I had hoped Justice Shahid Kareem of the honourable Lahore High Court would take the plunge and instruct election commission of Pakistan (ECP) to include none of the above NOTA on our 2018 ballot. Alas, the court thought it prudent to keep this “important petition on his docket pending for six months” so that he […]
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None of the above option on ballots – symbolic or consequential?
Once again, we have an opportunity to request the courts to direct the Election Commission of Pakistan to implement None of the Above NOTA as an option on the ballots in 2018. The question of what NOTA really is has been settled now. It is a fundamental right of the electorate in a democracy to […]