Pakistan election campaign gains momentum

ISLAMABAD: As the winter chill sets in across Pakistan, political parties are making a concerted pitch to come to power in next month’s general election despite fears expressed by several leaders that the polls would not be free and fair.

With a little over three weeks to go for the January 8 polls, leaders like former Premiers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have hit the campaign trail, trying to woo voters with promises of ushering in genuine democracy and ending military rule.