Pakistan's Upcoming Election Under Scrutiny Amid Pre-Poll Rigging Charges
Voice of America
A car passes by an election billboard, ahead of Pakistan's general elections, along a road in Peshawar on Dec. 22, 2023. Munizae Jahangir, the co-chairperson at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, speaks during a news conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 1, 2024. FILE - Pakistan Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar speaks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2, 2023. FILE - Supporters of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party chant slogans as they gather, after the country's Election Commission disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan from running for political office, during a protest in Karachi, Oct. 21, 2022. FILE - Security officers escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as he appeared in Islamabad High Court, Islamabad, Pakistan, May 12, 2023.
Human rights groups and independent monitors in Pakistan cast aspersions Monday on the integrity and credibility of the February 8 parliamentary elections, citing a military-backed government crackdown on a mainstream political party and increased media censorship.
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2015, photo, Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, right, delivers a speech as close ally Tin Oo waves in Yangon, Myanmar. Tin Oo died June 1, 2024, at the age of 97. FILE - Tin Oo, co-founder of the National League for Democracy party, points out other party members at a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the NLD, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 27, 2013.
Polling officials check and seal an electronic voting machine before they allow voters to cast their votes at a polling station during the last round of a six-week-long national election near Dharamshala, India, June 1, 2024. Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, stand in queue to cast their votes during the last round of a six-week-long national election, in Kolkata, India, June 1, 2024.
A North Korean military guard post, top, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, May 31, 2024. A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's multiple rocket launchers during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, May 31, 2024.