Pakistan

Briefing Paper 21: The Election Commission of Pakistan

The paper focuses on the issue of balancing ECP independence—including the ability to…

Briefing Paper 15: No Voice: The Exclusion of Women from Voting

Briefing Paper 15 discusses the exclusion of women from the voting process. It…

Report: Balochistan Local Election Framework Assessment

Balochistan was the first province to enact a law for the restoration of…

Dawn.com article: Democracy at the local level

Summary The pace of democratic development in Pakistan has been steady since 2008,…

Briefing Paper 9: Pakistan’2019s 2013 Elections: Testing the Democratic Process

There is a lot of scepticism about Pakistan’s democratisation, but there have been…

Article: Pakistani Democracy is not Dispensable

Pakistan’s floods have probably been the biggest natural calamity ever encountered by a…

Article: Floods Reveal Political Opportunities in Pakistan

This article was originally published in The Daily Star  and can also be…

Briefing Paper 5: Amendment to the Constitution & Electoral Reform in Pakistan

In April 2010 Pakistan Parliament adopted the 18th Amendment of the constitution, which…

Briefing Paper 3: Pakistan’2019s Local Gov’t Reform and Electoral Arrangements

Throughout Pakistan’s history, local government has been an object of political manoeuvring, rather…

Briefing Paper 4: Pakistan’2019s Reservations to Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

The Government of Pakistan acceded to the UN’s International Covenant on Civil and…