Go democracy go.....

[Pksecurity]

Pakistan’s failed democracy has dealt a severe blow to the confidence of common man. Pakistanis have started to hate the system of governance imposed on them through a dubious exercise of polls and ballots in 2008. The injury inflicted by the sham democracy is of a permanent nature. The people have lost all their hope in the democratic system practiced in their country and are looking towards to military, a savior of all times.
This is not a jaundiced view, this is the conclusion drawn by a latest survey conducted by Gallup. According to media reports, a Gallup survey released two days ago makes startling revelations about what the people of Pakistan are thinking. The survey clearly says that most Pakistanis have lost faith in their “democratic” government and instead trust the military. The survey says that the public’s confidence in the Pakistani national government has nosedived, reaching a low of 23 per cent in March and October 2012. This is down from 54pc in December 2008. Conversely, confidence in the interventionist military — the organization that has ruled the nation for over half of its post-independence history — climbed to 88pc in October 2012. The confidence in the military stood at 84pc in 2006, came down to 76pc — the lowest in recent years — by the end of 2008, climbed to 80pc by mid-2012 and peaked to 88pc in 2012.
Gallup, one of the most prominent US surveyors, based these findings on a survey conducted from Sept 30-Oct 16, 2012, in Pakistan. The surveyors predict that the upcoming May elections in Pakistan will be of “seismic importance for the future direction of the country and for US-Pakistan relations”.
The politicos have looted national wealth, plundered national resources and pushed food and security farther from the reach of common man. These are national losses which can be made good and nation put back on the path of recovery. But the erosion of national confidence in the civilian leadership is a scar on national psych which will continue to remain.
The reasons for the loss of faith in democracy are too obvious to explain. We have made people to believe that democracy means choosing kleptocrats, their scions and cronies and giving them a license to do whatever they please. People now understand that democracy means dictatorship of elite. They now realize that in the times of so-called dictatorial regimes, they had jobs, food, shelter and security. They had a system based on some semblance of merit. The governance was delivered without discrimination. They have concluded that they only exist to pay taxes whereas their elitist rulers live on their taxes without giving anything in return. They realize that civilian leadership is a luxury which they can afford no more.
The elections, without reforms, will throw up the same jokers over and over again pushing the country further to darkness.

The Passive Voices: Democracy is a luxury people can afford no more….

 

[Leader]

democracy is the way forward...

 

[batmannow]

democracy is the way forward...

Mass defection: Nine legislators ditch PPP, join PML-N


In an en masse defection before the next general elections, 11 federal and provincial lawmakers from the Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid jumped ship on Friday to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
The lawmakers – nine PPP MPAs in the Punjab Assembly and two PML-Q MNAs – vowed allegiance to the PML-N in the presence of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan at the former’s office 90 Shahra-e-Quad-e-Azam in Lahore.

Those who switched loyalties are PPP MPAs Rana Munawar Ghous, Sardar Kamil Gujjar, Abbas Zafar Hiraj, Uzma Bukhari, Javed Allauddin, Qaiser Iqbal Sandho, Rana Babar, Jamil Shah and Nishat Daha; and PML-Q MNAs Dewan Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari and Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla. Bukhari’s spouse Samiullah Khan, who is former general secretary of PPP’s Punjab chapter, also joined the PML-N.
Welcoming the newcomers, Shahbaz Sharif said the swelling ranks of the PML-N showed that it was the most popular party of the country and its popularity ratings were growing with each passing day. The inclusion of sitting legislators [from both the PPP and PML-Q] would boost the PML-N’s electoral chances, he added.

Speaking to the media, Chaudhry Nisar claimed that a large number of PPP politicians, including sitting lawmakers, wanted to join the PML-N – but his party would welcome only those who met its criteria. “President Asif Ali Zardari will receive such shocking news whenever he visits Lahore,” he added.
President Zardari spent the past one week at the newly built Bilawal House in Lahore holding a series of meetings with PPP politicians from central Punjab. But interestingly, most of the PPP lawmakers who joined the PML-N on Friday belong to central Punjab.
Referring to the PML-Q, Chaudhry Nisar said the PML-N would welcome back all those politicians who quit the party under pressure from former military ruler Pervez Musharraf but did not harm the party. However, he said, the party has slammed the door shut on those who cheated it and implicated its workers in false cases.

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Mass defection: Nine legislators ditch PPP, join PML-N – The Express Tribune

NO MORE DAMOCRAZY plz!lol

 

[Son of Mountains]

Do not say this

Go democracy

Democracy is only way presently, we need to strengthen. It is way of purification. Masla ye raha k hamein true democracy mili he nahi, due to repeated martial laws. If we had got true democracy, then today it were a different Pakistan before us other than that which you see today.

