Over 2000 activists of the Tehrik-e-Minhajul Koran (TMQ) staged a protest sit-in against the elections on The Mall service lane near Masjid-e-Shuhda on the call of their leader Tahirul Qadri. The TMQ workers, including women and kiddies, participated in the sit-in which started at 8am and concluded at 3pm led by Dr Rahiq Ahmad Abbasi. The protesters were carrying banners and placards inscribed with different slogans against the "corrupt" polling system.
Talking to the participants of the sit-in through video link, Tahirul Qadri accused the election commission of paving the way for bogus degree holders and corrupt people to reach assemblies. He asked how can the ECP which, he claimed, has been formed against the constitution ensure that the elections are free and fair. "When the results of corrupt electoral system are made public, the media will voice the public's views and unveil the foul system," he remarked.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, a new, even louder, voice was to be heard...
the activists of the All Pakistain Musselmen League (APML) also did not vote, as their leader
Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
was barred by the courts from contesting elections. Those people who were fed up with the political systems due to the inability of the politicians to resolve the problems faced by the country, they decided to keep themselves away from the election process. They stated home and enjoyed the public holiday while criticising the politicians and the whole system.