@article{ref1,
title="Is Pakistan collapsing?",
journal="Economic and political weekly",
year="2011",
author="Zaidi, S.A.",
volume="46",
number="25",
pages="16-20",
abstract="From drone attacks to constant admonishing by the Obama administration, to a weak economy, an insurgency and target-killing of the non-Baloch in Balochistan, and a weekly dose of suicide attacks on common people, all support a perception that Pakistan is collapsing. However, this conventional understanding may not be accurate. What these events suggest is that there is a growing crisis and contradiction within and between the institutions of the state in Pakistan and these crises and contradictions, evaluated differently, might offer a completely divergent narrative. What may be collapsing is the political settlement that has existed for many decades and this may be a positive development. Democractic forces have an opportunity now to end the military's domination of Pakistan.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-9976",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}