Pakistan election body not independent: rights group
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Human Rights Watch on Tuesday warned that Pakistan's Election Commission had failed to investigate reports of campaign violations, threatening the validity of next week's crucial national polls.
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Several hundred Pakistan opposition activists gathered outside the Supreme Court on Friday to denounce President Pervez Musharraf's bid to win another term in an October 6 election.
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Pakistani electoral officials hold an emergency meeting on Monday to decide whether to go ahead with a January poll in a nation plunged into crisis by the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
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Groups fear that a vote amid persistent violence and a boycott by Sunnis would deprive the results of legitimacy.
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Fears of violence overshadowed Pakistan's general election on Monday with 80,000 troops backing up police to watch over a vote that could return a parliament set on driving President Pervez Musharraf from office.
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Lawmakers from a coalition of six Islamic groups threatened on Tuesday to vacate their parliamentary seats if Pakistan's government changes a rape law criticized by human rights activists.
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The Pakistani opposition parties Friday boycotted the election of the prime minister to protest against the ruling of the National Assembly speaker on the candidacy of the jailed opposition leader.
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Pakistani authorities are considering banning political processions in the run-up to a general election after a bomb attack on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto killed 139 people.
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Pakistan's bitter election campaign heated up again Sunday as the country's main opposition leaders accused President Pervez Musharraf of trying to rig the vote two weeks from now.
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Bangladesh's elite security force has killed nearly 370 people in custody and could be used by the former ruling party during campaigning for next month's election, a U.S.-based human rights group said on Thursday.
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Legal wrangling over President Gen. Pervez Musharraf 's re-election bid intensified Monday after exiled former leader Benazir Bhutto accused the general's allies of pushing Pakistan toward a dangerous crisis by refusing to restore democracy and share power.
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BAGHDAD- The head of Iraqâs electoral commission said on Saturday he was not empowered to delay the countryâs elections as demanded by some political parties, but he did not rule out a postponement.
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With the country's electorate wanting President Musharraf out, opposition leaders don't expect him to play fair at the polls
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Musharraf's party faces vote-rigging allegations in key electoral battlefields in Pakistan
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Pakistani authorities are considering  banning political processions in the run-up to a general  election after a bomb attack on former prime minister Benazir  Bhutto killed 139 people.
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Authorities in Pakistan Friday refused to bring a jailed politician to Parliament to campaign for the prime minister&#39;s post. Javed Hashmi, a jailed opposition leader, is a candidate for the prime minister&#39;s office.
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Pakistanis cast their votes in parliamentary elections on Monday amid fears of violence, accusations of vote-rigging and surveys indicating opposition parties could fare well.