According to the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), the ruling Pakistan People’s Party had the highest number of campaign material displayed on public installations between February 1 and 7.
FAFEN’s district long-term observers (DLTOs) in 14 districts of Sind and Punjab have reported that premises of public offices are being used to display campaign materials including party banners, wall chalking, posters and stickers.
FAFEN observers saw PPP posters, graffiti and stickers pasted in 17 public offices and PML-N’s campaign materials at five.
In addition, seven other parties – PPP-Shaheed Bhutto, PML-F, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan Awami Tehreek, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party and the Pakistan Peoples Party-Patriots also had their campaign material at public places. Moreover, FAFEN observers reported that a government servant was stationed in an office of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl in Mastung, Balochistan.
Most of the campaign materials were found at the offices of deputy commissioners (DCs) and district coordination officers (DCOs), followed by those of education executive district officers (EDOs). The least materials were seen outside the offices of electric supply companies, National Database and Registration Authority and the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited/Sui Southern Gas Company.
Across 14 districts, FAFEN observers found party stickers pasted at 13 offices and posters up at nine. They saw wall chalking at eight offices and banners of political parties at four. The reporting districts included Karachi East, Karachi West, Jamshoro, Sukkur, Larkana, Matiari, Thatta, Badin, Ghotki, Shaheed Benazirabad, Malir and Hyderabad in Sindh, and Narowal and Sialkot in Punjab.
FAFEN has deployed 130 DLTOs across the country as part of its election observation programme. DLTOs are monitoring both pre and post-election environment in every district of Pakistan.
FAFEN’s constituency long-term observers will observe the two-month official political campaign period in all National Assembly constituencies.
FAFEN recommends that the district administrations acknowledge the partiality involved in allowing parties to use public offices for politicking, get a mechanism in place to monitor public offices across the district and get parties on board with the idea and ensure that public offices remain free of party campaign materials.
No mention of the funds used,the President and the PM head the looting,guess who pays to feed hundreds of political guests when they come to visit them in the name of their parties? thats right,the people of Pakistan while they themselves have no food,while the leaders feast on.Who is paying the electric bill,patrol,gas at the BilaBONG house in Lahore while the President camps out in Lahore to try to win few votes in Punjab ?? thats right,the people of Pakistan while they sit in the dark with no gas to cook and in line to get patrol and CNG.BRAVO Mr.President,good job Mr.PM.While people continue to die,minorities are being slaughtered,they still claim it to be their TOP PRIORITY.Shame shame shame on us fo allowing this everyday.
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