Tahir Mehdi
The commission in India does not require army to perform any election duty and keeps it “miles away from the process”.
Updated 14 May, 2014 08:45am
The questions about which Modi has been most evasive are related to his role in the Gujarat’s riots of 2002.
Updated 13 May, 2014 12:05pm
VOTE buying is rampant in India as candidates everywhere dole out cash and offer liquor to poor voters to ensure...
Published 12 May, 2014 08:06am
A Pakistani travels through India as the world’s biggest democracy votes in the national elections.
Published 11 May, 2014 04:31pm
THE pitched battle for Varanasi is reaching its peak as the D-day is approaching fast. This part of the eastern ...
Published 10 May, 2014 06:06am
Around half of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) went to polls on Wednesday. Electors in the other half,...
Published 08 May, 2014 06:21am
A Pakistani travels through India as the world’s biggest democracy votes in the national elections. Follow his...
Updated 06 May, 2014 12:11pm
Karnataka has to wait for a full month to know who has it voted for. Polling in this Southern Indian state, earlier...
Published 05 May, 2014 07:31am
A Pakistani travels through India as the world’s biggest democracy votes in the national elections. Follow his...
Updated 01 May, 2014 06:34pm
Activists and journalist who have witnessed earlier elections in Gujarat also term it unusual.
Updated 01 May, 2014 10:16am
Punjab is one of the richest Indian states, flush with foreign remittances and a reasonable share in manufacturing.
Updated 30 Apr, 2014 08:08am
A Pakistani travels through India as the world’s biggest democracy votes in the national elections.
Updated 29 Apr, 2014 04:37pm
All the scars on the face of this only Sikh-majority state of India are pointed at by contrasting political interests.
Updated 29 Apr, 2014 11:50am
Are the voters in India more responsive to change than the ones in Pakistan?
Published 14 Jan, 2014 03:31pm
One can be sure that however ignitable the BJP may be, it understands exactly what fire can and cannot do.
Published 07 Jan, 2014 02:38pm
THE prime minister recently announced that the population census will be held this year. The last population census...
Published 04 Jan, 2014 07:29am
More astounding than the politicians are their supporters, who do not bother about the falsehood of political discourse.
Updated 03 Jan, 2014 01:59am
The hanging of a leader of Bangladesh’s banned Jamaat-e-Islami appears to be a political myopia.
Published 21 Dec, 2013 01:23pm
IN the latest twist to the ongoing saga of local government elections, the provincial governments are refusing to...
Published 21 Dec, 2013 07:44am
THE Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is cracking under pressure; the scale of the task of organising local...
Published 06 Nov, 2013 07:33am
