This situation is unlikely to improve unless the democratic discourse is put upside down

One hopes the local government system that would be hopefully put in place eventually would take democracy to the village and mohalla level

The process of holding local government elections in Pakistan has covered some ground but it still has a long way to go. Here’s a roundup of the...

Manifestos of all political parties promise measures to introduce the system of local democracy but there is no work on the ground yet

There is consensus that the real democracy is only bottom up -- one which is owned and experienced by the people.