Pakistan: Information on the strongholds of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) following the spring 1997 election
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PAK27618.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Information on the strongholds of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) following the spring 1997 election, 1 August 1997, PAK27618.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0430.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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For information on the strongholds of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) following the 3 February 1997 national and provincial assembly elections, please consult the following Responses to Information Requests of 28 February 1997: PAK26432.E, which provides the election results at the national and provincial levels; PAK26467.E, which provides a list of the successful candidates in the provincial assembly elections of Punjab, Sindh, the North West Front Province (NWFP) and Balochistan, as well as information on their political affiliations and the constituencies they represent; and PAK26468.E, which provides a list of the successful candidates in the national assembly elections and information on their political affiliations and the constituencies they represent. This information was downloaded from the Internet web site of The News International, a publication of the Jang Group in Karachi.
For the 1988, 1990, 1993, and 1997 election result breakdown per party by number of seats and percentage of votes for Punjab, Sindh, the NWFP and Balochistan, please consult the March 1997 Herald attachment. These statistics were compiled by Dr Ijaz Shafi Gilani of Gallup, Pakistan (The Herald Mar. 1997, 48a).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
The Herald [Karachi]. March 1997. Vol. 28, No. 3. "Vital Statistics."
Attachment
The Herald [Karachi]. March 1997. Vol. 28, No. 3. "Vital Statistics" pp. 48a-b, 52-55, 57-60.
