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March 20, 2013

Pakistan's Deadly Democracy

Ahmed Rashid, New York Review of Books

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At stake is not just the future of Zardari’s ruling Pakistan People’s Party and whether it can hold on to power, but the future of Pakistan itself. Under the pressure of such violence and intolerance the state risks losing control before it can reaffirm democracy.

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