Pakistan and violence: memory, shame, and repression , Furhan Iqbal
The general election of 18 February 2008 in Pakistan takes place amid violence. The campaign has been marked by numerous assaults on authorities and civilians, and frequent suicide-bomb attacks on political rallies, which have exacted …
www.opendemocracy.net/article/conflicts/india
_pakistan/violence_remembering_forgetting

Musharraf allies admit Pakistan opposition in poll lead
AFP –
The parties of former premier Nawaz Sharif and slain politician Benazir Bhutto opened up a lead over the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League-Q after …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5geYM5ZzJJSUVfGOf8nhVp4tTQ6EA

Pakistan’s Opposition Holds Its Breath
TIME – USA
Counting has begun in Pakistan after a day of voting in general elections which many hope will pull the country out of violence but which could also fuel …
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714238,00.html

Some Pakistan Women Warded Off Voting
The Associated Press –
KHAZANA, Pakistan (AP) — Posters of the Muslim world’s first female prime minister, the late Benazir Bhutto, fluttered in the wind. …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gu6eNzx
ACeJ4EEonbltb6QyZ8i8wD8USUKA80

Pakistan Vote Cannot Be Fair, Say Rights Groups
DENVER, Feb 18 (OneWorld) – Whatever today’s election tallies show, the period of instability and government restrictions leading up to the vote in Pakistan ensure that the results will not reflect the will of the country’s people, …
us.oneworld.net/article/view/157972/1/

Pakistan: Voting, Elections and Counting
By Neha Viswanathan
We are especially interested in hearing reports from our readers in Pakistan about what they see on the streets, what their own first-hand voting experience has been, and what they are hearing from others on the ground. …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/18/
pakistan-voting-elections-and-counting/

Pakistan Holds Election Key to Democracy
The Associated Press –
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Fear and apathy prevented many Pakistanis from
voting in crucial parliamentary elections Monday, but initial returns
indicated …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hjZVKZR9
FBOXSPU057fCwrWwm4-gD8USSM2O0

Polls Close, Counting Begins in Pakistan Elections
Washington Post – United States
18 — Outbreaks of sporadic violence were reported across Pakistan on Monday as polls closed and election officials began tallying votes in the country’s …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/02/18/AR2008021800830.html

Polling of Pakistan’s general elections ends
China Daily – China
… incidents at a few places, Secretary of Election Commission Kunwar Dilshad was quoted by the official Associated Press of Pakistan as saying.…
www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-02/19/content_6464260.htm

Pakistan on the brink
washingtonpost.com’s award-winning videographer just recently shot an impressive 3-part package about the political crisis in Pakistan. The full screen version is particularly impressive. … [visit site to read more]
www.cyberjournalist.net/pakistan-on-the-brink/

Pakistan at a crossroads
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
Canada has sent four election experts to Pakistan as part of an election observer mission to ensure the voting process proceeds with transparency.…
www.thestar.com/News/World/article/304536

Pakistan counts ballots cast in parliamentary elections
USA Today – USA
Pakistan is counting the ballots that millions of voters cast in today’s largely peaceful parliamentary elections. USA TODAY’s Paul Wiseman reports that …
blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/02/pakistan-counts.html

Fractured verdict looms on Pakistan
Hindustan Times – India
Polling stations all over Pakistan closed their doors at 5 pm as voting ends in the trouble-torn country. Pakistan goes to polls on Monday amid hope and …
www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=8ee130c5-d4d0-
466b-b39a-a8bd51bf06aa&ParentID=666816c4-9c94-4f6d-
a057-946d12950725

Voting picks up in Pakistan
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
After a slow start, voting picked up in Pakistan on Monday but the shadow of violence loomed large with two blasts through the morning in Quetta. …
www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/pr
ocessarchive.aspx?id=NEWEN20080041604

Pakistan’s subdued election day
By Myra MacDonald
That is the best word I can come up with to describe the Pakistan blogosphere on election day. In a country used to the unexpected, the overwhelming sense is not over who is going to win but about what is going to happen next. …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/02/18/pakistans-subdued-election-day/

Pakistan votes amid fears of violence, vote-rigging
CTV.ca – Canada
Karygiannis’s Toronto riding has a large Pakistani population and the MP said he’s in Pakistan in an unofficial capacity on behalf of his constituents to …
www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/
20080218/pakistan_elxn_080218/20080218?hub=TopStories

Vote unlikely to resolve Pakistan’s chaos
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s bloodiest election campaign ends on Monday when voters elect a new parliament, but the chaos may only just be beginning in …
www.canada.com/story.html?id=4cf
b9d8f-270e-4a41-b970-40dae8e7d98c

Polls close in Pakistan
Hindu – Chennai,India
Islamabad (PTI): Voting closed in Pakistan on Mondayat the end of a crucial general election that is expected to clinch the fate of President Pervez…
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200802181840.htm

Pakistan and the bogeymen factor
BBC News – UK
Mr Ali is standing in Monday’s elections for Pakistan’s former ruling PML-Q
party, the political face of President Pervez Musharraf. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7248614.stm

