DEMOCRATIC CONTENT OF DEMOCRACY

DEMOCRATIC CONTENT OF DEMOCRACY

Learned ones in socio-political sciences, the intellectuals and the political leaders of Pakistan (or for that matter almost of the majority of the world) are nearly unanimous in support of the democratic dispensation in a country. Without questioning the veracity of this unanimity it is considered only logical to firstly define and secondly ask a few questions that remain unanswered to date in this context.

A widely accepted Definition of democracy goes something like “government of the people, for the people and by the people’. In present day scenario it would be only fair in case the word ‘people’ is replaced with the word ‘voter’. Flowing from this definition are the following assumptions:-

1.      A sizably large majority of the voters gets involved in the electioneering process of creating a democratic dispensation. It can be safely mentioned that more than fifty percent is a number that can be considered appropriate in this context without any fear of contradiction from all right minded people. However it would be most fair, very logical and truly ideal if the party forming a government (at any level) enjoys the mandate of more than fifty percent voters of the electorate.

2.      It is the voters that run the government in all walks of the national life aiming at their well being at the least.

Above mentioned definition and the assumptions give way to some questions that merit serious consideration from all sane people. Here are the most pertinent ones:-

1.      Is it fair to term a system democratic that comes in to being through an electioneering process wherein less than fifty percent voters have turned up to cast their votes?

2.      Is it appropriate to consider a system democratic wherein the voters are left to the mercy of those officials who are paid from the revenue generated from the taxes paid by the people?

Fairness of the above assumptions and a positively loud NO to the above two questions is very hard to dismiss in any right way. These are the stark naked facts staring in to the eyes of all thinking people living in this word in general and our beloved country Pakistan in particular.

Humans and Almighty Allah

Humans are required to worship Allah Almighty. Worship implies doing all that Allah desires and NOT doing all that He prohibits. We can only get to know these (i.e. what is to be done and what is not to be done) in detail through His messengers. Human conscious too helps us in knowing and determining the right. The latter, however is prone to distortion especially when Satan is all out and always freely available to distract humans from the right path. This highlights the need of rightly guided humans that are out of the reach of Satan. SHOULD we not make efforts to identify these rightly guided humans who are within our reach to get hold to inquire what we do not know!! 

1.     Progress can be sustainable if carried out systematically in various fields of material, social and spiritual life.

Political parties are there to work for abuse of power, corruption and friction in the system.

Allah's Help

     A believer interested in Allah’s help will qualify for the same when he walks the path of steadfastness and prayer. These two i.e. steadfastness and prayer are the key to Allah’s help. Allah Almighty declares that the steadfast would find Him with them as and when they need Him.