Democracy is the form of Government where all eligible citizens partake equally (either directly or, through elected representatives, indirectly in the proposal) in the development and establishment of the laws by which their society is running dynamically. Most of the probable this is the crudest way to construe democracy. However, a true democratic state is where rule of law is upheld, there is a significant separation of powers if not completely, presence of political pluralism, the existence of collective and ministerial responsibility and the utmost importance of guarantying fundamental human rights.
Unfortunately, while mentioning democracy, constitutionalism is far from where Pakistan stands today. Our beloved country never got a chance to relish true democracy. The system ostensibly is given by various constitutions of Pakistan, due to several hurdles that never allowed it to function effectively. The governments in power have been influenced by conspiracies and treacheries crippled by the opposition to perform its role. Members of the opposition have been bullied by coercive mechanisms of state institutions. Successive governments have thus prevaricated about corruption and noxious administration. Problems faced by the country in the exertion of true democracy encompass the bequeath of power in handful uneducated so called elite, senior civil servants, military officers and landowners who at the sight of crumbling and decayed systems treated it as the best opportunity to strengthen their hold on power,constitutional challenges including appropriate implementation of separation of power yielding constitutional deadlocks. The widespread corruption in subordinate and superior courts have further undermined the confidence of the masses in the judicial process and is perceived as an instrument regulated by only the powerful and the rich. Thus this erudite society practices kleptocracy shrouded in the name of democracy.
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