Popular democracy, unpopular leader by Hasan Askar rizvi

Hasan Askar Rizvi

There is a widely shared consensus at the global level that democracy is the best available political system. However, its details vary from country to country and one has to examine both the theoretical basis of the democratic system as well as its performance at the operational level to judge the quality of democracy.

Democracy is viewed as a process rather than an end product. It is

Civil-military relations written by Hassan Askar Rizvi

Hassan Askar Rizvi

Civil-military relations 

Smooth civil-military relations hold the key to political stability and an efficacious management of external and internal security in Pakistan. Therefore, both the civilian leadership and the top brass of the military seek a friction-free relationship to devote fully to their exclusive domains of authority and work in harmony in the overlapping policy space or when they need to supplement each other.