FAFEN pilots new fraud-detecting techniques in observing PP-250 Rajanpur by-election
ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) observed the by-election for Punjab Assembly seat PP-250 in Rajanpur in 95% of polling stations on January 3, 2009, piloting new election observation techniques to uncover electoral fraud. FAFEN’s 26-member team witnessed widespread campaigning near polling stations, discrepancies in voter turnout data, and irregularities in the handling…