Reflecting on Pakistan's political crisis in the wake of the November 3 imposition of emergency rule and the calling of elections for January 8, Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar Samia Altaf worries that a strategy based on urging Pakistan to "return to democracy" without the institutions that make democracy meaningful "betrays either naivete or disinterest."
Reflecting on Pakistan's political crisis in the wake of the November 3 imposition of emergency rule and the calling of elections for January 8, Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar Samia Altaf worries that a strategy based on urging Pakistan to "return to democracy" without the institutions that make democracy meaningful "betrays either naivete or disinterest."
Dr. Altaf, a public health physician and the 2007-08 Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar, is writing a book on "Improving Aid Effectiveness: A Case Study of the Health and Population Sectors in Pakistan."
For Dr. Altaf's analysis, click here. For a different perspective, by Zubair Iqbal, click here.
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