The Pakistani elections have just started and there are already reports of rigging. I don’t get the idea behind these elections.
Isn’t it a foregone conclusion that Musharraf will come back to power? I feel that these elections are just a drama. Even if people go out to vote they have to fear for their lives. Some people feel that Musharraf is behind Benazir’s killing. The murderers of Benazir are still roaming free in the streets. In such a condition how can people vote? Even if they come out and vote what guarantee is that the electoral process will be fair and peaceful? All the more many people’s names have been missing from the voters list. There could also be bogus voting.
In run-up to the elections two suicide attacks took place last week killing hundreds of people. Certainly these innocent lives had a deadly price to pay for no fault of theirs.
It is just a ‘gimmick’ by Musharraf to please the international powers and claim all is fine with Pakistan.
