Shuja Nawaz: Pakistan: on the Perilous Path to Democracy

Pakistan today is taking baby steps back to becoming a democracy again, after nearly eight years of the rule by fiat of General Pervez Musharraf, the "liberal autocrat". The Nigerian author Chinua Achebe put it very well: "Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again". Pakistan has been through that cycle twice before,… » Full Story on Huffington Post