Pakistan elections 'a total fix'

Pakistan will find it impossible to hold free and fair parliamentary elections next month because President Pervez Musharraf has rigged the system so far in his favour, an independent watchdog announced today.

“A genuine election campaign is impossible when the media remains muzzled, leaders of civil society remain under arrest, and the legitimate judiciary of the country has been deposed and replaced by hand-picked supporters of the government,” said Human Rights Watch.