Challenges faced by the democracy in Pakistan:
May be these points help you in one way or the other under the topic of democracy.
Historical perspective/challenges faced in the past
-Quaid's quotes, statements and thoughts in support of democracy
-delay in constitution formation
-military coups
-incomplete democratic tenures
-charter of democracy and attitudes of signatories
-role of ulema in political processes
-media censorship,only one state owned channel
Causes
-weak institutions
-feudalism and stereotype trends of political system
-Lack of consensus in the muslim Ummah regarding the type of political system
-Uneducated voters
-less turn out
-institutional disharmony
-vested interests of politicians
-interpretation of constitution by different stakeholders
4.Recent challenges, status and steps to be taken
-more awareness as compared to past but still long way to go
-media overwhelmed watchdog....political and constitutional discussions on public forum....harmful in widening the gap b/w institutions....both extremes of role of media
-emergence of new political parties like PTI, positive step
-the trend has been shifting from rivalry to cooperation and coalition among political parties
-voter is more aware and educated as compared to the past
-judicial activism vs present government...positive.....PM in court....
-active civil society
-arab revolution and pakistani society.....we can't expect revolution here as we had intermittent democracy in the history in contrast to the middle east.
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