There is standing tension between the Afghan-run Election Commission, which counted the ballots, and the U.N.-backed Complaints Commission, which invalidated the fraudulent ballots.
VOA: standard.2009.10.28
The Indians would dearly love a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council - now a difficult proposition since they refuse to acknowledge standing U.N. resolutions on Kashmir.
Defence and political analyst Hasan Askari Rizvi says that while the PML-N may improve its standing comparative to the PPP, neither group is likely to win a straight majority out of the 275 seats up for grabs.