I'm quite amazed at such questions, it's good as it promotes healthy debates but things like democracy vs dictatorship, come on guys, we shouldn't have any doubts on such things. Such a question/discussion is not imaginable generally in the developed world because they have an unwritten social and cultural agreement that democracy is the best system we have. Europe learnt its lessons the hard way and they have evolved through a lot of bloodshed and worst conditions than we have here. Unfortunately, people in Pakistan have not seen real democracy in action. Once you see real democracy in action, you will love it because democracy gives power to the people, the people can hold their leaders accountable, the people's voice is heard, anybody can become a party leader if they have the qualities, there is rule of law and equal justice for all, party leaders roam around in streets without armed guards and travel in public transport even. In a real democratic country, you will never fear the police etc because you the citizen is highly empowered and your rights are protected. When you go for official work, it will be done according to queue sequence and no hanky panky, nowadays everything is online, you don't even have to meet a government official often.

Anyway, democracy is essentially a culture, not just elections. It is a culture of tolerance, liberalism, freedom, equality, justice/rule of law and voice of the common man.