What is military coup ? Why cant Pakistan under General Musharraf be called a true democracy?
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Ques 1) What is democracy? Mention the features of democracy.
Ans 1) Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people. Democracy is a form of government in which:-
i. Rulers elected by people take all major decisions.
ii. Elections offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers.
iii. This choice and opportunity is available to all the people on an equal basis.
iv. The exercise of this choice leads to a government limited by basic rules of the constitution and citizen’s rights.
Ques 2) “Democracy is the ideal form of government”. Give arguments against the statement.
Ans 2) i. Leaders keep changing in a democracy. This leads to instability.
ii. Democracy is all about political competition and power play. There is no scope for morality.
iii. So many people have to be consulted in a democracy that leads to delays.
iv. Elected leaders don’t know the best interest of people. It leads to bad decision.
v. Democracy leads to corruption for it is based on electoral competition.
vi. Ordinary people don’t what is good for them they should not decide anything.
Ques 3) What are the merits of democracy?
Ans 3) i. A democratic government is a better government because it is a more accountable form of government.
ii. Democracy improves the quality of decision making.
iii. Democracy provides a method to deal with differences and conflicts.
iv. Democracy enhances the dignity of citizen.
v. Democracy is better than other forms of government because it allows to correct its own mistakes.
Ques 4) What is representative democracy?
Ans 4) In the countries we call democracy, all the people don’t rule. A majority is allowed to take decisions on behave of people. Even the majority doesn’t rule directly. The majority of people rule through their elected representatives. This is called representative democracy.
Ques 5) How do we distinguish democracy from other forms of government like monarchy and dictatorship?
Ans 5) Other forms of government like monarchy, dictatorship or one party rule do not require all citizens to part in politics. In fact most non democratic government would like citizens not to take part in politics. But democracy depends on active political participation by all the citizens. That is why a study
of democracy must focus on democratic politics.
Ques 6) Why should Pakistan government under General Musharraf not be called a democracy?
Ans 6) i. In Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf tied a military coup in October 1999. He overthrew a democratically elected government and declared as Chief Executive of country.
ii. He changed his designation to President later and in 2002 held a referendum that granted him a 5 year extension.
iii. Pakistan media, human rights organizations and democracy activists said that the referendum was based on malpractices and fraud.
iv. In August 2002 he issued a Legal Framework order amending the constitution of Pakistan. Now the president could dismiss the national /
provincial assemblies.
v. The work of civilian cabinet is supervised by a National Security Council dominated by military. After the law was passed, elections were held to
the assemblies.
vi. Thus there were elections elected representatives had some power but the final power was with the military and General Musharraf himself.
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Ans 1) Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people. Democracy is a form of government in which:-
i. Rulers elected by people take all major decisions.
ii. Elections offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers.
iii. This choice and opportunity is available to all the people on an equal basis.
iv. The exercise of this choice leads to a government limited by basic rules of the constitution and citizen’s rights.
Ques 2) “Democracy is the ideal form of government”. Give arguments against the statement.
Ans 2) i. Leaders keep changing in a democracy. This leads to instability.
ii. Democracy is all about political competition and power play. There is no scope for morality.
iii. So many people have to be consulted in a democracy that leads to delays.
iv. Elected leaders don’t know the best interest of people. It leads to bad decision.
v. Democracy leads to corruption for it is based on electoral competition.
vi. Ordinary people don’t what is good for them they should not decide anything.
Ques 3) What are the merits of democracy?
Ans 3) i. A democratic government is a better government because it is a more accountable form of government.
ii. Democracy improves the quality of decision making.
iii. Democracy provides a method to deal with differences and conflicts.
iv. Democracy enhances the dignity of citizen.
v. Democracy is better than other forms of government because it allows to correct its own mistakes.
Ques 4) What is representative democracy?
Ans 4) In the countries we call democracy, all the people don’t rule. A majority is allowed to take decisions on behave of people. Even the majority doesn’t rule directly. The majority of people rule through their elected representatives. This is called representative democracy.
Ques 5) How do we distinguish democracy from other forms of government like monarchy and dictatorship?
Ans 5) Other forms of government like monarchy, dictatorship or one party rule do not require all citizens to part in politics. In fact most non democratic government would like citizens not to take part in politics. But democracy depends on active political participation by all the citizens. That is why a study
of democracy must focus on democratic politics.
Ques 6) Why should Pakistan government under General Musharraf not be called a democracy?
Ans 6) i. In Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf tied a military coup in October 1999. He overthrew a democratically elected government and declared as Chief Executive of country.
ii. He changed his designation to President later and in 2002 held a referendum that granted him a 5 year extension.
iii. Pakistan media, human rights organizations and democracy activists said that the referendum was based on malpractices and fraud.
iv. In August 2002 he issued a Legal Framework order amending the constitution of Pakistan. Now the president could dismiss the national /
provincial assemblies.
v. The work of civilian cabinet is supervised by a National Security Council dominated by military. After the law was passed, elections were held to
the assemblies.
vi. Thus there were elections elected representatives had some power but the final power was with the military and General Musharraf himself.
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A coup is a sudden overthrow of a government illegally. It may or may not be violent in nature.
There are many reason why pakistan under General Musharraf cannot be called troup.
Ruler was not elected by people. Though people may elected their representatives to national and provincial assemblies but those elected representatives are not really the rulers.They cannot take the final decision.
This happens many dictatorships and monarchies.
They formally have an elected parliament but the real power is with those who are not elected.
There are many reason why pakistan under General Musharraf cannot be called troup.
Ruler was not elected by people. Though people may elected their representatives to national and provincial assemblies but those elected representatives are not really the rulers.They cannot take the final decision.
This happens many dictatorships and monarchies.
They formally have an elected parliament but the real power is with those who are not elected.
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