Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. This past week, for the first time in its history, Pakistan’s democratically elected government completed its entire term and is now expected to transfer power to another democratically elected government. Today the Center for American Progress released “Previewing Pakistan’s 2013 Elections,” a comprehensive source of information on the principal points of competition in the pre-election period and a look ahead to the May polls. This report assesses an ongoing decentralization of power in Pakistan’s political system over the past five years, detailing the country’s major political parties, emergent political movements, activist judiciary, and the evolving role of the military in the political transition.
