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Lets discuss Pakistan. Pakistan has been ruled by one of two regime types throughout its history, military dictatorship, and civilian-military hybrid. The current regime of the country is a civilian-military hybrid regime and has been so since 2008 with three peaceful transitions of Governments through general elections..
Explanation:
The main barrier in developing their democracy is the immense influence the military enjoys in all state institutions, public sector enterprises, while also controlling large industrial corporations and real estate companies. This has been made possible by successive dictatorships where dictators had to install loyal officers on key positions within these organisations who were almost always ex military and who almost always survived the reign of the dictators.
Even though Pakistan has never experienced an uninfluenced democratically elected government. It would still serve her right. Albeit, the current political arrangement where the Prime Minister is in charge of most affairs and the fact that he is elected from the lower House of Parliament creates another problem which is the ongoing requirement of the Prime Minister to please his political allies for their support, often at the expense of public welfare.
Pakistan would be served best by democracy where the head of state is the President who also holds the decision making powers. The President would be free from the pressures of political allies as he would have the popular vote for political support and legitimacy. The issue of military influence would get resolved by a long process of strengthening state institutions while being in a civilian-military hybrid regime. Given enough time, the military will naturally lose its grip on power in state affairs and Pakistan will have a chance of being governed in a relatively functional democracy.
