Political Instability in Pakistan #CSS2024 Pak affairs topic
Political Instability in Pakistan
Introduction:
✓ Ongoing tussles between government and oppositions
✓ Culture of compromise and consensus never took root which left the democracy of the country fragile and open to the intervention of other institutions such as military and judiciary.
Rare Moments of political consensus in Pakistan:
·
Adoption
of 1973 constitution
·
Passage
of 18th amendment
Lack of tolerance is evidenced in troubled center –province relations
which repeatedly tested the country’s unity.
Parliament’s performance:
·
Parliament’s current underperformance is also a
throwback to the past. Successive governments in the past never lived up to the
principle of parliamentary supremacy.
·
Parliament has been seen as a means to
maintenance the government in power rather than an instrument of governance a
forum to initiate and debate laws and policies.
2. Causes of political crisis in Pakistan:
1.
Culture of horse trading and floor crossing is
being promoted.
2.
Hung parliaments
3.
Civil military fissures(gap): A historical
dilemma
4.
Lack of political maturity and experience
5.
External factors: Foreign intervention
6.
Judicial activism
7.
Governance issues
8.
Provincialism rather than nationalism
3.Impacts of political crisis:
1.
Political instability is directly proportional
to the economic instability
2.
Erosion of democratic culture
3.
Social contract has been waning
4.
Constitutional deterrence has been declining
5.
Uncertainty of future coalitions
6.
Civil military division: Resentment against
military is on the peak
7.
Judicial influence and activism in politics
8.
Pakistan Relations with major powers are on the
verge
4.Solutions of
political crisis in Pakistan:
1.
Culture of tolerance must be prevailed
2.
True sense of democracy
3.
Civil military engagements
4.
Decorum and respect of Parliament
5.
Separation of powers
6.
Reforms of state organs must be introduced
7.
Local governance should be introduced rather
than provincialism
8.
Hung parliaments should be dealt in sanity-oriented way
9.
Media should be more public responsive
Critical Analysis:
Individual level
·
Political stability –help –skilled, educated,per
capita income, living standard etc.
National level
·
Economy will be booming, development projects, terrorism
will be upended, democracy will prevail, army will be back in their barracks.
International level
·
Pakistan will get its due cause Kashmir cause
will be respected; will play its
influencing role in global arena. Independent foreign policy will be pursued
etc.
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