What Were The Gains Of Democracy In Pakistan And At What Cost? | Mazhar Abbas | Dawn News English

"The 15th National Assembly — formed following the chaotic general elections of 2018 — stood dissolved on Thursday on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s advice, merely two days before it was to complete its constitutional, five-year tenure.

Over its term, it saw two prime ministers sworn into office. One was constitutionally removed for his mismanagement of the economy; the other is about to leave Pakistani democracy considerably compromised. In roughly the same period, two former prime ministers were handed disqualification and jail terms for “corrupt practices”.

And, over the entirety of this period, Pakistan was run less like the democratic parliamentary republic envisaged in the Constitution and more like a hybrid system in which elected representatives took most of the blame while their ‘handlers’ took most of the decisions."

These words are excerpted from an editorial in Dawn dated August 11, 2023. Building upon this analysis, we engaged veteran journalist Mazhar Abbas to provide insights into the trajectory of democracy over the past five years and beyond."

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Pakistan is now in transition stage. It can be more religious and become a Afghanistan model or with more military importance become a North Korean model. Choose wise between these two.