Tahir Mehdi
India’s ‘Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail’ has thrown up more questions than it has answered.
Updated 01 Jun, 2024 10:12am
Nothing can match the contentment that a brimming silo of wheat brings to a farming family.
Updated 24 May, 2024 08:57am
Can the BJP continue to shepherd the 150m voters it rounded up in the past two elections?
Updated 06 May, 2024 09:33am
It is a board game where a right move can checkmate one’s opponent way before Election Day.
Updated 04 Nov, 2023 08:41am
The current delimitations have made widespread changes to the boundaries of constituencies.
Published 14 Oct, 2023 07:36am
The ECP has been selective in the current delimitation exercise.
Updated 08 Oct, 2023 09:06am
Actively barring women from voting may soon end, but many obstacles remain.
Published 10 Sep, 2018 06:04am
The ruling party has the highest number of party votes in the electoral college for the elections.
Updated 02 Sep, 2018 02:13pm
One can’t expect polling officials to go through hassle without expectation of reward or recognition.
Published 31 Aug, 2018 07:24am
Caretakers are an aberration as they were not part of the original 1973 Constitution.
Updated 20 Aug, 2018 09:59am
Transition of power from one elected govt to another was no small feat.
Updated 27 Jun, 2018 07:54am
The exercise wasn’t without challenges, but the ECP met them.
Published 27 May, 2018 07:05am
There are many assumptions about the relationship between ‘electables’ and parties.
Published 19 May, 2018 06:04am
There is no better time for voters to judge the PML-N than the month of July.
Updated 06 May, 2018 08:02am
While defections are not unusual before elections, this time the trend has some new characteristics.
Published 27 Apr, 2018 07:50am
Apart from Karachi, identity politics has been operating below the surface.
Published 08 Apr, 2018 06:47am
The numerical equality of constituencies does not always result in equal suffrage.
Updated 30 Mar, 2018 10:46am
Inequality is a direct outcome of the law itself that has set the principles of delimitation.
Published 20 Mar, 2018 07:02am
Collectively, Pakistan’s senators may not represent the ethno-linguistic diversity of their provinces.
Published 13 Mar, 2018 07:14am
The inequality of votes is a direct consequence of drawing up unequal constituencies.
Published 16 Jan, 2018 03:08am
