Monday, May 13, 2013
Shamim Bano and Sidrah Roghay
Karachi With their dreams shattered across the country, the supporters of “change” took to the streets in Karachi for one constituency, which they deem their stronghold. At Teen Talwar, hundreds of citizens protested against ...

Sunday, May 12, 2013
Tariq Abul Hasan and Sidrah Roghay
Karachi Talks were underway among a number of political parties and civil society members to launch a protest drive calling for re-elections, claiming massive rigging in its worst form in NA-241 and NA-242. Armed men reportedly ...

Sunday, May 12, 2013
Sidrah Roghay
Karachi In NA-245 of North Nazimabad and North Karachi, not just the youngsters but a large number of senior citizens, some on wheelchairs, some walking with sticks, made it to the polling stations. Though no special ...

Friday, May 10, 2013
Sidrah Roghay
Karachi Meet the political nobodies. They don’t belong to a political party and may have zero chances of winning, yet they are adamant that they will exercise their democratic right — the right to contest the general elections. ...

Friday, May 10, 2013
Sidrah Roghay
NA-241, a flashpoint for violence between ethnic groups backed by political parties, has increasingly become the target of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Election campaigns in this northern area of Karachi, in which social ...

Thursday, May 09, 2013
Sidrah Roghay
Karachi Meet the Firdousis, a family which live in the National Assembly constituency NA-245, where votes are split over three generations. At their house in North Karachi they often have heated discussions on politics over the ...

Sunday, May 05, 2013
Sidrah Roghay
Karachi A few months short of his 100th birthday, Aseeruddin Ahmed, makes a fraction of the 0.225 percent of Pakistani voters, who have lived for more than 91 years. Clad in a white kurta and a chequered dhoti, he holds in his ...

Saturday, May 04, 2013
Sidrah Roghay
Karachi The last time the people of Qasba Colony, Orangi Town and Mianwali Colony elected a leader from their constituency of PS-96, they were promised ‘Roti, Kapra Aur Makaan’ along with jobs, electricity and portable water; ...

Saturday, May 04, 2013
Sidrah Roghay
The youth vote has become the underlying theme in the upcoming polls. In every election debate, there is someone or the other informing you that there are as many as 25 million registered voters below the age of 30 who will play a ...

Friday, May 03, 2013
Sidrah Roghay
Karachi To prevent petty criminals from becoming hardened criminals and jail sentences translating into life-long contacts in the underworld, the foundation stone of a rehabilitation centre was laid at Central Jail on Thursday. ...