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Incidents Related to Electoral Process:2008
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January - 2 
The Election Commission of Pakistan on January 2 delayed the general elections slated for January 8 until February 18, according to The News. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq, made the announcement at a press conference in Islamabad and appealed to all political
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The Election Commission of Pakistan on January 2 delayed the general elections slated for January 8 until February 18, according to The News. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq, made the announcement at a press conference in Islamabad and appealed to all political parties to accept this decision in the national interest and actively participate in the electoral process. The CEC claimed that keeping in view the ground realities and the task of making preparations again following large-scale rioting, it was impossible for the commission to hold the polls on January 8. He said the elections had been postponed due to the violence and rioting, and also because the month of Muharram was commencing.
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February - 14 
Pakistan's Election Commission on February 13 postponed elections in a constituency in the Waziristan region due to the law and order situation in the area, Times of India reported. Election Commission Secretary Kanwar Dilshad said in a statement that the polls to the NA-42 constituency in Wazirista
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Pakistan's Election Commission on February 13 postponed elections in a constituency in the Waziristan region due to the law and order situation in the area, Times of India reported. Election Commission Secretary Kanwar Dilshad said in a statement that the polls to the NA-42 constituency in Waziristan had been postponed until further orders. This was done after reports received from the Secretary of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) said the law and order situation in South Waziristan was not conducive to holding elections. Pakistan will go to the polls on February 18 to elect new national and provincial assemblies.
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February - 17 
Election Commission (EC) on February 17 announced that it had postponed the February 18 polls in NA-37 Parachinar. EC Secretary Kanwar Dilshad told Geo Television that the general elections had been delayed after the provincial government requested the centre to do so in view of the volatile securit
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Election Commission (EC) on February 17 announced that it had postponed the February 18 polls in NA-37 Parachinar. EC Secretary Kanwar Dilshad told Geo Television that the general elections had been delayed after the provincial government requested the centre to do so in view of the volatile security situation that had gripped the area after the suicide blast.
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February - 18 
19 people were killed and 157 others were injured in countrywide election-related violence on February 18, caretaker Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz told Dawn. However, according to independent reports, the number of casualties may be higher. The minister said that nine died in Punjab, s
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19 people were killed and 157 others were injured in countrywide election-related violence on February 18, caretaker Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz told Dawn. However, according to independent reports, the number of casualties may be higher. The minister said that nine died in Punjab, seven in Sindh and three in NWFP. He did not give any casualty figures for Balochistan, where four people were reported to have been killed. According to independent reports, the overall death toll in the country was 26. "Despite 19 deaths, the government considers the election quite peaceful with no incident of terrorism in any part of the country… We are happy that neither any incident of terrorism nor any obstacle in the election process was reported in the country," the caretaker minister said. Private TV channels reported that clashes between supporters of different political parties occurred in Khairpur, Gujranwala, Chakwal, Kamoki, Mirpur, Jacobabad, Muzzafargarh, Mandi Bahauddin, Dera Ghazi Khan, Sargodha, Charsadda, Sukkur, Gujar Khan, Shikarpur, Hangu, Gakharmandi, Sialkot, Samandri, Sanghar and Peshawar. Polling is reported to have begun at a slow pace as voters appeared to be wary of violence. However, as the day progressed, the voter turnout improved and according to unconfirmed reports, it is estimated to be 35 percent. Ambassadors of UK, US, Japan, China, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Iran, South Asian Association of Regional Corporation (SAARC) and European Union Countries visited different polling stations in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and expressed their satisfaction over polling process, security arrangements and performance of elections staff. The government has deployed 81,000 troops and nearly 400,000 police personnel to provide security to the more than 64,000 polling stations, a third of which had been declared sensitive. The Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Qazi Muhammad Farooq said on February 18-night that the Election Commission had fulfilled its responsibility to hold free, fair and transparent elections, Associated Press of Pakistan reported. "We have not received any complaints so far, but if we receive any, action would be taken," he said.
