The Intransigent Faction
11th May 2013, 04:01
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/pakistan-prepares-for-historic-unpredictable-election-1.1276672
So I thought this deserved a thread of its own. I honestly don't know as much of the details as I'd like, but I'm trying to start keeping a close eye on the situation after hearing about a narrow escape from danger by a friend living in Karachi. The Taliban is of course trying to intimidate voters, and going well beyond mere intimidation.
Setting aside my skepticism about electoralism for now, what are the prospects for leftists in Pakistan? I don't know much about the popular "Pakistan People's Party" except for that it was the party of Benazir Bhutto. Hardly radical leftists, but how worse/better could it be than them winning?
So I thought this deserved a thread of its own. I honestly don't know as much of the details as I'd like, but I'm trying to start keeping a close eye on the situation after hearing about a narrow escape from danger by a friend living in Karachi. The Taliban is of course trying to intimidate voters, and going well beyond mere intimidation.
Setting aside my skepticism about electoralism for now, what are the prospects for leftists in Pakistan? I don't know much about the popular "Pakistan People's Party" except for that it was the party of Benazir Bhutto. Hardly radical leftists, but how worse/better could it be than them winning?