Democracy in Pakistan
The word democracy comes from Greek word ‘demos’ meaning rule of people. In fact, the famous form of government also originated in one of the historical cities of Greek, Athens. World needs to thank this birthplace of democracy. However, In Pakistan, democracy is still in its infancy stages and undergoing an evolutionary process. The founding father of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah, envisioned Pakistan as a purely democratic state. However, he inherited a weak political party. The worst part was his early demise just after one year of the birth of Pakistan. The political intuitions, judiciary, law enforcing agencies and parliament were not established yet. Pakistan lacked genus and trained supply of skillful politicians and civil servants initially. This lack of infrastructure meant a topsy-turvy, instable and uncertain future of democracy. Another big blow to the system was subsequent military coups. The civil military tensions grew as early as this nation state came into being....