South Asia Faces the Future: Democracy on Hold in Pakistan

Issue Date January 2002
Volume 13
Issue 1
Page Numbers 67-75
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After September 11 and the start of the U.S.-led war on terrorists in Afghanistan, the Pakistani military regime of Pervez Musharraf found itself at the center of world attention. What do these new and dramatically changed circumstances portend for a possible return to elected, civilian rule in Islamabad?

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