Democracy: A solution or a problem

Democracy: A solution or a problem

Democracy is considered something very sacred in the modern world and it is a reality that almost all of the leading countries of this world have a democratic political system, which makes sure that the people chose their representatives.

Since the time of its birth, the political leaders of Pakistan have been calling for implementing true democracy in the country with Islam as the true guideline for the people and the state. In this regard, Objectives Resolution was the first step, which became the basis of the future constitutions of the country, including the constitution of 1956, 1962 and 1973.

According the Objectives Resolution, people were to choose their representatives in the legislatives bodies. However, the political analysts soon realized that the politicians of the country were not capable enough. This is an irony that Pakistan failed to get influential leadership after the death of Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the assassination of his most trust-worthy companion, Liaqat Ali Khan.

The political leadership failed to deliver in the first decade of the country’s birth and the whole of West Pakistan and East Pakistan were struggling in almost all the departments. Corruption was at its peak and the whole situation forced Field Marshal Ayub Khan to impose Martial Law, he later became the President of Pakistan and took immense measures to eradicate corruption from Pakistan’s civil administration.

The history repeated itself a number of times in the years to come in shape of Gen. Yahya Khan, Gen. Zia ul Haq and Gen. Parvaiz Musharaf. With the exception of Parvaiz Musharaf’s case, almost all the military dictators were forced to intervene in the politics of the country, because no other reason, apart from the lack of sincerity and competence of the politicians.

The history of Pakistan raises a big question that is democracy a solution for even the third-world countries like Pakistan, where the literacy rate is not even close to some of the western countries?

In democracy, every adult has the right to vote and the opinion of an illiterate and un-visionary person is equal to that of a philosopher or a PHD. Surely, this cannot be justice, especially in a society where there is a huge number of people, who have never received formal education.

The think-tank of Pakistan must sit together and revise the whole political system of the country. May be the Presidential form of government is the need of the hour. A refined form of democracy is the way forward for Pakistan, in which the people, who have a vision and modern approach should have the right to vote.

Pakistan’s ideological forefather, Allama Mohammad Iqbal said, “Jamhooriat ik tarz e hakumat hai jis main . . . Bandon ko gina karte hain tola nahee karte”

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Posted by Yasir Hashmi on Oct 25 2011. Filed under Pakistan, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry