finally reverted to controlled and guided democracy in quest for legitimacy. ‘Basic democracy’ of General Ayub Khan and ‘Islamic democracy’ of General Ziaul Haq were the efforts to appease popular sentiments and ‘sustainable democracy’ of General Pervez Musharraf is also not different from the two previous experiments with democracy. All the three military dictators patronized and promoted their own factions of Pakistan Muslim League — the party claimant to be the founder of the country — to block the
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After a decade of Global War On Terror --- Economic‚ social‚ political impact on Pakistan Majyd Aziz The exodus of Russians from Afghanistan‚ the megalomania of Iraq’s Saddam‚ the spread of Islam in the West‚ the domestic and external pressure on the American economy‚ the 9/11 historical event‚ and the voluminous studies of latter-day Dr Strangelove’s clones nurtured and financed by massively-funded American think tanks were all contributing factors in a series of initiatives undertaken by
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During the year‚ civilian democratic rule was restored in the country. President Asif Ali Zardari‚ widower of assassinated Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto‚ became head of state on September 6‚ replacing former President Pervez Musharraf‚ who resigned on August 18. International observers noted that parliamentary elections on February 18‚ while flawed‚ were competitive and reflected the will of the people. The election brought to power former opposition parties‚ led by the PPP
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Bonds of history‚ culture and faithfulness associate Pakistan and Bangladesh to each other. The people of the two countries shared a ‘common nationhood’ for almost twenty-five years and even after separation it has not been easy to sever the links rooted deep in their history. However‚ Pakistan-Bangladesh relations had a bad start primarily because of two reasons. First‚ Bangladesh was born out of a bloody conflict with a military regime ruling the country from Islamabad. Secondly‚ Bangladesh gained
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FOREIGN POLICY at Brookings The Future of Pakistan Stephen P. Cohen South Asia Initiative THE FUTURE OF PAKISTAN Stephen P. Cohen The Brookings Institution Washington‚ D.C. January 2011 1 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stephen P. Cohen is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings. He came to Brookings in 1998 after a long career as professor of political science and history at the University of Illinois. Dr. Cohen previously served as scholar-in-residence at the Ford Foundation
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Morgan Laporte-Hilliard Professor Sabir English 1A 15 March 2011 Do women face Social injustice and oppression in today’s World? Many women around the world are treated as second class citizens or worse in their own countries. In poor and modern countries alike sex and slave trafficking are still prevalent. Many women die in child birth from complications American women don’t even worry about. Many women are murdered by their own families because they were raped.
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military dictator General Pervez Musharraf was forced to step down after 9 years of stay in power. Dictatorship is no more fruitful in any country in today’s world and Pakistan is no exception to it. The country has undoubtedly suffered a lot in terms of isolation in the world during military era. Imran Khan has been long demanding the limited interference of military in the politics. The forced removal of the Chief Justice of Pakistan from his post by General Musharraf created a political turmoil
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What are the determinant factors of foreign policy? There are many factors that truly contribute to the shaping of the foreign policy of a country. But all these factors can be divided into two classes. One is domestic factors and another is external factors. In domestic factors we can have factors of domestic importance like energy‚ agriculture‚ industrial importance‚ resources etc. for example India’s growing economy demands huge energy for growth. It will mean that our foreign policy should be
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India‚ Pakistan agree to ceasefire after recent Kashmir fighting NEW DELHI -- India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to ease tensions in disputed Kashmir by strictly observing a decade-old cease-fire after five soldiers were killed in recent clashes‚ an Indian army spokesman said. The military commanders of the two armies spoke by telephone for 10 minutes and reached an understanding not to allow the situation to escalate further‚ spokesman Col. Jagdeep Dahiya said. Three Pakistani soldiers
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