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Pakistan: The (Very) Long March to Democracy

Thursday 10 July 2008 17:30 to 18:30

Location

The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BG

Participants

Dr Farzana Shaikh, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House
Chair: David Loyn, International Development Correspondent, BBC

Type: Members event

Six months after the parliamentary election, Pakistan remains in the grip of political uncertainty, convulsed by a severe economic crisis and on-going militant violence. Differences within the ruling coalition over the reinstatement of the judges dismissed last year and the future of President Musharraf have aggravated the sense of drift. Were the expectations of a 'return' to democracy misplaced, and if so, what now for a state whose stability is widely judged to be vital to global security?