Every election season, some people are very surprised when they come to know through the media that a returning officer (RO) has asked a candidate for a National Assembly or provincial assembly seat to read out from some chapter of the Holy Quran. In other instances, the candidates have been told to recite a particular prayer (often it is the dua-e-qanoot) from memory. Sometimes, ROs even ask candidates how many times a day they go to the mosgue to pray.

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