| Description |
1 online resource (19 pages) : color map (digital, PDF file) |
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Crisis Group Asia briefing ; no. 137 |
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Asia briefing (Series) ; no. 137.
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| Contents |
Overview -- Democratic transition and electoral reforms -- Internal reform of the ECP -- Administering elections -- Overseeing elections -- The role of the international community -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
With the next election just months away, the PPP-led government and its parliamentary opposition should immediately implement the reforms needed to ensure a peaceful and widely accepted political transition. Transfer of power through the ballot box would consolidate the gains made by the return to civilian rule in 2008. The international community should lend its support to democracy by making it clear to the military that it would not favour a postponement or any other steps to derail the election process. All stakeholders, particularly the political parties, the ultimate stakeholders in the electoral process, must work together to ensure that the democratic process continues and is sustainable. The transfer of power from one elected government to another, for the first time in Pakistan's history, through free, fair, transparent and democratic elections is the only way to stabilise this fragile polity |
| Notes |
16 August 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
With the next election just months away, the PPP-led government and its parliamentary opposition should immediately implement the reforms needed to ensure a peaceful and widely accepted political transition. Transfer of power through the ballot box would consolidate the gains made by the return to civilian rule in 2008. The international community should lend its support to democracy by making it clear to the military that it would not favour a postponement or any other steps to derail the election process. All stakeholders, particularly the political parties, the ultimate stakeholders in the electoral process, must work together to ensure that the democratic process continues and is sustainable. The transfer of power from one elected government to another, for the first time in Pakistan's history, through free, fair, transparent and democratic elections is the only way to stabilise this fragile polity |
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Title from p.1 screen (viewed on Sept. 3, 2012) |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Adobe Reader |
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Elections -- Pakistan
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Political stability -- Pakistan
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Elections.
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Politics and government
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Political stability.
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| SUBJECT |
Pakistan -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096888
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| Subject |
Pakistan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group.
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