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Pakistan democracy
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![What Does the Musharraf Verdict Mean for Pakistan? What Does the Musharraf Verdict Mean for Pakistan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2019-12-27-12.jpg)
What Does the Musharraf Verdict Mean for Pakistan?
By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
The sentencing to death of Musharraf has been welcomed by many Pakistanis.
![Imran Khan: Another Act in Pakistan’s Circus Imran Khan: Another Act in Pakistan’s Circus](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18206301282167.jpg)
Imran Khan: Another Act in Pakistan’s Circus
By C. Christine Fair
It wasn't Imran Khan who won the election. It was (as always) Pakistan's army.
![Pakistan’s Bittersweet Election Season Pakistan’s Bittersweet Election Season](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-pakistan_election_2008.jpg)
Pakistan’s Bittersweet Election Season
By Daud Khattak
Instead of a celebration of democratic transfer of power, doubts are growing about interference in the political campaigns.
![Why Pakistan Needs a Democratic Revolution Why Pakistan Needs a Democratic Revolution](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-flag-2528983_640.jpg)
Why Pakistan Needs a Democratic Revolution
By Touqir Hussain
The country needs much more than just another round of elections to address its manifold challenges.
![Sharif's Lifetime Ban From Politics Is the Final Blow to Pakistan's Democracy Sharif's Lifetime Ban From Politics Is the Final Blow to Pakistan's Democracy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-26_15-15-42.jpg)
Sharif's Lifetime Ban From Politics Is the Final Blow to Pakistan's Democracy
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Nawaz Sharif’s lifetime disqualification has scratched off Pakistan’s façade of democracy.
![The Mullah-Military Takeover of Pakistan The Mullah-Military Takeover of Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_17326422056204.jpg)
The Mullah-Military Takeover of Pakistan
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
A Musharraf-Saeed alliance could provide the political face of the mullah-military takeover underway in Pakistan.
![Pakistan's Election Scramble Begins Pakistan's Election Scramble Begins](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-11_14-11-53.jpg)
Pakistan's Election Scramble Begins
By Mahboob Mohsin and Waqas Halim
Pakistan's political parties are already positioning themselves for next year's elections.
![China’s Trouble With Pakistan’s Turbulent Democracy China’s Trouble With Pakistan’s Turbulent Democracy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-06_16-31-50.jpg)
China’s Trouble With Pakistan’s Turbulent Democracy
By Abdur Rehman Shah
The real stumbling block to CPEC? The differences in political systems between China and Pakistan.
![Why Do Coups Happen in Pakistan? Why Do Coups Happen in Pakistan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-24_15-53-35.jpg)
Why Do Coups Happen in Pakistan?
By Muhammad Daim Fazil
The three factors behind Pakistan's past (and perhaps future) coups.
![How Pakistan Betrayed Its Founder How Pakistan Betrayed Its Founder](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-23_18-06-28.jpg)
How Pakistan Betrayed Its Founder
By Basit Mahmood
Rediscovering Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s vision for a secular, liberal Pakistan.
![Pakistan's Black Day Pakistan's Black Day](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-08_13-11-28.jpg)
Pakistan's Black Day
By Ahsan Chaudhary
How the military engineered its July 5, 1977 coup, leading to 11 years of martial law.
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