Yasmin Rashid co-authors study flagging institutional erosion

Yasmin Rashid co-authors study flagging institutional erosion

Pakistan's democratic checks were systematically weakened between 2022 and 2025 through legal, electoral and constitutional curbs, a report co-authored by imprisoned senior PTI leader Dr Yasmin Rashid claims. Titled From Crackdown to Crisis, the study, co-authored with researcher Shayan Bashir, examines political and legal developments since April 2022 and argues that what began as routine law enforcement against protests evolved into a sustaine…

Yasmin Rashid says democratic space was quietly narrowed in Pakistan

A new report authored by jailed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Dr Yasmin Rashid and co-authored by her lawyer Shayan Bashir says Pakistan’s democratic system was not broken in one sudden move, but was slowly narrowed through laws, elections and constitutional changes. The report, written from Kot Lakhpat jail, says that institutions continued to exist during this period, but their role gradually changed. According to the authors, the process di…