The Islamic Republic of Pakistan as the name suggests got
independence from the tyrannies and oppression's of the Hindus and the
Britishers on the name of religion. At no point in time Quaid e Azam, the
founding father of Pakistan
said that this country will be governed as a dictatorship or a theocracy. In
one of his speeches he clearly said that he will never let this country a
dictators or a Mullahs nation, it will be a secular and a liberal state where
human rights will be provided and minorities will be protected.
Since independence, democracy in Pakistan has suffered a lot. In the
past 65 years, the true essence of democracy has hardly been seen by the people
of this country. Democracy is defined as a form of government which is by the
people, for the people and to the people but in Pakistan , things have worked out
quite differently. Most of the people are not aware of the power of the phrase
one man: one vote. Most of these people are uneducated living in the rural areas
of Pakistan
which makes up the majority of the population. Regardless of the fact whoever
is sworn in as the MNA or MPA of these areas, the people of these areas
consider their Zamindaars, Jagirdaars and Waderas as the ultimate authority to
whom they are answerable and take all their problems. Similarly these Waderas
have a immensely strong influence over their followers and can easily change
the mindset of the followers.
Furthermore, any remaining chances of pure democracy are
taken away from the general public via rigging. Politicians not only have the
power to change the mindset of people,, but also their votes. Such pathetic
cases have actually been reported where the numbers of votes given in favour of
the candidate are more than the number of registered voters. According to
historians, the only elections that took place in Pakistan were those held in 1971,
which did bought a massive change in how things were being done.
Even with such abrupt form of democracy, Pakistan Pakistan
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