Pakistan polling begins amid fears of violence
Guardian Unlimited – UK
A sympathy vote is expected to help Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s party (PPP) become the largest party in the 342-seat national assembly. …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/18/
pakistan1?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Election day in Pakistan
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Follow the events of the long-awaited election day in Pakistan here. Refresh and scroll down for updates. Polls have been open in Pakistan for six hours and …
blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/2008/
02/election_day_in_pakistan.html

Pakistan Voting Starts Amid Security, Rigging Worries (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
18 (Bloomberg) — Voting started slowly in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections today as concerns about violence and allegations of rigging deterred voters. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601087&sid=ajy6k5ytSe1U&refer=home

Pakistan’s voting continues under tight security
Xinhua – China
18 (Xinhua) — Pakistan’s parliamentary elections is underway but still under tight security on Monday, according to local media. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/18/content_7624593.htm

Violence mars Pakistan polls
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
Lahore: Five people including a Muslim League (N) candidate were gunned down in an election-eve attack in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. …
www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=
NEWEN20080041604&ch=2/18/2008%201:53:00%20PM

Pakistan Elections today
By HRCP
All HRCP offices and fieldworkers will be observing certain aspects of the elections, ie they will be watching and assessing the electoral process – pre-poll, during polling and post-poll – as it is part of Pakistan Coalition for Free, …
hrcpblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/pakistan-elections-today/

Pakistan fears over vote rigging
The Press Association –
Voting has begun in the postponed Pakistan elections after opposition politicians voiced concerns about vote rigging. Polls opened nationwide at 8am local …
ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h
GWKguBvSC2kRksGxe49VWcMR4EQ

Pakistan’s vote to be rigged, critics predict
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
By JONATHAN S. LANDAY Election workers on Sunday struggled with one another as they tried to pick ballot boxes for their district in Lahore, Pakistan.…
www.kansascity.com/105/story/494286.html

General elections underway in Pakistan
Xinhua – China
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — Pakistani people are casting their votes in the general elections on Monday. The polling started at 8 am local time (0300 …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/18/content_7623400.htm

Voting begins in Pakistan election
Pakistanis are voting for a new parliament in an election seen as a major step toward democracy but shadowed by fears of violence.
news.smh.com.au/voting-begins-in-
pakistan-election/20080218-1sqo.html

Biden Warns Pakistan on Elections
By The Huffington Post News Editors(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
LAHORE, Pakistan — Sen. Joseph Biden urged Pakistani authorities to ensure that Monday’s parliamentary elections are free and fair, warning that the country could face greater instability if the vote is rigged. …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/17/
biden-warns-pakistan-on-e_n_87112.html

Vote Is Expected to Further Weaken Musharraf
By civilsocietypakistan
When confronted with the suggestion, for example, that he will have to work with a coalition government consisting of some the most infamous crooks in Pakistan; he responds with great sincerity, ‘I’m not running a martial law here. …
civilsocietypakistan.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/
vote-is-expected-to-further-weaken-musharraf/

Giant billboards and simple symbols to help Pakistan go to the polls
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
Not far from Islamabad, Rawalpindi was the scene of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s recent murder and posters of her party, the Pakistan People’s …
www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlin
es.asp?fileid=20080218.B10&irec=9

Pakistan votes; fears of violence, rigging
Bangkok Post – Thailand
Islamabad (dpa) – Polls opened Monday for Pakistan’s crucial parliamentary elections amid fears of violence and rigging by the backers of embattled…
www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_
news/breakingnews.php?id=125995

Derek Flood: Pakistan’s Elections – Situation: Critical
By Derek Flood(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
Lahore, Pakistan: Tomorrow morning millions of voters in Pakistan will cast their ballots in perhaps the most crucial vote in the nation’s sixty years of independence. The bloody campaign season has been rocked by a series of well …
www.huffingtonpost.com/derek-flood/
pakistans-elections-si_b_87081.html

What’s at stake in Pakistan’s election?
Tehran Times – Iran
By Gul Jammas Hussain The Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s very existence as a vibrant, stable, and prospering nation is at stake in today’s crucial …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=163442

Vote unlikely to resolve Pakistan’s chaos
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s bloodiest election campaign ends on Monday when voters elect a new parliament, but the chaos may only just be beginning in …
www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=
4cfb9d8f-270e-4a41-b970-40dae8e7d98c&k=94677

Pakistan’s ‘feudals’ may aid Pervez Musharraf
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Isambard Wilkinson in Lahore President Pervez Musharraf could emerge unscathed after the general election thanks to Pakistan’s “feudal” political system. …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml
?xml=/news/2008/02/18/wpak318.xml

Attack kills 37, days before Pakistan vote
Detroit Free Press – United States
AP ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Two days before crucial elections, a suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a parliament candidate’s election …
www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/
20080217/NEWS07/802170636/1009/NEWS07

Pakistan Ends Probe Into Bhutto Killing as Suspects Confess
Bloomberg – USA
Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud provided about $6300 to finance the attack, the official Associated Press of Pakistan cited Police…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601091&sid=aPwIKkzPbDzY&refer=india

Pakistan counts down to elections amidst uncertainty
Xinhua – China
18 (Xinhua) — With all the necessary arrangements in place, the countdown of Pakistan’s general elections has started despite some uncertainty. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/18/content_7621499.htm