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1 online resource (iv, 33 pages) : color map (digital, PDF file) |
Series |
Crisis Group Asia report ; no. 203 |
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Crisis Group Asia report ; no. 203
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Summary |
Electoral rigging has hampered Pakistan's democratic development, eroded political stability and contributed to the breakdown of the rule of law. Facing domestic pressure for democracy, successive military governments rigged national, provincial and local polls to ensure regime survival. These elections yielded unrepresentative parliaments that have rubber-stamped extensive constitutional and political reforms to centralize power with the military and to empower its civilian allies. Undemocratic rule has also suppressed other civilian institutions, including the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which is responsible for holding elections to the national and four provincial assemblies, and local governments. With the next general election in 2013, if the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led government completes its full five-year term, the ruling party and its parliamentary opposition, as well as the international community, should focus on ensuring a transparent, orderly political transition through free, fair and transparent elections |
Notes |
"30 March 2011." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Title from p.1 screen (viewed March 31, 2011) |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Adobe Reader |
Subject |
Elections -- Pakistan
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Legitimacy of governments -- Pakistan
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Political stability -- Pakistan
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Elections.
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Legitimacy of governments.
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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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