Pakistan in 2024
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6415989 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew J Nelson (0000-0002-1857-1317, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 202-213 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/as.2025.65.2.202 |
| OpenAlex | W4409155310 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
In 2024 Pakistan was focused on four I’s: (a) military and civilian pressure on former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf; (b) a constitutional amendment, facilitated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, aiming to reduce judicial independence; (c) the successful pursuit of a fresh bailout from the IMF that helped to stem inflation; and (d) expanding insurgencies in both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan—the former associated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban Movement); the latter, with the Balochistan National Army: both groups enjoyed cross-border support from Afghanistan and (alleged) covert support from India. To constrain the populism of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf and the autonomy of the superior courts, in a context characterized by critical economic and security challenges, government and military officials collaborated to shore up Pakistan’s civil–military (democratic–authoritarian) “hybrid regime
Political science · Indian Economic and Social Development · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |