Originally Posted by Blitzkrieg

Hi All,

It is my first attempt at CSS. Today's paper was apparently easier but the easiness made it a little more confusing for me because I believe, I could have written on 3-4 of the given topics. But being not very sure about certain facts and figures and some thinking, I went for democratic one. However, seeing that how it is a gamble and we can't really say anything about passing or failing, here's a "rough" outline of my essay for review.

Pages: 3.5 for outline - Pages for Essay: 9.5 (all sides) Approx. 280+ words on each page as my writing is rather in small font. Total word count should be approx. 2500-2700.

1. Introduction
- What is democracy?
- A birdeye view of democracy and it's comparison
- Different democratic systems

2. History of Democracy in Pakistan
- Civil governments and disagreements
- Military Interventions and dismemberment of Pakistan
- Back on track since 2008 elections
- 2013 elections and emergence of third political power
- Current scenario

3. Importance of Democracy - Reasons
*Social and Political
- Gives people awareness about their rights
- Voice to weak people
- Representatives are aware of their responsibilities and duties
- Democratic values like freedom of expression, tolerance, pluralism, justice and equality prevail
- Freedom of expression leads to innovation through exchange of ideas

*Economic
- Political stability helps develop economy
- Presents better image to the world, helps in trade
- Can help to curb menaces like unemployment, poverty and illiteracy

4. Democracy in Pakistan: Hurdles
*Administrative
- Corruption and mismanagement
- Nepotism, Favoritism
- Red tapism
- Conflicts among provincial and federal governments

*Political
- Military interventions
- Political immaturity
- Self interests and conflicts
- No independent judiciary

*Social
- Masses not aware about power of their vote
- Votes are given based on ethnical or racial affiliations
- Feudals can influence the poor people for votes

*Religious
- Forgotten teachings of Islam
- Votes are given on basis of religious affiliations
- Religion is used by leaders and scholars to get votes

*Legal and Educational
- Laws are twisted by leaders for their self interests
- Leaders are not educated or trained enough
- Laymam is not educated about their rights

5. Hopes for Democracy in Pakistan: Suggestions
- Empowering Institutions
- No corruption
- Enchanced role of NAB
- No military interventions
- Educating masses about their rights and responsibilies (including politicians)
- Independent Judiciary
- Developing culture of democracy
- Political maturity
- Taking inspirations from the developed democracies of the world
- Taking inspirations from the teachings of Islam

6. Conclusion
- Pakistan is a young democracy
- It will get better with more time and trial and errors
- Need political will and everyone playing individual and collective roles to secure democratic Pakistan
- No power on earth can undo Pakistan
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So this is it. I must have missed some points to add or may be only one or two might not be wrong here.

I was busy in outline till 10.15am, so had not enough time to write more. I believe as if I still missed something, though my introduction was more than a page bit conclusion just a half page or so. Grammatical and spelling mistakes should be not many, though my hand writing is not amazing. Also, I kept it rather simple than using fancy words.

Overall, I am not sure what will be the outcome but surely could have done better. Unfortunately, did not use quotes or figures as was running short on time, so I just covered almost all points of outline briefly - perhaps missed one or two. :l

Nevertheless, what's done is done and can't do anything about it. Allah Maalik.

Thank you for reading/reviewing and your time.

Good day!