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| India-Pakistan |
| Pak expats vote early and often |
| 2002-05-01 |
| Thousands of Pakistanis turned up enthusiastically on Tuesday at all the polling stations in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf cities to cast their votes in a peaceful and organized manner. By the time this report was filed almost 4,000 votes had already been cast in the polling booth in Al-Khobar only. In Jeddah, this number had already crossed the eight thousand mark. In the early hours of the day, the rush at the Jeddah polling booth was so intense that the authorities had to request the Saudi police to control the mob. The voting pattern was indeed more than anticipated by most analysts. Very few people had thought that the turnout would be this high. "You like me! You really like me!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |