Upcoming election in Pakistan.

[Mitch]

Well, the election in Pakistan is nearing, but the violence is increasing. Do you think that the election might be rigged or do you think that democracy will prevail?
Most of the population is against Musharraf and fears the election will be rigged and incredibly violent.

[Cattraknoff]

Does democracy ever prevail? Does it exist anywhere anyway?

Yes, it probably will be rigged to some degree. But who knows for a certainty? The west won't make that big of a fuss if it is, I'll wager. America would rather keep him in power, I should think. Unless he's done something terribly upsetting (Gone against American interests).

[Locke]

A tell-tale sign of a rigged election would be the inauguration of Musharraf.

[sufi]

Election day is today and I have already voted earlier. Lets hope it goes peacefully and new democratic government is formed asap. Btw, the impression is not true that Pakistani people are against Musharraf. I can bet that more than 70% people in Pakistan still supports him.

[Locke]

I am curious as to what party MQM is, Sufi.

[sufi]

Locke, you can learn about MQM by visiting the following URLs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muttahida_Qaumi_Movement
http://www.mqm.com/

From results so far, the parties who lead are..

1. PPPP (Party of Benazir Bhutto) - Was in opposition before
2. PML(N) (Nawaz Sharif) - Was in opposition before
3. PML(Q) - Was in Govt.
4. MQM - Was ally with Govt.
5. ANP - Was in opposition

Lets see who can form the government now.

[Mitch]

Well, as far as it goes, it doesn't seem there has been much rigging (I heard there was a bit). Because those are about the right rankings for what the population wants.