Only fault of democracy is that it is a slower way, but we may decrease it for 3 years trial.

 

[F.O.X]

I am all for democracy but ,Democracy will never work in a country that has hardly 30% literate people ( i am not counting those who can only write their name ) , Idiots will alwasy choose idiots as their leader .

 

[GURU DUTT]

Pakistan’s failed democracy has dealt a severe blow to the confidence of common man. Pakistanis have started to hate the system of governance imposed on them through a dubious exercise of polls and ballots in 2008. The injury inflicted by the sham democracy is of a permanent nature. The people have lost all their hope in the democratic system practiced in their country and are looking towards to military, a savior of all times.
This is not a jaundiced view, this is the conclusion drawn by a latest survey conducted by Gallup. According to media reports, a Gallup survey released two days ago makes startling revelations about what the people of Pakistan are thinking. The survey clearly says that most Pakistanis have lost faith in their “democratic” government and instead trust the military. The survey says that the public’s confidence in the Pakistani national government has nosedived, reaching a low of 23 per cent in March and October 2012. This is down from 54pc in December 2008. Conversely, confidence in the interventionist military — the organization that has ruled the nation for over half of its post-independence history — climbed to 88pc in October 2012. The confidence in the military stood at 84pc in 2006, came down to 76pc — the lowest in recent years — by the end of 2008, climbed to 80pc by mid-2012 and peaked to 88pc in 2012.
Gallup, one of the most prominent US surveyors, based these findings on a survey conducted from Sept 30-Oct 16, 2012, in Pakistan. The surveyors predict that the upcoming May elections in Pakistan will be of “seismic importance for the future direction of the country and for US-Pakistan relations”.
The politicos have looted national wealth, plundered national resources and pushed food and security farther from the reach of common man. These are national losses which can be made good and nation put back on the path of recovery. But the erosion of national confidence in the civilian leadership is a scar on national psych which will continue to remain.
The reasons for the loss of faith in democracy are too obvious to explain. We have made people to believe that democracy means choosing kleptocrats, their scions and cronies and giving them a license to do whatever they please. People now understand that democracy means dictatorship of elite. They now realize that in the times of so-called dictatorial regimes, they had jobs, food, shelter and security. They had a system based on some semblance of merit. The governance was delivered without discrimination. They have concluded that they only exist to pay taxes whereas their elitist rulers live on their taxes without giving anything in return. They realize that civilian leadership is a luxury which they can afford no more.
The elections, without reforms, will throw up the same jokers over and over again pushing the country further to darkness.

The Passive Voices: Democracy is a luxury people can afford no more….

Democracy will not work in pakistan as deu to feudals they can never trust will the voter be baised to his sayeen or whadera or whatever term you have until or unless people are mentalli and economically free from feudals democracy will and can never work cause as hassan nisar says .....jiske sir pe zameen apni nahee jiskee rotee apni nahee uska vote khud uska kaise ho sakta hai ...very sad but true i guess it will take another 65 years for pakistan to be a democracy if feudalism in abolished today

 

[Azazel]

Pakistan’s failed democracy has dealt a severe blow to the confidence of common man. Pakistanis have started to hate the system of governance imposed on them through a dubious exercise of polls and ballots in 2008. The injury inflicted by the sham democracy is of a permanent nature. The people have lost all their hope in the democratic system practiced in their country and are looking towards to military, a savior of all times.
This is not a jaundiced view, this is the conclusion drawn by a latest survey conducted by Gallup. According to media reports, a Gallup survey released two days ago makes startling revelations about what the people of Pakistan are thinking. The survey clearly says that most Pakistanis have lost faith in their “democratic” government and instead trust the military. The survey says that the public’s confidence in the Pakistani national government has nosedived, reaching a low of 23 per cent in March and October 2012. This is down from 54pc in December 2008. Conversely, confidence in the interventionist military — the organization that has ruled the nation for over half of its post-independence history — climbed to 88pc in October 2012. The confidence in the military stood at 84pc in 2006, came down to 76pc — the lowest in recent years — by the end of 2008, climbed to 80pc by mid-2012 and peaked to 88pc in 2012.
Gallup, one of the most prominent US surveyors, based these findings on a survey conducted from Sept 30-Oct 16, 2012, in Pakistan. The surveyors predict that the upcoming May elections in Pakistan will be of “seismic importance for the future direction of the country and for US-Pakistan relations”.
The politicos have looted national wealth, plundered national resources and pushed food and security farther from the reach of common man. These are national losses which can be made good and nation put back on the path of recovery. But the erosion of national confidence in the civilian leadership is a scar on national psych which will continue to remain.
The reasons for the loss of faith in democracy are too obvious to explain. We have made people to believe that democracy means choosing kleptocrats, their scions and cronies and giving them a license to do whatever they please. People now understand that democracy means dictatorship of elite. They now realize that in the times of so-called dictatorial regimes, they had jobs, food, shelter and security. They had a system based on some semblance of merit. The governance was delivered without discrimination. They have concluded that they only exist to pay taxes whereas their elitist rulers live on their taxes without giving anything in return. They realize that civilian leadership is a luxury which they can afford no more.
The elections, without reforms, will throw up the same jokers over and over again pushing the country further to darkness.

