Pakistan

There are many interpretations of what democracy can imply. The definition that best suits this paper is Laurie Brand’s. She defines it as “an opening up of a political system” in order to allow more freedom for expression, more freedom for the formation and activity of groups outside the government, an increased awareness of human rights, and the adoption of parliamentary elections (3). Pakistan has had considerable difficulty developing stable, cohesive political organizations because they …

…first in which a transfer of power occurred smoothly, without military interference. As of the mid-1990s, no government had completed its term of office since the lifting of martial law in 1985. In 1990, a popularly chosen prime minister was dismissed, and a president who had been chosen indirectly dissolved the federal legislature. When, in 1993, the same president again attempted to remove a government, Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturned his action (Pakistan on Web by Mazhar).