Government-opposition Relations at Centre and Provinces: Analysing Second Term of Benazir Bhutto Government.

Democracy and democratic governance has widely been debated throughout the world. The study of democratic consolidation has still got prominent position especially in third world countries. Democracy in developing countries particularly in Pakistan is confronting long standing problem of governance. Most important issue to work on is relationship of federal government with parliamentary opposition as well as federating units having opposition parties in power. The second term of Benazir Bhutto as prime minister was expected to be relatively more stable than her previous government. Expectations were roused that democracy in Pakistan will take roots and this would flourish by focusing on welfare of the masses. This paper focuses on the question whether it was the same follies which Benazir Bhutto played with during her second term with opposition in the centre and their governments in provinces. Mostly, secondary sources have been utilized to answer the question and newspapers have also been consulted. Analysing all data, the paper gives a detailed study of the facts along with key findings, on the basis of which suggestions have been given and conclusion is drawn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]