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February - 18 
Elections remained peaceful throughout the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 18 amid fears of suicide attacks, bomb blasts and violence from militants, Daily Times reported. NWFP Special Home Secretary Khalid Khan Umarzai said that the elections all over the province were held with a p
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Elections remained peaceful throughout the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 18 amid fears of suicide attacks, bomb blasts and violence from militants, Daily Times reported. NWFP Special Home Secretary Khalid Khan Umarzai said that the elections all over the province were held with a peaceful atmosphere, except for an incident in Karak district in which one person was killed and another wounded when supporters of the Awami National Party and an independent candidate clashed in the PF-40 constituency’s Ghara Khel polling station. However, minor violent incidents were reported from the province. Militants blew up Middle School Shakardara polling station in the Matta area of Swat district and set ablaze the election material. Gunship helicopters later shelled the Shakardara area but no casualties were reported. Militants also targeted a security forces convoy with remote-controlled bombs in the Shakar Dehri and Charbagh areas, while a bomb exploded in the Dheri area of PF-83 constituency. No casualty was reported in these incidents. Peshawar remained peaceful during the elections and no untoward incident was reported in any part of the city. In Charsadda, Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu, no violent incidents were reported. According to Dawn, women voters were barred from casting their votes in several parts of the NWFP. In some areas, polling was stopped over allegations of bogus voting, leading to scuffles among female supporters of a number of candidates. In the outskirts of Peshawar, some political parties had joined hands in barring women from casting their votes. Tribal elders and local leaders of ANP, PPP, PML-Q, PML-N and JUI-F struck an agreement on February 17-night to keep women out of the electoral process, some people of Shakkarpura area of Peshawar told Dawn. "The local leadership, after holding a jirga (council), decided that women will not cast their votes. They made the announcement on Sunday night from a local mosque," they said. Threatening pamphlets issued by militants and religious extremists were plastered on walls on the Kohat road close to Darra Adam Khel, warning women of suicide attacks if they came out to vote. Similar threats forced reportedly women to remain indoors in the Baddabher, Sarbund, Matanai, Sungo, Daibahadur, Achar, Ghari Ata Mohammad, Bahdur Kalay and Mathra areas. In Timergara, women were stopped from voting in the Lower Dir district, officials and witnesses said. The number of registered women voters in the district was 145,377. No woman turned up at any of the polling stations. The overall turnout was also low because of the boycott announced by Jamaat-i-Islami which has a large following in the district. Women voters in Bachkan Ahmadzai, Aezerkhel, Jhangkhel and Chandukhel were also forced to stay indoors. The situation was the same in most areas of the Karak, Swabi and Hangu districts.
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February - 18 
Polling was held peacefully in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) although there were apprehensions that militants might try to obstruct the electoral process, according to Dawn. A large number of tribesmen are reported to have exercised their right to vote. For the first time in region’
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Polling was held peacefully in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) although there were apprehensions that militants might try to obstruct the electoral process, according to Dawn. A large number of tribesmen are reported to have exercised their right to vote. For the first time in region’s history, women were seen casting vote at many polling stations in Wana, the regional headquarters of South Waziristan. Reports said that tribal elders had this time allowed them to exercise their voting right. Women were also allowed to vote for the first time in the Yakaghund and Landi Kotal areas. In North Waziristan, militants also participated in the democratic process and were seen in voters’ queues. The overall atmosphere in Waziristan was reportedly peaceful and turnout was high. The turnout in the Mohmand and Orakzai regions, however, was comparatively low. Elections were held in 10 of the 12 constituencies in FATA. Polling in the NA-42 constituency in South Waziristan and NA-37 constituency in the Kurram Agency has been postponed for security reasons. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan had already announced that it would not obstruct the polling process anywhere in the country. However, about 18,000 voters in the Tiarza area in South Waziristan, most of them Mehsud tribesmen, boycotted the polling.
