South Asia at Sixty

From: The World Today | Date: August 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Elections postponed in Bangladesh, growing doubts about plans for polling in Pakistan, yet India boasts it is the world's biggest democracy. Sixty years on from independence, what explains the divergence?

eNDING THE STAND-OFF between troops and militant Islamic students at the Lal Masjid mosque in Pakistan's capital Islamabad is the latest problem to face the president, General Pervez Musharraf, as he endures his most difficult period domestically since taking power in 1999. For the first time, there are threats on two flanks. His decision to dismiss the chief justice has galvanised ...

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