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Failure of Democracy in Pakistan?
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In order to understand the plight of democracy in Pakistan, one needs to remember the circumstances into which Pakistan came into being. Its establishment as an independent country was the result of a political movement of Muslims of the Subcontinent, no doubt, but those Muslims were not politically organized. In fact, they had no political platform during the initial period. Though they acquired one in 1906 in the form of the Muslim League, this group was not terribly effective until 1934, w...
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Grasping for democracy, Pakistan clings to a slender thread
International Herald Tribune
; ... Tribune 01-08-2008 Grasping for democracy, Pakistan clings to a slender thread ... Group Edition: 3 Section: NEWS CAMBRIDGE, England -- When ... leafy park named for another Pakistani who had served as prime minister ... investigation in which the Pakistani police will be assisted by ... rewritten ...
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PAKISTAN'S RULER PLEDGES REFORMS CRITICS DOUBT HIS SINCERITY FOR `REAL DEMOCRACY'
The Boston Globe
; ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Six months after he muscled his way into power, Pakistan's new army ruler has embarked ... attempting to introduce "real" democracy into this troubled South Asian ... most liberal time ever in Pakistan," Mehnaz Akbar, a senior fellow ... part of his pledge to free Pakistan's ...
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Democracy and Talibanization in Pakistan
Jerusalem Post
; ... Post 11-11-2007 Headline: Democracy and Talibanization in Pakistan Byline: ISAAC KFIR, Special ... Post' Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 09 Sunday, November ... 3, the word of the day in Pakistan and around the world is democracy, democracy, democracy, when the emphasis should ...
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Pakistan and democracy: Uneasy mix for U.S.News analysis
International Herald Tribune
; ... president, has aggressively hunted members of Al Qaeda in Pakistan's cities, he has taken poorly conceived, or halfhearted, steps to gain control of the tribal areas. Critics say Pakistan's secretive intelligence apparatus has largely turned a blind eye to Taliban forces in Pakistan who engage in attacks ...
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A dissident life, lived for Pakistan Late gadfly's struggle illuminates a tough path for democracy
International Herald Tribune
; ... ruled ended in South Asia. Pakistan was born as a homeland for ... in opposition, demanding democracy in Pakistan and deploring military dictators ... that were trying to unseat Pakistan's current military ruler ... like painting a dictatorship democracy,'' he said of Musharraf in a recent ...
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