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| India-Pakistan |
| Pro-Musharraf parties played vital role |
| 2002-05-02 |
| The pro-Musharraf political parties had a major role in making the Tuesday's referendum a 'success' as they not only provided vital manpower to keep the otherwise dull polling stations warm and alive but also helped people poll maximum number of votes. Maybe a little too good. They almost pushed the number of "yes" votes over 100%. Tahirul Qadri, chief of Pakistan Awami Party, Mohammad Ali Durrani, secretary-general Millat Party, and Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, went to various polling stations in processions to poll their votes in the twin cities. They were busy racking up points with Perv and his backers at the expense of the religious parties and PPP. No senior leader of PML(QA) however turned up to poll his vote although its workers showed their presence at various polling stations. Guess he wasn't sure how it was gonna turn out. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |