THE IMPACT OF ABUSIVE CONSTITUTIONALISM ON DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).06      10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).06      Published : Mar 2020
Authored by : HusnulAmin , ShafiqQurban , MaryamSiddiqa

06 Pages : 46-54

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    CHICAGO : Amin, Husnul, Shafiq Qurban, and Maryam Siddiqa. 2020. "The Impact of Abusive Constitutionalism on Democracy in Pakistan." Global Political Review, V (I): 46-54 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).06
    HARVARD : AMIN, H., QURBAN, S. & SIDDIQA, M. 2020. The Impact of Abusive Constitutionalism on Democracy in Pakistan. Global Political Review, V, 46-54.
    MHRA : Amin, Husnul, Shafiq Qurban, and Maryam Siddiqa. 2020. "The Impact of Abusive Constitutionalism on Democracy in Pakistan." Global Political Review, V: 46-54
    MLA : Amin, Husnul, Shafiq Qurban, and Maryam Siddiqa. "The Impact of Abusive Constitutionalism on Democracy in Pakistan." Global Political Review, V.I (2020): 46-54 Print.
    OXFORD : Amin, Husnul, Qurban, Shafiq, and Siddiqa, Maryam (2020), "The Impact of Abusive Constitutionalism on Democracy in Pakistan", Global Political Review, V (I), 46-54
    TURABIAN : Amin, Husnul, Shafiq Qurban, and Maryam Siddiqa. "The Impact of Abusive Constitutionalism on Democracy in Pakistan." Global Political Review V, no. I (2020): 46-54. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).06