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Old Sunday, June 26, 2011
Anum Khan Anum Khan is offline
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True democracy doesn't suit the current social conditions in Pakistan..but in addition to the fact that the electorate is illiterate and ill informed...there is also the fact that our politicians are not suited to democracy.The feudal set up ensures that the same people are returned to Assemblies via elections again and again and no fresh faces are allowed to proceed. Ever since the creation of Pakistan politics has been a stronghold of feudals who have been content over fighting among themselves for crumbs instead of addressing the needs of the nation.Martial law had to be imposed only becuase of these perpetual intrigues.But even then Ayub's era was the only one which saw some real progress but even then the disgruntled politicians kept acting as obstructionists. What we really need is a change of leadership from among the people themselves and not their feudal lords.After all democracy is goverment of the people, by the people, for the people..and according to this definition...when did that ever happen in Pakistan?...Even in cases when the common man rose to the ranks of leadership he was either not allowed to succeed or was soon caught up in the vicious circle of career politicians.
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