Few days back, an article was published by one of the intellectual anchors in Pakistani media community (Talat). Usually Talat Hussain doesn’t provide bias thoughts but unfortunately this piece force me to say that he wrote an unfair article which discuss the arguments being provoked by typical PLM-N workers.
- With reference to Zahid Ibrahim 10-points column nobody from PTI’s official put harsh remarks despite the fact that a formal rebuttal was written by Dr. Awab Alvi based on facts. As I quote “ECP should have stepped above and beyond to allay doubts of any election rigging” rather than claiming ~70% of the results were announced. This article was also published on insaf.pk
http://www.insaf.pk/mediagallery/blogs/17797-rebuttal-to-zahid-ibrahim-s-10-myths-about-elections-by-awab-alvi
- As he claims 70% of cases were given decisions by tribunals within legal time frame.
Legal time was set as 120 days, within this time limit only 20% decisions were made and results showed massive rigging. Lame excuses such as ‘typo’ errors for voter percentage exceeding 100% in multiple polling stations e.g., pre-scanning report of NA-118 shows that there are 88,000 votes missing.
Under Article 218(3) of constitution, the Election Commission is charged with the duty of “organizing and conducting elections and making such arrangements as are necessary to ensure that the election is conducted honestly, justly and fairly”.
Giving decisions can never justify these massive flaws. Election Commission also accept the challenge of conducting free and fair election as I quote from ECP Strategic plan 2014-2018: “Though the ECP has been managing huge election operations, it has always been aware of its limitations, potentials and prospects in delivering elections to the Pakistani nation”
A complete electoral reform need to build in order to streamline these limitations as mentioned above.
- Usman dar vs Khawaja Asif from NA-110 Sialkot
Usman Dar put the petition on 21st November 2013 where his main request was to do thumb verification for all votes from NADRA. Several hearing were done and rather than to announce order for thumb verification, tribunal delayed the hearing claiming to get complete his evidence. Dar recorded his statement and submitted all evidences. Tribunal dismissed him on illegal orders as he could not able to appear once. Dar went to Supreme Court in order to appeal against this decision but still it’s pending.
- Whatever Tayyip Erdogan or Moddi has done in turkey and India, free and fair electoral system helped them to formulate their governments. In Turkey elections were also marred by allegations of electoral fraud but as they got independent Supreme Electoral Council which cancelled elections in some areas and scheduled a repeat on 1st June.
Similarly, In India Biometric system was implemented by developing the world’s largest biometric database, which got the task to enroll around 600m people, scanning their eyes, fingerprints state etc. Employees who act as RO’s respond well when given tasks of great prestige and put under careful public scrutiny of bureaucrats in order to make them free from political meddling and corruption. Not like in our country, where policemen spend much of their time collecting bribes to pay to their superiors, election officials have neither big budgets to divert, nor much opportunity to extract bribes. These were the main reasons which helped Moodi and Taayip to become supreme representative of the country.
- Talking about the money which is not being used
Rather wasting money on previous system; KPK government implement 25 new bills including Finance, Explosives, Arms, Right to Information, Provincial Amendment, Local Government, Ehtesab Commission, Plants Breeder, Farm Services Centers, Endowment Fund, Energy Development organization, River protection, Journalist welfare endowment fund, Public private partnership, Surrender Illicit arms, Medical transparency regulatory authority, Tibb and homeopathic employees, Local government, Food safety authority, Housing authority, Tenancy, Hotel restriction (security) and Right to public service bill. This reformation process took more than around eight months to be applicable. These reforms became the main reason of not spending money.
In the same way, Reforms in the fields of corruption, transport, development and welfare, education, exploration of natural resources, local government and revenue collection were also implemented.
I am not sure from where Talat get the figures as KPK implement same 8.5% Rs. 29.2b to health and it is the same amount given by the previous one
Although PTI has done enough in KPK but still if the electoral system, which is the basic building block for true democracy, cannot become transparent, nobody can argue to become the prime minister. Imran Khan's Azaadi March is a democratic protest against this flawed electoral system so that we can tune the base of our democratic country.
