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2018 elections will be held without utilising final census results, PBS tells Senate

The general elections in 2018 cannot be held based on the final results of the 2017 census , the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) informed the Senate on Wednesday. During a meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Privatisation and Statistics, Chief Census Commissioner Asif Bajwa said that if the government insists on holding an election in light of the final results of the recently conducted census, it [the elections] will have to be delayed. The general elections are expected to be held after June, 2018. Bajwa told the committee that the final results will be released by the end of April, 2018, following which the Election Commission of Pakistan will require four months for delimitation of constituencies. In order to hold the elections on time, old census data will have to be used. In June, Bajwa had told the chief election commissioner that the final census report on the national, provincial and district level would be finalised in April 2018, which would then be han

Footprints: paradise in neglect

RAWALAKOT: The settlement of Rawalakot lies at an elevation of around 5,400 feet, a little lower than Murree. Drive about two hours or so from here and you suddenly reach an altitude of 8,500 to 9,000 feet: literally amidst the clouds. At this height, there is a marked drop in temperature. Travelling from Bagh, which is located in a valley, the temperature is around 34°C; at Haji Pir around 18°C. As we stop at Lasdana for tea and point out to the locals that they are fortunate to be living in paradise, the comment nets a rather crude expletive as an answer. “It is fine if you are a tourist but if you travel up and down every day, and have little access to basic facilities, would you say the same?” the man wonders. A few days of travel establishes the truth behind his observation. There is a palpable sense of neglect here, with little enterprise and an absence of a significant middle-class. Those that are well-off move to Rawalpindi and other large urban centres. Most stores car

How did IS emerge in Afghanistan under US watch?' asks Hamid Karzai

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday questioned how ─ under the watch of US intelligence and military ─ the militant Islamic State (IS) group emerged in Afghanistan over the past few years. Karzai, during an interview on RT , also questioned why extremism and violence had increased in Afghanistan when the US had come to the country to bring peace and stability. "The US came to Afghanistan to bring peace and stability and defeat extremism — [yet] we have more of it today. Why? That is what we should be discussing," Karzai said. "Clearly bombings, killings, prisons and the harassment of people [in Afghanistan] have not worked." Noting that IS emerged in Afghanistan over the past few years, Karzai asked: "Who did this under the watch of US intelligence and military in Afghanistan and how come?" "We have the right to ask these questions and the US government must answer." When asked if he had suspicions that US bases in Afghan

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