Pakistan Elections 2018: News and Discussions

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Ripple effect of change in the form.

 

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She should be in jail, not contesting elections.

 

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POLLS 2018

 

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Full List: NA, KPK, PUNJAB, SIND, BALOCHISTAN CANDIDATES
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http://www.insaf.pk/public/insafpk/pti-candidates-election-2018

 

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Meet the first Sikh aspirant for Sindh Assembly
By Mudaser Kazi
Published: June 8, 2018
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Ramesh Singh Khalsa submitting his nomination forms. PHOTO: EXPRESS

KARACHI: The first Sikh from Sindh submitted on Thursday his nomination form seeking an MPA seat reserved for minorities.

Ramesh Singh Khalsa, a young Sikh activist from Sindh, while talking to The Express Tribune, said, “I have applied for the Pakistan People’s Party [PPP] MPA ticket for the reserved seats”.

“Although, the PPP has not officially announced the names of ticket holders but I’m hopeful that I’ll be awarded [the ticket’,” Khalsa maintained. According to him, a Sikh member of the Sindh Assembly would give a positive message of Sindh and the PPP all over the world.



Khalsa is the patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Sikh Council and he also won an international award, titled ‘Sikhs in Charity’, which was held in Canada last year for working over 16 years for the rights of Sikh and other communities.

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There has been no Sikh member of the Sindh Assembly since partition, whereas, all other provinces’ legislative bodies have had a Sikh member at some point in time, Khalsa claimed.

“If I get a chance, I will be a voice of minorities, especially of my community, which has been neglected for decades,” Khalsa pointed out.

When asked what legislation he would try to do for the Sikh community if he was elected as an MPA, he replied that there were several issues related to Sikhs including laws governing their marriages, job quota and security of gurdwaras. He also stressed the need for the allocation of development funds for religious sites of Sikhs.

According to Khalsa, outstanding problems of the Sikh community could only be resolved if they were given representation in the assembly.

I have trust in the leadership of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as only PPP has tried to help solve the issues of minorities by letting people of middle and lower middle class like Krishna Kohli and Anwar Lal Dean elected to the Senate and assemblies, he said.

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Khalsa reiterated that the presence of a Sikh in the assembly wearing the traditional turban would give a good message to the Sikh community in the province, country and across the world.

The defence minister of Canada is a Sikh, he said, adding that a Sikh has also been inducted in the newly formed federal cabinet of Malaysia.

The population of Sikhs in Sindh is over 10,000, however, no Sikh has ever been able to represent the community in Sindh Assembly.

A majority of the candidates applying for the reserved seats for minorities have submitted their forms without mentioning the party as no party has yet announced its minority candidates

Earlier, June 8 had been announced as the last date of the submission of forms. However, the date has been extended till June 11.

 

[AUz]

PTI Announces NA Candidates

What do you guys think about this? Do you think PTI has a chance from your constituency based on this list?

 

[Beethoven]

What do you guys think about this? Do you think PTI has a chance from your constituency based on this list?

The only thing that disappoints me is the fact that Ali Muhammad Khan and Shehryar Afridi have not been awarded tickets despite being very vocal defendants of party policy at every platform in the previous tenure

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Amir Liaquat from NA-245 Karachi
Faisal Wada would have been a better choice


Poor Ali Muhammad didn't even got a ticket more 5 years on talk shows

 

[AUz]

The only thing that disappoints me is the fact that Ali Muhammad Khan and Shehryar Afridi have not been awarded tickets despite being very vocal defendants of party policy at every platform in the previous tenure

Hopefully Ali Muhammad Khan is given an important position within the party or even in the government later on. I like his views. He should be involved with the culture ministry or with education so that he can over see the curriculum development

 

[QatariPrince]

The only thing that disappoints me is the fact that Ali Muhammad Khan and Shehryar Afridi have not been awarded tickets despite being very vocal defendants of party policy at every platform in the previous tenure

PTI did a survey in their constituencies and local are not happy as they were nowhere to seen in the constituency for 5 years. People are saying that they will vote for PTI but they will not vote them. I have talked to some people of their constituencies, all are saying this.

Ali Muhammad Khan ka decide hona hai abhi per most likely us ko bhi ticket nahi milay ga

 

[Tps43]

PTI did a survey in their constituencies and local are not happy as they were nowhere to seen in the constituency for 5 years. People are saying that they will vote for PTI but they will not vote them. I have talked to some people of their constituencies, all are saying this.

Ali Muhammad Khan ka decide hona hai abhi per most likely us ko bhi ticket nahi milay ga

Mpa ka ticket mila ga usko.

 

[Advocate Pakistan]

What do you guys think about this? Do you think PTI has a chance from your constituency based on this list?

They do have a strong chance from my constituency where Ch Nisar reigned supreme for 40 years. This time around PMLN is not too happy with Nisar. However, as a reaction Ch Nisar's biradri may come all out in his support.

 

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