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Corruption claims mar elections
Corruption claims mar elections
Last Modified: 18 Feb 2008
By:
Jonathan Rugman
Counting has begun in Pakistan's elections. But as Jonathan Rugman reports from Kasur, the polls are thick with allegations of corruption.
Now voting has ended and the counting has begun in Pakistan's elections.
In one of the country's closest fought races, two former foreign ministers are slugging it out for a seat in Pakistan's next parliament.
But the race between the PPP candidate, representing the late Benazir Bhutto's party, and his opponent, a key ally of President Musharraf, is thick with allegations of vote buying and corruption.
Channel 4 News spent the day with the candidates and uncovered evidence of ID cards changing hands for 40 dollars.
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