Pakistan: After The Elections
Pakistan has spent almost half of its 70 years as a nation under military rule and the rest under a semiauthoritarian democracy. Since 2008, Pakistan has ostensibly had civilian rule with a peaceful transfer of power in 2013. Analysts are hopeful that Pakistans 2018 election on July 25 will continue this trend of democratization. Elections do not make a democracy. Yet free, fair, and inclusive elections are one of the pillars of a democratic nation. Most observers and analysts, both within and outside the country, have raised concerns about the influence of Pakistan s military intelligence establishment on the July 25 general election. On August 7, Hudson Institute s South and Central Asia Program hosted a panel to discuss Pakistans 2018 elections. Panelists will include Professor C. Christine Fair, Provost s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Peace and Security Studies Program at Georgetown University; Dr. Muhammad Taqi, a columnist for The Wire; and Ambassador Husain Haq
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