Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023): Pakistan Journal of International Affairs
Articles

REGIME CHANGE IN PAKISTAN 2022: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY

Published 2023-03-20

Abstract

It is a succinct allegory meant to highlight the significance of political stability for the advancement of an economy. Democracy in the Arab world was thought to have been strengthened by the Arab Spring uprisings. A similar atmosphere of unrest and rallies in a practicing democracy like Pakistan reflects identical elements of uncertainty that depress economic destabilization, despite the unexpected Arab Spring which further disrupted the Middle East. The article briefly discusses political crises that occurred while the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government is in power (10 April 2022) to make a case for how political instability stifled economic progress in Pakistan, though momentarily. Political stability is necessary for any country to bring prosperity to itself and provide peace and employment opportunities for its people. Unfortunately, Pakistan has been suffering from political instability for the last eight months. Political parties in any country play a role in the development of that country. Unfortunately, Pakistani political parties are not engaged in the development of their country but in fulfilling their egos and own interests, which is causing harm to the country but not the parties because the parties make fools of the people by accusing each other, but the loss that the country suffers is directly from the people, and this loss will not be remedied in thirty or forty years