Question

Describe any five features of non democracy.pakistan under general musharaf

Answer 1

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In Pakistan General Musharraf led a military

coup in October 1999.

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He overthrew a democratically elected government

and declared himself the ‘Chief Executive’ of the country.

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Later he changed his designation to that of a

President and in 2002 he held a referendum in the country that granted him a

5-year extension.

                            The

government in Pakistan under General Musharraf cannot be called democracy

because:

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People may have elected their representatives to

the national and provincial assemblies, but those elected representatives are

not really the rulers. They cannot take the final decision.

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The power to take the final decision rest with

the army officials and with General Musharraf and none of them are elected by

the people. This happens in many dictatorships or in monarchy.

v 

Pakistani Medias, human right organization and

democracy activists said that the referendum held by Musharraf was based on

malpractices and fraud.