'Truth tracker' keeps tabs on Pakistan election pledges

Politicians and the truth are two things which live separate lives and in different worlds.  Its kind of like (as a comparison) televangelists in the United States telling you that Jesus will love you a lot more if just hand over your hard earned money.  

As you turn off the main road just south of Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, it soon seems as if you have travelled 50 years back in time.
At Sitara Colony Number Two, leaking sewage pipes and abandoned bulldozers belie Lahore's reputation as one of Pakistan's most developed cities.
The scene is also testament to political promises which have remained unfulfilled. But a new website seeks to put promises of development and progress to the test.
Sitara Colony number 2 is a labyrinth of narrow streets. bustling with small shops, street vendors and donkey carts.
Across from the market is the residential area.Continue reading the main story“Start QuoteThey don't think we are humans”Sitara residentRough tracks and sewage spewing out from various points, mixed with stagnant water from a recent downpour await the visitor.

Following the earthquake and tsunami in Northeast Japan the government promised to rebuild the area and the lives of the people effected.  3 years later and thousands of people still live temporary shelters or in other prefectures.  Because the government hasn't kept its promises.

  A website called Truth Tracker has been launched by UPI Next, the non-profit media development arm of the United Press International news agency.Its mission: To keep an eye on the commitments made by politicians during and after election campaigns.

Politicians will come before their constituents and without any embarrassment lie right to their faces and just not care.

  During the same campaign Imran Khan's PTI promised to hold local government elections within 90 days of taking power.According to Truth Tracker, Imran Khan repeatedly criticised previous governments for not holding local polls, accusing them of being reluctant to share power with the grassroots.
The website calculates that since PTI politicians took the oath of government in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province on 30 May, the 90 day deadline was due to fall on 31 August. But with local government elections still pending, Truth Tracker rates this promise as "broken".