𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 🇵🇰
Democracy as a system of governance and interest representation demands respect for dissent and opposition. It recognises the principle of majority rule and guarantees protection of minorities. Democracy also builds faith in electoral contestation to gain public office and gives legitimacy to political parties as primary instruments for acquisition and transfer of power from one set of individuals to another. Unfortunately, despite the significance of the above elements, Pakistan is usually considered as a military run country where democratic governments remain fragile and under the thumb of stronger and well organized army.
Due to the domination of state institutions over political institutions, Pakistan has become Controlled-Democractic country experienced a steady consolidation of democracy over its 75 year history. This is manifest in the lack of roots of constitutionalism, the absence of fully autonomous judiciary, a well developed Political structure and regularly held fair elections.
For all those with different dimensions of democracy and their supporters I can only say that democracy is a product of the wishes of the people and not the of the desires of an elite few. It evolves by itself and true democracy like a truly beautiful tree takes many decades to grow and spread out its branches to provide shade to the people. There are no short cuts no matter how pressing the need. Patience is another name for democracy. If only the Pakistan's establishment could have demonstrated this quality we would not be the outcast in a democratic world at the turn of the century.
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