The Passive Voices: Democracy is a luxury people can afford no more….

First sentence itself is wrong,For a Democracy to fail,they first need to have one.Not a single democratically elected Govt in Pakistan has completed its term and passed it power to the new one.That is the most important part of the democratic process.With out that how can they really say they have a democracy.

 

[neehar]

I am all for democracy but ,Democracy will never work in a country that has hardly 30% literate people ( i am not counting those who can only write their name ) , Idiots will alwasy choose idiots as their leader .

agree with you but india was in a worse situation when it adopted democracy.and things have improved..it becomes a time tested method even after 65 yrs of democracy i cant say that we have a strong democracy but the things are getting better with time our election commission and other institutions has evolved in to better.im sure we'll be gr8 in next 2 decades or so..same will be with u all u need is some patience and adptability

 

[Ayush]

well first of all pakistan should do away with feudalism.

and give democracy some time guys. India's democracy matured over a six decade span.(and is still in maturing process).

best of luck.

 

[arp2041]

I am all for democracy but ,Democracy will never work in a country that has hardly 30% literate people ( i am not counting those who can only write their name ) , Idiots will alwasy choose idiots as their leader .

Sir, Sorry to say, but this is just an EXCUSE so that the Army can retain Power in Pakistan. When India started with the first General Elections (in 1951), It hardly had 20% literacy rate:

Literacy rates in India, 1951 - 2001 | Statistics | Education

& we have been successful in continuing the democracy for the last 65 years. I accept that we have our own set of troubles & our politicians are no less corrupt than urs, but we have always kept the faith in our democracy & never ditched it even once.

Not even 5 years of a civilian govt. in Pakistan which is finding hard to stand on it's own feat & trying to make Democratic set-ups stronger & people have lost all hopes in democracy???

Sir, for Democracy to succeed it needs both People's support & more important - TIME. US is US only b'coz democracy there has matured after more than 225 years of it's set-up, India is in the process with just 65 years passed, how can Pakistan have any magic wand in just 5 years???

 

[Amolthebest]

Pakistan should give some time to democracy without any threat from military. Apart from that they need at least 10 years continuous army rule-free regime . They have had democracy but it was always under threat of then army chiefs. Army should given role of protecting border not ruling the country. Look at Shrilana- BD- India.

 

[American Pakistani]

DEMOcrazy has destroyed Pakistan, just look at last 5 years.

 

[Amolthebest]

DEMOcrazy has destroyed Pakistan, just look at last 5 years.

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Sir I am afraid 5 years is very little time. And your people elected government was always under threat from Kayani lead Army. isn't it! Keep Stay away your Army from your democracy and see the results..

In between democratic Pakistan is better option for India. Elected government always think thousand times before any irresponsible adventure aginst India. which is not case with Army-regime

 

[American Pakistani]

ed

Sir I am afraid 5 years is very little time. And your people elected government was always under threat from Kayani lead Army. isn't it! Keep Stay away your Army from your democracy and see the results..

In between democratic Pakistan is better option for India. Elected government always think thousand times before any irresponsible adventure aginst India. which is not case with Army-regime

Kayani is the person who had declared several times that in his tenure Army will not take over. There is no excuse for polititions after that but still they made DEMOcrazy a terrible nightmare for Pakistanis, a recent poll shows that people have no hopes with DEMOcrazy system anymore & they trust army more than ever.If today Army takes over(which won't happen) you will see massive public support for it, only resist will come from polititions, media, Human Rights activists & Lawyers.

 

[Amolthebest]

Kayani is the person who had declared several times that in his tenure Army will not take over. There is no excuse for polititions after that but still they made DEMOcrazy a terrible nightmare for Pakistanis, a recent poll shows that people have no hopes with DEMOcrazy system anymore & they trust army more than ever.If today Army takes over(which won't happen) you will see massive public support for it, only resist will come from polititions, media, Human Rights activists & Lawyers.

Sir how can you believe Army Chief's promise when you had history of likes Zia and Mushy. NO one give guarantee that Army won't take over tomarrow. You need to give some time democracy. Look at India. We gave 65 years to democracy. Our army never interfere in ruling ( Still they had one of the best wins like 1971) on their account. Let army do their work and democracy do their work.