What Fakhruddin did not say

What Fakhruddin did not say Nurul Kabir

Fakhruddin Ahmed, chief of the ‘caretaker’ government, has finally announced the much expected timeframe, vaguely as it is ‘before the expiry of the year 2008’, for the suspended parliamentary polls to the ninth Jatiya Sangsad to materialise. The timeframe is consistent with an earlier announcement of the Election Commission, made on April 5, that it would require 18 months to bring in the electoral law reforms required to ensure credible national polls free from the influence of money and muscle..........