Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 04/2010

Challenges of Pakistan's Governance System

Marco Mezzera

October 2009

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

Abstract

This policy brief looks at the underlying causes of weak governance and poor interaction between Pakistan's institutions and its citizens. Factors are broadly organized in three dimensions: structural, including geopolitical position, historical backdrop and social structures; the distribution and exercise of power; and Pakistan's current state of affairs.