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Pakistan slides 11 places on global democracy index, enters ‘authoritarian regime’ category

  • The index maintained by The Economist says elections in Pakistan will not lead to ‘more democracy’ due to ‘state repression’
  • Pakistan is the only Asian country that has been downgraded and reclassified from a ‘hybrid regime’ to an ‘authoritarian regime’
By Arab News Pakistan ·