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All Things Pakistan on the idea of democracies that don't quite live up to their promise, and the alternative - a dictatorship.

Posted by Neha Viswanathan

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Recent Links also in South Asia

Hartal, a blog against the culture of frequent strikes in India shows that even the shifting of a bus terminal to a new wider location in a municipality in Kerala can be a reason to stall an entire district with a day long strike.

The Acorn comments on the incident of Indian Navy Ship Tabar sinking a pirate ship off the coast of Somalia: “taking out a mother ship is a very good thing. But the marine theatre is also getting more dangerous”.

Ghore Baire critically analyzes the point one major political party of Bangladesh raised that Hajj pilgrims will not being able to vote if the elections are held on December 18. The blogger opines that the arguments clearly show that religion is being used as a political tool and there is a clear discrimination against other religious groups.