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February - 18 
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly followed closely by the Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) in the elections held on February 18, according to The Hindu. The PPP led with 87 seats out of 272, followed by 66 for the PML-N, and
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The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly followed closely by the Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) in the elections held on February 18, according to The Hindu. The PPP led with 87 seats out of 272, followed by 66 for the PML-N, and 38 for the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q). Among the smaller parties, (ANP) the Muttahida Qaumi Movement won 19 seats and the Pakhtun nationalist Awami National Party got 10 seats. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, a religious coalition which won 59 seats in 2002, was able to win only three this time. Other political parties - the PPP-Sherpao, the Balochistan National Party, the National People’s Party and the PML-F - got one, one, two, and four seats, respectively, according to Daily Times. Independent candidates won 27 seats. In the Punjab province, the PML-N won 101 seats out of 280, while the PPP and independent candidates got 78 and 35 seats, respectively. The PML-Q got 66 seats. In Sindh, the PPP won 65 seats out of 125, while the MQM and the PML-Q got 38 and nine seats, respectively. The PML-N failed to win a single seat while one independent candidate was successful. In Balochistan, the PML-Q won 17 seats out of 44, while the PPP won seven seats. Independent candidates won ten seats. In the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the ANP won 31 seats out of 85, while the PML-Q and the PML-N have won six and five seats, respectively. The PPP won 17 seats in the NWFP. In the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), six constituencies out of a total of 12 have been officially announced. Elections in two of the constituencies were postponed. As all the candidates in the region contested the elections as independent candidates, no political parties won any inroads in the region. At a press conference following a central executive committee meeting of the PPP, co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari staked the party’s claim to form the government at the Centre with the help of allies. The party is reportedly in a position to form the Sindh provincial government by itself. "We intend to make government in all four provinces and at the Centre, so we will act as the government-in-waiting with our allies… Our endeavour and our policy is to form a national consensus government that will take along all political forces," Zardari said.
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March - 9 
On March 9, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) agreed on a power-sharing formula to form a coalition government at the Centre and in Punjab. The parties also decided to re-instate the judges sacked on November 3 though a resolution in parliament, within 30
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On March 9, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) agreed on a power-sharing formula to form a coalition government at the Centre and in Punjab. The parties also decided to re-instate the judges sacked on November 3 though a resolution in parliament, within 30 days of the formation of the federal government. “The PPP and the PML-N undertake to form a coalition [government] for a democratic Pakistan,” PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif read from a declaration he and PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari signed at the joint press conference in Bhurban. “We feel that the country is on the verge of making history. We are aware of the problems that the country is facing... democracy is the best solution.” According to the deal, the prime minister and the speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly will be from the PPP, and the federal cabinet will include ministers from the PML-N. The Punjab chief minister and the speaker and the deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly will be from the PML-N and the provincial cabinet will include ministers from the PPP. “The nominee of the PPP for the office of the prime minister will be fully supported by all coalition partners,” the declaration stated. “The restoration of deposed judges, as it was on November 2, 2007, will be brought about through a parliamentary resolution to be passed in the National Assembly within 30 days of the formation of the federal government,” it says.
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March - 24 
The National Assembly on March 24 elected Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousaf Raza Gillani as the country’s new prime minister, with the highest number of votes in Pakistan’s parliamentary history, Daily Times reported. Gillani won with a majority of 264 votes in the 342-seat Lower Ho
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The National Assembly on March 24 elected Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousaf Raza Gillani as the country’s new prime minister, with the highest number of votes in Pakistan’s parliamentary history, Daily Times reported. Gillani won with a majority of 264 votes in the 342-seat Lower House, compared to his competitor, the PML-Q’s Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, securing only 42 votes. Three Members of the National Assembly - Maulana Asmatullah of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Ideological, Faqir Jadem Mangrio and Ghulam Dastgir Rajar of the PML-Functional - chose to abstain from the voting process. Gillani will be administered oath by President Pervez Musharraf on March 25 (today), AFP reported.
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