Democracy in Pakistan
By Dr. Ghayur Ayub
London, UK

Pakistan was created in 1947 by one of the greatest democrats Mr Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He told his army officers in 1948, “You have to do your duty as servants; you are not concerned with this or that political party; that is not your business.”
Four years later, in 1952, General Ayub Khan told the American Consul General Mr Gibson, “The Pakistan Army will not allow the political leaders to get out of hand, and the same is true regarding the people of Pakistan.”
In 1958, he imposed Martial Law at a time when the country was just 11 years old.
From the age of five, Pakistan has been experiencing two types of democracy:
• Demoralised Democracy run by the political leaders under the shadow of military intrigues. Such a democratic dispensation never completed its tenure.
• Militarized Democracy run either directly by the Generals or indirectly through corrupt civilians. Such a democracy always completed its tenure.
Pakistan deserves better. It deserves Real Democracy.

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