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'Hidden hands' pushing country towards democratic instability: Ahsan Iqbal |
2017-10-31 |
[DAWN] Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal suggested on Monday that some "hidden hands" are attempting to sabotage the democratic process in the country but that the nation would break the cycle [of political instability] "this time". In a post made on his Facebook page, Iqbal began by listing decades in Pakistain's history that were alternately marked by either democracy or military rule. "Our history: '50s Democracy, '60s Martial Law, '70s Democracy, '80s Martial Law, '90s Democracy, '00s Martial Law, '10s Democracy, [20] '20s ???" he wrote. The minister said that Pakistain's history has fluctuated between democracy and martial laws, adding that it has become a pattern. "Some hidden hands and inertia of history are trying to drift the democratic process into [the] same old design," he wrote in his post. |
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