Comments on news analysis

“2 ECs starkly different,” published on April 9, 2014

Deep Purple Blue
Informative and educative article -- thanks! But one can't compare India's independent and credible EC with our subservient and inapt EC. While the Indian EC is widely respected and feared by the political parties including the Congress and BJP, our EC, unfortunately, plays the second fiddle to the ruling party. The Indian EC continuously strives to improve the electoral process.

Saleh Tanveer
The difference is that stooges of the ruling party at the behest of the prime minister get selected for the EC; whereas in the Indian system, the selection made by the president is non-political. Their leaders understand democracy's vital need for creating a strong and independent EC ahead of their own political ambitions. It happened from day one starting from Nehru's time and a tradition has been created since. Our misfortune has been that our people have chosen leaders who have not been able to see beyond their noses -- they are only concerned about short term electoral gain, never mind the damage to democracy.

Taufiq
AL on many occasions points its finger at India's examples when those suit their interest. But our EC is AL's handmaiden, run by handpicked loyalists.

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“They've shamed us” (April 9, 2014)

Nds
One thing the AL has been very successful in doing is establishing us as the most shameless people in the world.

Muhammad Sharif Hosen
They not only shamed us but also proved that they could do any fraud regardless of the seriousness of the matter. Their heinous work shattered the image of the country. The culprits should be identified immediately and punished.

Snr Citizen
Absolutely shameful for the whole nation! But we still do not know whose creative mind was behind lowering its material value.

Syed Reza Khalek
Shame!! Take a simple step to kick them out....

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“Political unrest ate up $1.4b” (April 10, 2014)

MH Khan
All that money should be recovered from BNP/Jamaat. The properties of their leaders should be confiscated.

S.M. Iftekhar Ahmed
So who is going to pay this bill? Maybe it's time the politicians, who resorted to such violent and desperate means, paid for their deeds.