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INSIGHT: SOUTH ASIA - Pakistan attempts to weather political tug-of-war, economic

28 Apr 2023

Pakistan has reached a boiling point: the country is teetering on the brink of economic collapse and the IMPLICATIONS government, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, is struggling against calls for fresh elections by the Since the April 2022 vote of no-confidence in the Imran Khan-led opposition. [...] The removal to register more female voters, 11.37 million women of the exchange rate cap is a key demand of the are reportedly unregistered and are unlikely to be International Monetary Fund (IMF), and foreign registered by the cut-off period of 30 days before the exchange companies claimed that the cap was causing date of elections. [...] This Legally, according to Section 14 of the Elections drop may prove beneficial for the current government Act, the ECP is also obligated to declare an election in establishing the need to secure the US$6.5-billion “strategy” at least four months prior to the polls. [...] The banned million (25 billion Pakistani rupees), which is three Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has ramped up and a half times the total costs incurred during the violent attacks in various parts of the country. [...] As TTP strongholds are mainly oppose the use of EVMs limited to the regions of KP and Balochistan, the group’s expansion will provoke other rival factions, Holding elections within the next few months also such as the Baloch militants, also to ramp up attacks poses potential logistical and, more importantly, in the region, further draining the state treasury.
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