Pakistan's woes never seem to end, despite the fact of a free media, an independent judiciary, periodic elections, functioning parliaments and a renewed democracy. In fact, some people might argue that the media is so outrageously unaccountable, the judiciary so fiercely independent, the elections so deeply flawed, parliament so divided and democracy so dysfunctional that they are together part of the problem rather than the solution.
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So the little good news on offer is mixed with a lot of bad news in store and the outlook for 2011 remains depressing.
Good News: The PPP government of President Asif Zardari can rightly claim some significant successes. It has unflinchingly prosecuted the war on terror in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It has cobbled the National Finance Commission Award (which determines the percentage of federal r
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