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| JI, ANP, PPP decide barring women from voting in Dir |
| 2013-05-11 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Key political parties in Lower Dir district have entered into an informal agreement to bar women from voting on May 11 general elections, sources privy to the development said. Reports say that the front men of Pakistain People's Party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... (JI) candidates have reached an informal agreement to disallow women from voting in general elections for Lower Dir's provincial assembly seat, PK-94. JI's Muzaffar Said, PPP's Alamzeb Khan and ANP's Ayub Khan are the major contestants for the seat. Sources also told that due to Election Commission's restrictions, the candidates entered a deal through their 'local operators' instead of bringing themselves in the limelight. "The decision was taken at village Bandagai in Talash area of Lower Dir district. But there is no written document in this regard," the reports said. Political parties had previously barred women from voting in the same area and adjoining union councils. However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... due to the ECP's strict rules this time, candidates have asked their front-men to carry out the agreement. |
| Posted by:Fred |