Hussain]
How to Steal an Election

For several weeks before the nominations were filed, Tariq Aziz, President Musharraf’s powerful principal secretary, had camped out in Lahore, wheeling and dealing with politicians.

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[7 Sep 2002 | Comments Off | Samina Ibrahim]
On the Billion-Dollar Trail

An American asset recovery company, signed on by the Pakistan government, is hotly pursuing those who have stashed away billions of dollars in illegal assets abroad.

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[8 Aug 2002 | Comments Off | Amir Zia]
Games Parties Play

The intra-party polls reveal the dictatorial mindset of political parties who perpetually clamour for democracy.

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[7 Jul 2002 | Comments Off | Zahid Hussain]
Interview: Benazir Bhutto

“The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges,” says Benazir Bhutto.