Written by: Ahmad Masood Amer

governance system, takes stock of the progress and challenges, highlights lessons learned and makes recommendations for reform and change: Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the objectives and summary of the key findings. Chapter 2 documents the historical context and political evolution since formation of the country. Chapter 3 analyses the existing governance structure based on 2004 Constitution highlighting key deficiencies and legal gaps in the system. Chapter 4 provides political economy analysis of the political development in the country with an historical perspective and shares analysis and views of different analysts. Chapter 5 contains summary of the key findings and conclusions and recommendations as well as references.