Democracy Digest » Pakistan http://www.demdigest.net/blog News and analysis on democracy assistance and promotion Fri, 24 May 2013 04:31:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Pakistan poll ‘not a moment for triumphalism’ – support for democracy dangerously thin http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/pakistan-poll-not-a-moment-for-triumphalism-support-for-democracy-dangerously-thin/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/pakistan-poll-not-a-moment-for-triumphalism-support-for-democracy-dangerously-thin/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:30:32 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=20487 “Pakistan is about to cross an important threshold: this weekend’s elections, if all goes to plan, will mark the country’s first transition between elected governments. But this is not a moment for triumphalism,” writes a prominent analyst.

Opinion surveys …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/pakistan-poll-not-a-moment-for-triumphalism-support-for-democracy-dangerously-thin/feed/ 0 Pakistan’s women push for the right to vote http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/pakistans-women-push-for-the-right-to-vote/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/pakistans-women-push-for-the-right-to-vote/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 22:37:09 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=20463 “Fears over the safety of women voting in next week’s elections in Pakistan are rising after letters have been circulated in regions of the country warning men not to allow their wives, sisters and daughters out to the polling stations,” …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/pakistans-women-push-for-the-right-to-vote/feed/ 0 Imran Khan fall could boost chances in Pakistan poll http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/imran-khan-fall-could-boost-chances-in-pakistan-poll/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/imran-khan-fall-could-boost-chances-in-pakistan-poll/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 18:47:27 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=20449 “Imran Khan’s supporters believe the serious injuries he sustained from a fall during a rally on Tuesday night could help his bid to become a major political force, despite the fact he will be hospitalized for the crucial last …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/imran-khan-fall-could-boost-chances-in-pakistan-poll/feed/ 0 Pakistan’s General Elections 2013: Stakes and Prospects http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/pakistans-general-elections-2013-stakes-and-prospects/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/pakistans-general-elections-2013-stakes-and-prospects/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 18:40:04 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=20399 Pakistan’s forthcoming elections will be “severely compromised” unless the interim government takes measures to ensure the safety of candidates and party activists threatened by the Taliban and other militant groups, according to a new report.                                                   

On May 11, 2013, …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/05/pakistans-general-elections-2013-stakes-and-prospects/feed/ 0 Religious freedom violators threaten national security, says USCIRF http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/04/religious-freedom-violators-threaten-national-security-says-uscirf/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/04/religious-freedom-violators-threaten-national-security-says-uscirf/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:47:16 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=20305 The United States should give a higher priority to advancing global religious freedom as a matter of national security, says a major new survey. The persecution of people of faith is inherently dangerous because it has the effect of …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/04/religious-freedom-violators-threaten-national-security-says-uscirf/feed/ 0 Pakistan Taliban using violence as election strategy, as political ‘novice takes on entrenched parties’ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/04/pakistan-taliban-using-violence-as-election-strategy-as-political-novice-takes-on-entrenched-parties/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/04/pakistan-taliban-using-violence-as-election-strategy-as-political-novice-takes-on-entrenched-parties/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:11:16 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=20302 Pakistan’s forthcoming May 11 elections will be “severely compromised” unless the interim government takes measures to ensure the safety of candidates and party activists threatened by the Taliban and other militant groups, a new report warns.

The authorities “should …

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As it approaches its first ever peaceful transfer of power, Pakistan is “beset by a torrent of maladies,” a leading analyst suggests:

Its government is bankrupt. Its economy is mired in stagflation as the population booms. Terrorists strike all corners …

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Working with Sharks, a compelling account of a leading Pakistani gender activist, Dr. Fouzia Saeed, against sexual harassment at the workplace, was released in the United States on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. When a slightly …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/04/working-with-sharks-countering-against-sexual-harassment-at-the-un/feed/ 0 Pakistan’s ‘extremist democracy’ – can advocacy overcome adversity? http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/03/pakistans-extremist-democracy-can-advocacy-overcome-adversity/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/03/pakistans-extremist-democracy-can-advocacy-overcome-adversity/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:54:29 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=19645

“This spring was supposed to open a new chapter in Pakistan’s tenuous embrace of inclusive democracy…the first time the country passes from one elected leadership to another,” writes Ahmed Rashid, author of Pakistan on the Brink.

“And …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/03/pakistans-extremist-democracy-can-advocacy-overcome-adversity/feed/ 0 Pakistan reaches democracy milestone despite military’s ‘New Coup Playbook’ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/03/pakistan-reaches-democracy-milestone-despite-militarys-new-coup-playbook/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/03/pakistan-reaches-democracy-milestone-despite-militarys-new-coup-playbook/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:47:20 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=19608 “Pakistan is on the verge of making political history,” notes The Economist: its first transfer of power from one elected government to another.

Its halting experiments with democracy in the past were always interrupted by the real power of …

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