There are different ways to look at data. Those who wants to bend it, do it like Beckham.
Indians are past masters of it.
Even though the sentence is there in the report that India is as autocratic as Pakistan. But when you look at the entire report in Pakistan the decline is not as prominent as in other countries in South Asia.
First of all Pakistan is not among the 10 top autocratic countries according to the report.
Thailand at no 10 has seen -0.17 decline, that means that Pakistan's decline if there was is less than -0.17, because the report has no information on that.
The Report does not provide LDI 2020 score for Pakistan to see if it is lower than 0.34 compared to India's score in 2020.
To find out where the mention of Pakistan as Electoral Autocracy we look at the report mentioned above. There we find the following map of the world.
Pakistan is shown as Electoral Autocracy and India as Electoral Democracy. This map is based on 2017 figures, India has declined to Electoral Autocracy according to the new report we are discussing.
But there is no figures/data available on Pakistan. It may have improved.
On the point of using "Sedation" as a mean of control, it is on the rise in India according to the report.
While in Pakistan we see "Maryam" everyday violating it and no charges of "Treason" or "Sedation" have brought against her, or anyone else who had been bad mouthing Pakistan, its institutions and Pakistan Army.
What would happened to her if she was in India!!
I rest my case.