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Pakistan has a turbulent democratic history, occurred in turn repeatedly between elected and military government since 1947.During this period Pakistan faced many crisis in general elections of 1970 till 2013. Functional and effective political system will only ensure the prosperity and stability of Pakistan. For functional political system free, fair and transparent elections are important ingredient. However some improvements were also seen in 2013 general elections as compared to the 1970 to 2008 elections. By close examining the historical overview of first 10 general elections of Pakistan, important political and electoral reforms are still needed to conduct elections that fulfill the criteria of the international norms and standards. This paper inter alia examines the various issues and possible solutions to conduct free, fair and transparent election in Pakistan. Moreover, this paper shows that free, fair and transparent elections has a closest nexus with Good Governance in Pakistan.In this paper some important electoral reforms are suggested to make elections free, fair and transparent in the interest of Pakistan.

Naeem Ullah Khan, Sana Akhter. (2016) Historical Challenges To Pakistan’s Good Governance: Reforms In The Election Process In Conducting Free, Fair And Transparent Elections, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 29, Issue 2.
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