Question

why Pakistan under General Musharraf cannot be called a democracy?state any 5 reasons ​

Answer 1

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Reasons why Pakistan under General

Musharaff cannot be called a Democracy:

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(i) People in Pakistan have elected

representatives to the National and Provincial Assemblies but those elected representatives are not the

real leaders.

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(ii)

The power to take final decisions rests with army officials and General

Musharraf.

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(iii) They formally have an elected Parliament and government. The work of the

Civilian Cabinet is supervised by the National Security Council which is dominated by

military officials.

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(iv) The real powers in Pakistan are with military officers and not with locally elected representatives.

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(v) Pakistan under Pervez Musharraf should not be called a democracy because under him, Pakistan went under military rule

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Answer 2

Answer :

                                                                                     

The reasons are :-

• People may have elected their representatives but they were not the real rulers of the country.

• He changed his designation to President later and in 2002 held a referendum that granted him a 5 year extension.

• 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.

• In August 2002 he issued a Legal Framework order amending the constitution of Pakistan. Now the president could dismiss the national or provincial assemblies.

• So even though there was an elected parliament, it had no real powers and thus this cannot be called a democracy.