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| PML (N) continues bitching about referendumb |
| 2002-05-10 |
| The Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Thursday issued a white paper challenging the constitutional and legal grounds of holding the presidential referendum for securing a fresh term of five years , and pointing to irregularities allegedly committed during the polling. Keep sour-graping. Don't worry about putting together a platform for the October elections... The opposition PML demanded setting up of a commission, headed by a retired chief justice and comprising at least five retired judges of the Supreme Court, to investigate into the charges of irregularities. Good idea. Form a committee... PML (N) Central Vice President Ahsan Iqbal was speaking at a press conference here on Thursday. He said there were some unconfirmed reports that 17 party members would soon succumb to the government pressure to join the pro-Musharraf faction of the League, i.e., the Quaid-i-Azam group. Perv's making a few inroads, is he? Heh heh. Senior Vice President Syed Zafar Ali Shah and Central Information Secretary Siddiqul Farooq were also present at the press conference. Another central leader Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi was also supposed to be at the press conference but he did not turn up, giving rise to speculations of further erosion in the party ranks. Like, he joined another party? Didn't want to be seen with the PML(N) riff-raff? Didn't want to be tarred with the same corruption brush? Iqbal, releasing the white paper, went on to say that international and national media had used the epithets like "sham democracy" and "rigged democracy" to describe the elections. The paper was primarily based on media report and having very little original input by the party. Meaning they can't think of anything to do except bitch. Very funny. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |