ECP Code Violations Continued through End of Campaign Period
This report is based on direct interviews of political party office-bearers conducted by District
Long-Term Observers (DLTOs) deployed across the country by the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). It has been compiled from data gathered between March 18 and 22, 2013, from 79 districts – 26 in Punjab, 22 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 18 in Sindh, 10 in Balochistan, and three in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). FAFEN DLTOs use a standardized interview format for discussions with political party office-bearers, which includes three questions on violence.
DLTOs conducted 894 interviews with the office-bearers of various political parties during the reporting period. In 15 (1.7%) instances, the office-bearers reported acts of violence and/or intimidation against party workers. However, 868 office-bearers (97%) did not report such incidents. Seven respondents (0.8%) declined to answer questions about violence. Responses were missing in the remaining four interview reports (0.4%).
One-third of reports of violence and/or intimidation were from Sindh (5, or 33%), followed by Punjab (4, or 27%), Balochistan (3, or 20%), FATA (2, or 13%) and KP (1, or 7%).
The 15 office-bearers reporting violence and/or intimidation against their party workers belonged to eight different political parties. Office-bearers reporting these incidents belonged to Balochistan National Party (BNP) and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (3 each, or 20% of the total); followed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamaat–e-Islami (2 each or 13%); and Sunni Tehreek (ST), Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and Awami National Party (1 each or 7%).
Among the 15 reports of violence and/or intimidation, eight office-bearers said their workers were attacked, six party representatives reported acts of intimidation, and one political party office-bearer said the party workers were stopped from campaigning.
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