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty, truth and compassion against injustice, lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.”
― William Faulkner
- With reference to Zahid Ibrahim 10-points column nobody from PTI’s official put harsh remarks despite the fact that a formal rebuttal was written by Dr. Awab Alvi based on facts. As I quote “ECP should have stepped above and beyond to allay doubts of any election rigging” rather than claiming ~70% of the results were announced. This article was also published on insaf.pk
http://www.insaf.pk/mediagallery/blogs/17797-rebuttal-to-zahid-ibrahim-s-10-myths-about-elections-by-awab-alvi
- As he claims 70% of cases were given decisions by tribunals within legal time frame.
Legal time was set as 120 days, within this time limit only 20% decisions were made and results showed massive rigging. Lame excuses such as ‘typo’ errors for voter percentage exceeding 100% in multiple polling stations e.g., pre-scanning report of NA-118 shows that there are 88,000 votes missing.
Under Article 218(3) of constitution, the Election Commission is charged with the duty of “organizing and conducting elections and making such arrangements as are necessary to ensure that the election is conducted honestly, justly and fairly”.
Giving decisions can never justify these massive flaws. Election Commission also accept the challenge of conducting free and fair election as I quote from ECP Strategic plan 2014-2018: “Though the ECP has been managing huge election operations, it has always been aware of its limitations, potentials and prospects in delivering elections to the Pakistani nation”
A complete electoral reform need to build in order to streamline these limitations as mentioned above.
- Usman dar vs Khawaja Asif from NA-110 Sialkot
Usman Dar put the petition on 21st November 2013 where his main request was to do thumb verification for all votes from NADRA. Several hearing were done and rather than to announce order for thumb verification, tribunal delayed the hearing claiming to get complete his evidence. Dar recorded his statement and submitted all evidences. Tribunal dismissed him on illegal orders as he could not able to appear once. Dar went to Supreme Court in order to appeal against this decision but still it’s pending.
- Whatever Tayyip Erdogan or Moddi has done in turkey and India, free and fair electoral system helped them to formulate their governments. In Turkey elections were also marred by allegations of electoral fraud but as they got independent Supreme Electoral Council which cancelled elections in some areas and scheduled a repeat on 1st June.
Similarly, In India Biometric system was implemented by developing the world’s largest biometric database, which got the task to enroll around 600m people, scanning their eyes, fingerprints state etc. Employees who act as RO’s respond well when given tasks of great prestige and put under careful public scrutiny of bureaucrats in order to make them free from political meddling and corruption. Not like in our country, where policemen spend much of their time collecting bribes to pay to their superiors, election officials have neither big budgets to divert, nor much opportunity to extract bribes. These were the main reasons which helped Moodi and Taayip to become supreme representative of the country.
- Talking about the money which is not being used
Rather wasting money on previous system; KPK government implement 25 new bills including Finance, Explosives, Arms, Right to Information, Provincial Amendment, Local Government, Ehtesab Commission, Plants Breeder, Farm Services Centers, Endowment Fund, Energy Development organization, River protection, Journalist welfare endowment fund, Public private partnership, Surrender Illicit arms, Medical transparency regulatory authority, Tibb and homeopathic employees, Local government, Food safety authority, Housing authority, Tenancy, Hotel restriction (security) and Right to public service bill. This reformation process took more than around eight months to be applicable. These reforms became the main reason of not spending money.
In the same way, Reforms in the fields of corruption, transport, development and welfare, education, exploration of natural resources, local government and revenue collection were also implemented.
I am not sure from where Talat get the figures as KPK implement same 8.5% Rs. 29.2b to health and it is the same amount given by the previous one
Although PTI has done enough in KPK but still if the electoral system, which is the basic building block for true democracy, cannot become transparent, nobody can argue to become the prime minister. Imran Khan's Azaadi March is a democratic protest against this flawed electoral system so that we can tune the base of our democratic country.
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty, truth and compassion against injustice, lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.”
― William Faulkner
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