“A Ballot Box Democracy is dangerous for Pakistan.” These are the words of Sabiha Sumar, an independent filmmaker from Karachi, Pakistan. Reluctantly, I agree with her! Reluctantly, because I would rather have an ‘Imperfect Democracy’ than a ‘Virtuous Autocracy’. But when it comes to Pakistan, an imperfect democracy is more dangerous than an authoritarian ‘Military [...]
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