Pakistan, Jan. 12 -- 2024 - The year of elections or perhaps the ultimate year of elections as some are calling it. Over 60 countries will head into general elections this year. The domestic atmosphere will be charged with energy, streets buzz with new promises and slogans and millions spent on lavish election campaigns. However, the political atmosphere in a country of 230 million seems unusually quiet and eerie. As the media reports try to stir some election fever in the people of Pakistan, a report by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) on the lack of political parties' interest or attention to their manifestos has started to gain popularity in the media channels.

Pakistan's election manifestos are being subject to ...