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Pakistan is ‘sham democracy’, say UK and US academics

By: Sarwar Alam

Pakistan is a “sham democracy” and with the ouster of prime minister Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court over Panama Papers case it was felt “more keenly” than before, according to eminent UK and US academics. The top five academics were participating in a seminar held at London University last evening entitled ‘The decline of democracy in Pakistan and the role of the Deep State’. On July 28, a five-member Supreme Court Bench disqualified 67-year-old Sharif for dishonesty in the Panama Papers case verdict. The apex court ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children, forcing the…

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