Citizens’ Campaigns for Women’s Participation in Local Government Elections 2001 and 2005 Backdrop, Glimpses of the Campaigns, Overall Results Aurat Publication and Information Service Foundation Contents The Beginning of the End............................................................................... v Acknowledgements......................................................................................... x Balochistan.............................................................................................................. 1 Awaran................................................................................................................ 3 Barkhan............................................................................................................... 7 Bolan................................................................................................................. 11 Chagai/Noshki................................................................................................... 14 Dera Bugti......................................................................................................... 22 Gwadar.............................................................................................................. 25 Jaffarabad.......................................................................................................... 29 Jhal Magsi ......................................................................................................... 34 Kalat.................................................................................................................. 38 Kech .................................................................................................................. 42 Kharan............................................................................................................... 46 Khuzdar............................................................................................................. 50 Kohlu................................................................................................................. 54 Lasbela .............................................................................................................. 58 Loralai............................................................................................................... 62 Mastung............................................................................................................. 67 Musakhel........................................................................................................... 72 Naseerabad........................................................................................................ 75 Panjgur .............................................................................................................. 81 Pishin................................................................................................................. 85 Killa Abdullah................................................................................................... 92 Killa Saifullah ................................................................................................... 99 Quetta.............................................................................................................. 105 Sibi .................................................................................................................. 111 Zhob ................................................................................................................ 115 Ziarat............................................................................................................... 123 NWFP ................................................................................................................. 129 Abbottabad...................................................................................................... 131 Bannu .............................................................................................................. 136 Batagram......................................................................................................... 142 Buner............................................................................................................... 146 Charsadda........................................................................................................ 153 Chitral ............................................................................................................. 161 i Dera Ismail Khan ............................................................................................ 165 Dir Lower........................................................................................................ 171 Dir Upper ........................................................................................................ 176 Hangu.............................................................................................................. 180 Haripur ............................................................................................................ 186 Karak............................................................................................................... 189 Kohat............................................................................................................... 193 Kohistan .......................................................................................................... 199 Lakki Marwat.................................................................................................. 202 Malakand......................................................................................................... 214 Mansehra......................................................................................................... 219 Mardan ............................................................................................................ 223 Nowshera ........................................................................................................ 232 Peshawar ......................................................................................................... 235 Shangla............................................................................................................ 239 Swabi............................................................................................................... 243 Swat................................................................................................................. 251 Tank ................................................................................................................ 254 Punjab ................................................................................................................. 261 Attock.............................................................................................................. 263 Bahawalnagar.................................................................................................. 267 Bahawalpur ..................................................................................................... 272 Bhakkar........................................................................................................... 278 Chakwal .......................................................................................................... 284 Dera Ghazi Khan............................................................................................. 288 Faisalabad ....................................................................................................... 293 Gujranwala...................................................................................................... 300 Gujrat .............................................................................................................. 309 Hafizabad ........................................................................................................ 312 Jhang ............................................................................................................... 317 Jhelum............................................................................................................. 323 Kasur............................................................................................................... 326 Khanewal ........................................................................................................ 331 Khushab .......................................................................................................... 337 Lahore ............................................................................................................. 342 Layyah............................................................................................................. 349 Lodhran........................................................................................................... 354 Mandi Bahauddin............................................................................................ 359 ii Mianwali ......................................................................................................... 363 Multan............................................................................................................. 370 Muzaffargarh................................................................................................... 376 Nankna Sahib.................................................................................................. 382 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