Consequently, a nation without a morally-ethically developed political leadership is doomed to multiple disappointments and failures in democratic misbehaviours. The stage is all set and attempts are being made to turn democracy into some kind of ‘homemade remedy’ to permanently sustain Pakistan’s specific brand of democracy — ‘identity politics’, if possible! Has the recent Pakistani democratic experience, starting in 2008, been a fearful and disappointing encounter with fate for the majority of the citizens? Consequently, the elected democracy has structured itself into a mega-merger of political power aimed at seeking massive financial capacity and control, hence putting political power in the hands of a selective group of ‘oligarchs’ and ‘plutocrats’. Or has the elected democracy already gone far beyond the threshold of institutional democratic destruction?

Source: The Express Tribune December 22, 2017 05:26 UTC