We are very excited to launch an important and timely work, Pakistan's Political Parties: Pakistan's Political Parties: Surviving Between Dictatorship and Democracy (2020) as part of our Political Economy of Development Series 2021.

Speakers: Mariam Mufti (Waterloo), Sarah Khan (Yale), and Asad Liaqat (Facebook).
Moderator: Umair Javed (LUMS)
When: 4th March, 6 PM (PKT)

Umair Javed discusses the book with its authors. The book examines how the civilian side of the state’s current regime has survived the transition to democracy. It provides critical insights into the evolution of political parties in Pakistan and their role in democracies in general.

Mariam Mufti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Sarah Khan is an Assistant Professor at Yale and she researches gender and comparative politics, with a regional specialization in South Asia while Asad Liaqat is a Research Scientist in the Novi Economics team at Facebook and studies how economically consequential political behaviour is shaped by the informational and social environment. Umair Javed is an Assistant Professor of Political Sociology at LUMS and a fellow of MHRC.