The election commission has rejected nomination papers of various opposition parties that are seen challenging the establishment
It has been a year one would like to forget. But for a country caught in the vortex of volatility, what lies ahead doesn’t look very hopeful either. It has not been an auspicious start to the new year, with fresh allegations of persecution of dissenting voices. With about a month left to the polls, the elections already appear to have been stolen.
The mass rejection of nomination papers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates has compromised the legitimacy of the polls. The entire electoral process is tainted. The shameful spectacle of Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a former foreign minister, being pushed and dragged into a police van, gives us a glimpse of the ongoing repression of PTI leaders. The crackdown seems to have intensified with the approach of the February 8 polls.
The mass rejection of nomination papers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates has compromised the legitimacy of the polls. The entire electoral process is tainted. The shameful spectacle of Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a former foreign minister, being pushed and dragged into a police van, gives us a glimpse of the ongoing repression of PTI leaders. The crackdown seems to have intensified with the approach of the February 8 polls.