The Independent - London, February 16th, 2008
Beneath an ochre-coloured wall close to the Badshahi mosque in Lahore, Mohammed Aslam was somehow trying to find a way to feed his family.
He had two rickety carts, one loaded up with chunks of fresh sugar cane and the other with sliced carrots. He said he was lucky to earn 1.20 a day and yet he had seven children to feed. He hardly needed to say how much he struggled.
"I will vote for Nawaz Sharif," Mr Aslam said of next Monday's vote. "He helps the poor, he gives them money." Another man standing close by, Mohammed Iqbal, was also planning to vote for Mr Sharif. "He is very good for the co...
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