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The two interconnected factions of peoples party — Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) — reportedly held their intra-party polls this weekend to elect everyone unopposed on their respective posts for a period of four years.
PPP-Parliamentarians elected former president Asif Ali Zardari as its president, while Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari was made chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
The polls were organised at Bilawal House in Karachi with Farooq H. Naek convening the polling process for the Parliamentarians, while Fouzia Habib convened the process for the main faction.
Farhat ullah Babar was elected as Secretary General, Saleem Mandviwalla as Finance Secretary and Moula Bux Chandio as Secretary Information for the Parliamentarians.
Meanwhile, Nayyar Bukhari was elected as Secretary General, Haider Zaman Qureshi as Finance Secretary and Choudhary Manzoor Ahmed as Secretary Information for Pakistan Peoples Party.
The PPP had formed a separate entity, PPP-P, in August 2002 to meet the requirements of a decree issued by the then military ruler. A law was framed to bar Benazir Bhutto from holding a party office and the new political entity was a bid to avert the imminent threat of losing the chance of contesting the elections.
Former president Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari are already set to contest by-elections for National Assembly seats from Sindh on separate election symbols.
Zardari is president of the PPP-Parliamentarians and Bilawal the patron-in-chief of Pakistan Peoples Party as per the list of political parties enlisted with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Under Section 5 (3) of the Political Parties Order 2002, a person cannot be a member of more than one political party at a time.
The PPP-P had been allotted the symbol of ‘arrow’ and the PPP ‘two swords’ by the ECP prior to the 2013 general elections. And now the two leaders are required to contest the polls from the platforms of their respective political parties under separate election symbols.
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Jan 08, 2017 10:39pm
Of course who will oppose this dynasty?
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Jan 08, 2017 10:40pm
Ultimate joke..
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Jan 08, 2017 10:45pm
Inter party polls, who can stand against the person installed by Zardari.
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Jan 08, 2017 10:54pm
Democratic joke!
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Jan 08, 2017 10:55pm
wow! what a surprise! people must love Z & B
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Jan 08, 2017 10:58pm
Everyone elected unopposed .... Welcome to democracy Ppp style . They actually believe people are fooled by this
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Jan 08, 2017 11:01pm
Aaaah what a joke. Please don't call this election.
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Jan 08, 2017 11:03pm
Democratic party following democratic process. That's what they are trying to make people believe. Imagine if that is intra-party polls, how the provincial and Federal polls would be under this so-called democratic party.
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Jan 08, 2017 11:03pm
Political system has mesmerized general public. Each party putting up impressive show of power. Slogans, chanting, reminders as how good each party is compared to others, big crowds, big speeches and all that fanfare. Unfortunately, public problems relating to unemployment, lack of medical facilities, lack of clean water, high crime rates and child labour remain much the same. But the fanfare of carnival like celebration to check the street power each month, goes on and on. Oh, what a country and its high IQ people. Show never stops.
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Jan 08, 2017 11:09pm
great news...
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Jan 08, 2017 11:13pm
Laudable step for democracy of Pakistan ! Kudos to PPP and jiyalas.
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Jan 08, 2017 11:19pm
Congrats to Sindh province. Monarchs have once again delivered!
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Jan 08, 2017 11:20pm
Is it a democracy or a mockery of it?? Not going to help even if they try to drag ZAB and BNB out of their eternal abodes! AAZ and Co. have done irreparable damage to the political acumen of this family owned political business.
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Jan 08, 2017 11:27pm
May Pakistan be protected from these evil, corrupt goons
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Jan 08, 2017 11:41pm
Family business. Keep everything within family. This is height of DEMOCRACY. The condition of Larkana, Dadu, Thata, Sukhar, Badin is worst than the condition of 1947. Now they have converted Karachi to Moinjodaro.
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Jan 08, 2017 11:51pm
This is called Democracy in Pakistan...LOL. Oh Boy, this is ridiculous and these guys don't feel any shame in doing so. Long Live Bhutto..
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Jan 09, 2017 12:03am
What a surprise !!
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Jan 09, 2017 12:03am
These internal polls are such a big drama specially in PPP and PML-N
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Jan 09, 2017 12:10am
They can twist rules and bypass anything to satisfy Election Commission for continuation of family fiefdom!
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Jan 09, 2017 12:16am
What is this Topi drama
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Jan 09, 2017 12:25am
Oh, we are so surprised to see this.
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Jan 09, 2017 12:36am
And they talk of democracy!
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Jan 09, 2017 12:41am
Zindabad. Lets go more slogans, more chanting, more speeches, more pakoras and chai all the time. Lets finish work at i pm everyday, do half the work, run to big rallies and keep chanting all the afternoon till late night. For those out of work (unemployed), no problem, chant chant chant, dont ask nothing from leaders, just shout slogans, more shouting and life will be ok after fifty years.
