00920pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002100040245003500061260000900096300001600105362001000121520054200131650003900673650002800712773003400740180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aWaseem, Mohammad  aCauses of democratic downslide  c2002  ap.4532-538.  a2 Nov  aThe dominance of the Punjabi and mohajir communities and the perceived bellicosity of India have played a deterministic role in the shaping of Pakistan.  The elevation of national security as a topmost state concern and the growing centralisation of powers by a federal government has however led to a growing subordination of parliamentary procedures and the alienation of the smaller provinces.  The latest constitutional reforms and a new government only heighten the inherent conflicts that democracy in Pakistan faces. - Reproduced.  aPakistan - Politics and government  aPolitics and government  aEconomic and Political Weekly