Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer Elections are like a big decision-making event where people pick a leader for their country. They do this by voting in public. The leader they choose will have power and important duties. Elections are a formal way for a group of people to make decisions, and the person they pick becomes a public official. This is a really important part of democracy, making sure the government is for the people and chosen by the people. One important thing in elections is suffrage, which means the rightRead More

Waheed Hussain Since 1985, I have been watching conduct of general elections, the winners always declared the process free, fair and transparent, while, the losers called it rigged. The last week elections ended up with the same old narrative of accusations and counter-accusation of massive rigging and irregularities across the country. In interior Sindh the GDA, in Karachi Jamat-i-Islami, Tehreek Labaaik Pakistan and Pakistan Tehreek Insaf, in Baluchistan the nationalists and JUI (F), in Khyber PakhtunKhwa Awami National Party, while in Punjab PTI were protesting against the ECP blaming itRead More

By: Qamar Bashir Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) finds itself embroiled in a multifaceted crisis, grappling with significant challenges that threaten its political standing and influence in both the National and Provincial Assemblies. At the heart of this turmoil is a contentious legal struggle to reclaim seats that PTI alleges were unjustly wrested from its grasp, amidst accusations of a biased Election Commission and state machinery ostensibly arrayed against it. This situation is further compounded by the unsettling trend of PTI-endorsed candidates, who secured their victories largely through the party’s support andRead More