Official by-election results: Voters put PML-N on top again

ISLAMABAD: Further consolidating its grip on power, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) emerged as a clear winner in the country’s biggest ever by-elections held on August 22. 

The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced the result for most of the constituencies and PML-N is leading just like the general elections, with Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf coming second and third respectively.

The election authorities withheld results for two constituencies of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa where women were reportedly disfranchised.

PML-N has secured five NA seats, 11 Punjab assembly seats and two Balochistan assembly seats. While PPP one three NA seats, two Punjab assembly seats and one in Sindh assembly.

PTI on the other hand won two seats in the Centre.

Kalabhag dam

THIS refers to a report (May 3) wherein the thermal power’s yearly cost is about $7 billion in the form of oil imports. This is the result of not building the Kalabagh Dam which would have given us $7 billion yearly in the form of cheap power and agriculture boom.

But this was not to be due to the silly obstruction of some of our political parties that could not see beyond their nose. The plight of Pakistan with 12 to 16 hours of loadshedding resulting in industrial shutdown and massive unemployment is for all to see.

The political parties vying against each other to promise utopia for Pakistan are forgetting the basic fact that without addressing the energy problem they cannot usher in prosperity.

Everybody is oblivious of the importance of the Kalabagh Dam to solve all our economic problems and they are only giving sweet dreams to the gullible public without mentioning the Kalabagh dam which holds the key to progress in Pakistan.

A view point on the ,white paper by pti

Imran khan knows that it will be very difficult if not impossible to prove the rigging in elections that took place on 11th may as all parties accuse each other of that and we cannot turn our face from the fact that it is indeed true as every party was involve in it including pti
    Now the question arise that what is the purpose of the escalating talks about rigging by imran khan and others is it just point scoring or physiological tactics.In   my view these are physiological tactics to give there voters hope that they will win next time or acquire large number of seats at least as the reason for there loss was not the limited popularity of there polices rather it was unjust elections. It is same as blow fish as it blows itself to make itself look larger than it is.
  So the 2500 page's worth white paper is intended to cast a physiological effect more than to back up the blame game as we have seen so many times parties accusing each other of having member's with fake degrees and every time we see one after another black sheep having fake degrees come form every party including from a party which is so called the party of literate.

The writer of this article knows nothing about politics....  :-p

Nawaz sharif a political history

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif takes on the helm of affairs at a time when Pakistan is suffering from numerous problems, ranging from a stagnant economy to growing militancy and a crippling power crisis.
Having served as prime minister twice before, Nawaz belongs to an influential industrialist family. He is a graduate of the Government College Lahore and has a law degree from Punjab University Law College.
Nawaz rose to prominence when he was inducted in the Punjab cabinet first as finance minister during General Ziaul Haq’s regime and later served as chief minister of Punjab in the 1980’s for two consecutive terms.
He was first elected as prime minister in November 1990 under the banner of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad – a conglomerate of different right and centre-right political parties – succeeding former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, whose government was sent packing in 1990 after less than two years in power.

Nawaz at the very outset espoused privatisation, reversing the policy of nationalisation pursued by the founding leader of PPP Zulifikar Ali Bhutto in the 1970’s.
He also initiated major road construction and other infrastructure projects, including South Asia’s first motorway. Other initiatives of his first government included introducing market reforms and pro-business regulations.
But with pressure from within the ruling coalition and PPP accusing IJI of coming to power with the support of the military establishment, differences between Nawaz Sharif and then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan started to emerge, leading to an unceremonious dismissal of his government in 1993.

Nawaz was elected prime minister for a second time in 1997 with a so-called “heavy mandate” following the dismissal of Benazir’s second government. With a two-thirds majority, Nawaz used this clout to push through several amendments in the Constitution, including taking away key powers from the Presidency.
His second term is best remembered for conducting Pakistan’s first nuclear test in 1998 in a tit-for-tat response to India tests a few months prior.
A peace initiative with India in the shape of the Lahore declaration with then Indian premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not last long, as a few months after signing the friendship pact the now nuclear-armed rivals were engaged in the Kargil war.

Then followed the military coup of 1999, when Nawaz’s government was toppled by General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, whom he had appointed as the army chief.
After a brief incarceration, he went in exile to Saudi Arabia in 2000 after an alleged agreement under which he was barred from returning and engaging in politics for the next 10 years.
Amid the mayhem of the 2007 emergency imposed by Musharraf and the sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Nawaz got permission to return and his party was allowed to take part in the 2008 elections.
After securing second place in the polls behind PPP, the two parties initially formed a coalition government which barely lasted a few months.
The PML-N parted ways with the PPP-led coalition since the two could not see eye-to-eye on the issue of reinstating Chief Justice Chaudhry and other judges who were sacked by Musharraf.
In March 2009, Nawaz started a long march against the PPP government to press for the restoration of the sacked judges, which was successful as the judges were reinstated.
Nawaz remained a vocal critic of President Zardari and his party during its government, even though he was often accused by his political rival Imran Khan of being a ‘friendly’ opposition leader.
1980
Nawaz rose to prominence when he was inducted in the Punjab cabinet first as finance minister during General Ziaul Haq’s military regime and later served as chief minister of Punjab in the 1980’s for two consecutive terms.
1990
He was elected Prime Minister in November 1990 for the first time under the banner of Islami Jamhori Ittehad (IJI)-a conglomerate of different right and center-right political parties succeeding Benazir Bhutto’s government which was sent packing after less than two years in power in 1990.
1997
Nawaz came to power again in 1997 following dismissal of Benazir Bhutto’s second government with so-called “heavy mandate” having a two-thirds majority in the parliament. Using the clout he brought several amendments in the constitution that made him a very powerful prime minister.
1999
On October 12, 1999 Nawaz Sharif’s govt was toppled by General Pervez Musharraf. Nawaz was sent to Attock fort and was charged in a plane highjacking case. Benazir Bhutto was already in exile and the former foes became allies when Nawaz moved to London from Saudi Arabia after five years.
2000
He went into exile to Saudi Arabia in 2000 after an alleged agreement under which he was barred from returning and had to keep away from politics for ten years.
2007
In 2007 Nawaz got permission to return home and his party was allowed to take part in elections that were due in January 2008. These elections were delayed for a month due to assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto in a bomb and gun attack during the election campaign.
2008
February 2008 polls brought PPP into power with PML-N becoming second largest party. The two parties initially started a coalition government that hardly lasted a few months.
2009
In March 2009, Nawaz started a long march against the PPP government to press for reinstatement of the sacked judges.