They will sap our energy, will and pride, and degrade us irretrievably in the eyes of the world. Time has come for us to wake up and ensure that all those who dare to violate our borders, create disturbances or harm our people are hounded out and taught a lesson. We must also bear in mind the reality that Pakistan will, for a long time to come, do its best to destabilise this country. We are paying a heavy price for problems haphazardly tackled, shelved and accumulated over the years. In a democratic set-up elections are held to elect the people s representatives to Parliament, State Assemblies, Gram Panchayats, Nagar Panchayats etc.
Some candidates file their nomination papers from more than one constituency.
This is done mainly for two reasons. One is to cover the risk of being defeated in one constituency. The other reason is to exhibit one s popularity by winning more than one seat. A person elected from more than one constituency can retain only one seat and has to resign the other. This forces an unwanted fresh election for the seat thus vacated.