TY  - BOOK
AU  - SCHAFFER Teresita
TI  - Pakistan: transition to what?
PY  - 2008///
KW  - PAKISTAN
KW  - POLITICS
KW  - POLITIC
N2  - The country faced presidential to democracy and parliamentary elections.  Many hoped these might start a gradual transition to democracy but no one expected major short-term change.  Pakistan needs a strong push toward national unity on the most basic issues it faces, coupled with an election that all participants will recognise.  Pakistan needs a government that will undertake the long and difficult task of building up Pakistan's institutions, countering its domestic extremists and managing the tangled relationships with Pakistan's neighbours
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