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It was a matter of grave misfortune for Pakistan that soon after independence it lost the Quaid-e-Azam who was perhaps the only one capable of orientating the future polity, economy and mode of governance of the country. His successors were predominantly feudals. The nation fell into their charge at that defining moment and continues to be held by them till today in their iron-tight stranglehold. The result is that democracy is a blessing unknown to the people of this part of the world. They have been kept uneducated, underdeveloped, disempowered and made to lead lives in servitude. The national scene is one of chaos, turmoil and turbulence. Pakistan’s rating among the comity of nations is reflected by an international survey that declares it to be the sixth most dangerous, the fifth most corrupt and twentieth most poverty ridden nation in the world. Pakistan and India became independent simultaneously.

The very first step India took was that it annexed the princely states, about 300 of them, and abolished feudalism by dissolving every big jagir. The Hindu leadership at that time was headed by Pundit Jawahar Lal Nehru who was a confirmed socialist and a hardened anti-feudalist. The consequence of hi wise and bold decision was that today India is the largest democracy of the world and is held in high esteem by all major powers. In 1947 it was deficient in food grains while Pakistan was overwhelmingly surplus. Today it is the other way round. India has attained food self-sufficiency while Pakistan has gone deficit and developed serious shortages. This is the contribution of the feudalistic system that was responsible for the loss of East Pakistan in 1971 and later has gradually brought the rest of the country to the brink of disaster. Salvation of the country lies in the restoration of democracy in every walk of life.

The leadership may continue to remain composed of anti-democratic forces hut a powerful silent majority exists that is fed up with the exploitative policies of the people in power. Some day its patience will spill over to let a leader of substance emerge who shall lead the nation to the goal of real democracy. The existing political parties and their leaders too chant the hymns of democracy but that is nothing more than quoting of scripture by the devil. They advocate the same old kind of sham democracy that is worst than dictatorship. Pakistan is in need of genuine democracy under the brand name of Islamic Republic which is the title of country’s Constitution. A sort of violent revolution is gradually building up due to the chaotic circumstances prevailing all around. The democratic revolution may come in its wake but if it doesn’t the spread of universal education will make the nation politically conscious to demand the restoration of democracy in a manner which no one shall have the excuse and courage to refuse.