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Jan 09, 2017 12:42am
@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan Some call is topi drama with chanting slogans all the time. No production, no progress needed. Just big speeches and slogans.
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Jan 09, 2017 12:42am
What a joke. A farce of democracy.
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Jan 09, 2017 12:59am
My dear fellow PPPs,
Do you not have any other qualified, honest and well mannered candidate to lead your part?
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Jan 09, 2017 12:59am
The most obscene family feudalism in politics!
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Jan 09, 2017 01:11am
Not impressed nor interested,the common people are praying for complete removal of oppressive governments on their minds & bodies. Be it a PPP or PML(N) both failed to deliver,or redress people problems, therefore people not interested in viewing news even, and prefer to view " Animal Planet" or "Geographical Channel"
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Jan 09, 2017 01:14am
Thanks God, Qamaruzzaman Kaira has saved his political sanctity by not including in ....
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Jan 09, 2017 01:21am
Can anyone dare to oppose these people inside the party? Their outcome will be what we all know. This is called democracy Pakistani style!
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Jan 09, 2017 01:35am
PPP under Zardari and Bilawal is a complete waste of time. People who supports ZAB ideology should join IK or form a new party.
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Jan 09, 2017 02:23am
Not a single political party in Pakistan is democratic. Its no more than a personality cult.
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Jan 09, 2017 03:05am
That means Raza Rabbani had to ask his conscious to go to sleep once again. What a joke, and they so thick skin they never feel embarrassed.
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Jan 09, 2017 03:03am
Intra-party polls, when you want to feel good about your not so popular party, so you set the agenda at your party chairman's home, and you allow your own party to vote ? Who came up with this brilliant idea?
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Jan 09, 2017 03:04am
In PPP intra party election, members were given only one choice to select Asif Zardari.
Asif Zardari does not believe in democratic way to conduct intra party election.
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Jan 09, 2017 03:06am
Haha then they represent democracy. It's like party dictatorship. No wonder jiyalas just show up when they are compensated, no one in their right sense will support ppp.
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Jan 09, 2017 03:12am
Ppp a bunch of thives.
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Jan 09, 2017 03:14am
@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan - Agreed and what a joke.
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Jan 09, 2017 03:23am
This is not a political party rather a joke. Come on sindhi brothers get rid of this family politics.
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Jan 09, 2017 03:33am
This is all drama we are having in the name of Democracy.
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Jan 09, 2017 04:15am
bad news for pakistan
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Jan 09, 2017 05:09am
What a joke this Peoples Party has become under Zardari. Should make two more PPPs to be headed by Bakhtawar and Aseefa.
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Jan 09, 2017 05:22am
Democracy all in the family, father and son calling the shots. Similarly two Sharif brothers holding two top spots.
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Jan 09, 2017 05:20am
@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan and you think someone will be elected as party chairman in PTI other then IK?
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Jan 09, 2017 05:29am
What a joke this Peoples Party has become under Zardari and his insatiable lust for authority and control. Should make two more Parties to be headed by Bakhtawar and Aseefa.
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Jan 09, 2017 05:58am
It's"Democracy"! Right ?
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Jan 09, 2017 05:59am
LOL. What? Really? LOL. What? Really? LOL. Just cannot stop laughing. LOL. Good Luck to both men. LOL.
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Jan 09, 2017 06:50am
Funny politics !
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Jan 09, 2017 06:50am
This is no election but selection.
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Jan 09, 2017 06:57am
'UnOpposed' is dictatorship by another name. Sadly it is true for all political parties of Pakistan save the one I am not a fan of; Jamat Islami, which always holds real elections, free and fair.
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Jan 09, 2017 07:15am
This is an excellent example of how party elections should work in any democracy. Thank you PPP for letting us know the results of the elections so quick.
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Jan 09, 2017 07:51am
Until and unless Pakistan get rid of these two corrupt parties heads, Nawaz and Zardari nothing will change. Public needs to get involved. Students need to raise their concerns to change our system.
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Jan 09, 2017 08:15am
PPP mafias are coming. Be careful and keep distance from these looters.
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Jan 09, 2017 08:50am
Say all you want, Sindh will still vote for us. Owned!
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Jan 09, 2017 09:02am
Congress of Pakistan
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Jan 09, 2017 09:19am
One can have an idea on general elections and bye-elections through their style of intra party elections
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Jan 09, 2017 09:55am
Merging is the alone solution
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Jan 09, 2017 11:42am
The real face of democracy champions- let the nation think what service they will render to democracy.
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Jan 09, 2017 12:34pm
CIRCUS CONTINUES!!
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Jan 09, 2017 12:40pm
Family friendly election by selection - true face of democracy of Paksitan
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