Weakness and strength of governamental machinery in Pakistan?
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The Government of Pakistan (Urdu: حکومتِ پاکستان) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces two autonomous territories and one federal territory of a parliamentary democratic republic, constitutionally called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
A week from elections, the mood in Pakistan seems sombre. Call it what you want, the elections are not whipping up the kind of excitement they did in 2013 or 2008.
This time around there are accusations, resentment and disdain for the whole process.
In such circumstances, one is faced with questions like, is this whole thing worth it? Why are we even doing this again if the same set of people will get elected again on different party platforms? What is the point of this? Why should I even vote?
To the last question, Sarah Khan makes a compelling argument about voting. For the rest of the questions and general disillusionment with democracy, I am putting forward a case for proportional representation.
In a federation like Pakistan, we are stuck with a parliamentary system even though majority of the governance is now with the provincial governments.
As I have explained in my earlier articles, the role of our elected officials and our expectations from them are at complete odds.
This creates a disillusionment with the system that most people cannot articulate and simply call the system broken or corrupt.
I hope this would help you out.. ☺️
