Democracy in Pakistan
Democracy in Pakistan
The representation of Pakistan’s Democracy in the Foreign Policy Process in Britain
Seroceously, the plight of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has begun to exceed the standards of democracy in Pakistan, (Anderson). Because of the recent, active involvement of the PPP in the internal democratic challenges of its party, specially in the nomination of party heads, more than five members of the parliament signed a letter on June 5, 2010, “demanding that the PPP should settle election disputes of its particular factions by consensus before any further is decided and that the Election Commission of Pakistan had “violated the rule of law” (Bennetson). As a result, the movement began a campaign urging the PPP to express its commitment to the democratic institutions, civil society organizations as well as their formation of the constitutional courts (Bennetson).
With the trend of international diplomatic relations showing a marked increase towards Pakistan, there has been evident convergence between the nation’s rulers and the democratic forces in the foreign policy as well as the cultural arenas of the Pakistani society. Indeed, the administration of the country, specially its top leaders, has begun to deeply integrate the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)’s world view on governmental intervention in international affairs. Mr. Nawaz Sharif also indicated his willingness to cooperate with the PPP in the internal democratic steps aimed at achieving improvement in Pakistan’s high population indicators (McGoldrick). The strategy of military military occupation in India’s Kashmir and the idea of redefining war definitions aimed at in eliminating the extremist group of the Taliban had already led to change in the western perceptions towards Pakistan’s democracy.
In a nutshell, however, on the eastern shores of Pakistan, the PPP has shown not only its involvement in the domestic political struggles but also its adamant political and social functions by holding the historic protest protests in Islamabad and Karachi on July 29 and July 31, 2007 respectively (Jamali). In the domestic elections held last year, the PPP political leadership has made an attempt to finally merge its open-ended opposition into an established party in the nation. This move paved the way for the party to enter into an existing political alliance (Jamali).
The Review of the Pakistan’s Democracy in the Entire Region of the Middle East
Despite being the guardian of Islam, Pakistan has managed to stop developing democracy in the country in the traditional manner, (Kennedy). Normally, both parliamentary and presidential elections were held every five years, (Bennetson). Pakistani media organizations were also engaged into covering elections of all parties in the elections. However, it can be admitted that this procedure has become an attempt to curtail the political activities and ambitions of the major political parties in the country, especially the Democratic Party (Caldwell).
On the whole, although democracy in Pakistan has become the focus of scrutiny since the 1990s (Bennetson), it was the in-action operations of Pakistan and its participation in international diplomatic processes have resulted in a considerable decline in the number of democratic regimes in the region.
The Scenarios of Pakistan’s Future Future
PPP, through the active participation of its top leaders has laid a foundation of the state which has its objective to promote the culture of democracy as well as human rights. Moreover, despite including the civil society within its leadership, it was critical to recognize the civil society as a pillar of any country, (Bennetson). Within Pakistan, the concept of the PPP seems rather outdated with no clear approach to practice democracy. In any case, the progressive nature of politics has so far sparked the lively and active participation of the party in elections (Jamali). This trend certainly has ended up creating a feeling of hope among various literati groups, especially the political strategists, which all agree with the PPP notion of promotion of “democratic principles”.
The representation of Pakistan’s Democracy in the Foreign Policy Process in Britain
Seriously, the plight of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has begun to exceed the standards of democracy in Pakistan, (Anderson). Because of the recent, active involvement of the PPP in the internal democratic challenges of its party, specially in the nomination of party heads, more than five members of the parliament signed a letter on June 5, 2010, “demanding that the PPP should settle election disputes of its particular factions by consensus before any further is decided and that the Election Commission of Pakistan had “violated the rule of law” (Bennetson). As a result, the movement began a campaign urging the PPP to express its commitment to the democratic institutions, civil society organizations as well as their formation of the constitutional courts (Bennetson).
With the trend of international diplomatic relations showing a marked increase towards Pakistan, there has been evident convergence between the nation’s rulers and the democratic forces in the foreign policy as well as the cultural arenas of the Pakistani society. Indeed, the administration of the country, specially its top leaders, has begun to deeply integrate the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)’s world view on governmental intervention in international affairs. Mr. Nawaz Sharif also indicated his willingness to cooperate with the PPP in the internal democratic steps aimed at achieving improvement in Pakistan’s high population indicators (McGoldrick). The strategy of military military occupation in India’s Kashmir and the idea of redefining war definitions aimed at in eliminating the extremist group of the Taliban had already led to change in the western perceptions towards Pakistan’s democracy.
In a nutshell, however, on the eastern shores of Pakistan, the PPP has shown not only its involvement in the domestic political struggles but also its adamant political and social functions by holding the historic protest protests in Islamabad and Karachi on July 29 and July 31, 2007 respectively (Jamali). In the domestic elections held last year, the PPP political leadership has made an attempt to finally merge its open-ended opposition into an established party in the nation. This move paved the way for the party to enter into an existing political alliance (Jamali).
The Review of the Pakistan’s Democracy in the Entire Region of the Middle East
Despite being the guardian of Islam, Pakistan has managed to stop developing democracy in the country in the traditional manner, (Kennedy). Normally, both parliamentary and presidential elections were held every five years, (Bennetson). Pakistani media organizations were also engaged into covering elections of all parties in the elections. However, it can be admitted that this procedure has become an attempt to curtail the political activities and ambitions of the major political parties in the country, especially the Democratic Party (Caldwell).
On the whole, although democracy in Pakistan has become the focus of scrutiny since the 1990s (Bennetson), it was the in-action operations of Pakistan and its participation in international diplomatic processes have resulted in a considerable decline in the number of democratic regimes in the region.
The Scenarios of Pakistan’s Future Future
PPP, through the active participation of its top leaders has laid a foundation of the state which has its objective to promote the culture of democracy as well as human rights. Moreover, despite including the civil society within its leadership, it was critical to recognize the civil society as a pillar of any country, (Bennetson). Within Pakistan, the concept of the PPP seems rather outdated with no clear approach to practice democracy. In any case, the progressive nature of politics has so far sparked the lively and active participation of the party in elections (Jamali). This trend certainly has ended up creating a feeling of hope among various literati groups, especially the political strategists, which all agree with the PPP notion of promotion of “democratic principles”.