Evolution of Democracy in Pakistan: (Right from my heart - SHARE if you like it) Events from 14 August are proving that Pakistan is moving at the next level of democracy, political awareness and exposition of political leadership. I say this bcz I have seen PPP term in 70s, Zia-Ul-Haq time also. Pakistani public is more aware of their democratic rights. They can assemble and demand those rights. They came out and voted in larger number, much larger number as compared to the past when elites and youth would sleep on election day to watch Indian movies. A lot of them witnessed rigging and shared their stories. Youth proudly shared pictures of their marked thumbs after voting. Voices for rigging are being heard loud and clear. Today on the floor of parliament, Aitizaz Ahsan strongly mentioned massive rigging, that is after 15 months. A strong opposition said it strongly! It is not 80s or 90s when the only mean for some credible information was BBC Urdu and Sairbeen. In 2014, Politicians are more scared (although still do whatever they want to do), but now are being challenged, both by the public as well as other parliamentarians and by media. Information is instant, its hot and its live to expose their lies! Army is more well composed and trying to communicate their point of view with public more openly, something that no one could dream few years ago! Media is free (although governments still try to gag them), but despite government brutality, they are brave and are ready to take challenge for reporting the way the feel deemed. Youth and women are discussing and debating countrys political situation. TV Dramas are lesser priority as compared to talk-shows. Change does not happen overnight. It took us years to come that far. Democracy still is weak, it needs more time to mature to yield results and benefits to common citizen at the grass-root level, but continuation of democratic process is something that we need to rejoice. Hopefully, may be not in my lifetime, but sometime in far-future, Pakistan will become a corruption free, progressive and a truly democratic country in South Asia -Ameen Courtesy:Sir Hammad Siddiqui
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:19:22 +0000
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