http://www.urdumania.

net/which-political-system-is-best-for-pakistan-democracy-or-dictatorship/

British Parliamentary System

One vote per person

Education level low

One vote per person inadequate

http://nation.com.pk/blogs/08-Dec-2015/considering-the-corrupt-politicians-and-weak-judicial-system-
is-democracy-still-the-best-form-of

Democracy empowers the common man

Give and take relationship between the govt and the common man

Freedom associated with democracy

Development causes freedom and freedom causes democracy. Tou developed. (some indian scholar sir
mentioned)

People punished for expressing themselves in Zia era

Democracy is an infant. Let it grow

Democratic govt did not take away right to protest. Lawyer movemoents and sit ins
India ki example: Their govt never dislodged thus a more mature democracy

Pakistan swinging in two extreme forms of government, rulers gain and citizens suffer

Book Reference Discourses of Livy by Niccolo Machiavelli

“It is … marvelous to consider the greatness Rome reached when she freed herself from her kings. The
reason is easy to understand, for it is the common good and not private gain that makes cities
great.” Discourses, Book II, Chapter II.

Merits of democracy

Maintains peace

KU’s Pakistan Study Centre’s Dr Syed Jaffar Ahmed presented his

research paper on “Democracy in Asia: A Case Study of Pakistan” at the
occasion. Explaining his ideas, Dr Jaffar said that to be democratic in
the true sense of the word, political parties in Pakistan needed to
reform themselves. He stressed that the first step towards this reform
would be to de-weaponize all factions of society

Intro
Merits of Democracy?
Why Democracy is failing?
What can be done to help?
Conclusion
Democracy is an injected ideology

Pakistan’s neighbours are democracies so it has to be dem in such atmosphere