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March 4th, 2009
Pakistan at the Polls
Video: Vote for Benazir's Blood

Abida Hussain is a notoriously sharp-tongued politician with gray hair and a smoker’s raspy voice who is running for parliament in Punjab, Pakistan — against her own cousin. The two rivals come from a powerful landowning family that has controlled the region for generations, and both have held the office before. This time, her cousin is favored to win, but Hussain has hope — she’s signed on to the party of another famous dynastic politician, Benazir Bhutto. It’s just a few weeks after Bhutto was assassinated, and candidates associated with her party are expected to benefit from the sympathy vote.

2 Responses to “Video: Vote for Benazir’s Blood”
  1. sheraz azeem says:

    well i also belong to this area where this election held i knew it its true.there was bogus voting …thats why she lost her election .
    but if bibi sahiba give the power to his workers then Faisal Saleh hayt never can win the election ………..its true …….sheraz ch mandi shah jewana district jhang

  2. sheraz azeem says:

    its true that u shown in this video ….if bibi give the power to his workers then she can win the election …easily

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