![]() ![]() Democracy is a dynamic, not static, process but Pakistan’s “democracy” is stuck. What we have is something that looks like democracy, but does not work like one. In Pakistan, democracy remains both illusive and elusive. That makes us tolerate and endure a system that is not quite democratic and may never become so. Countries at varying stages of democratic evolution are all called a democracy, which adds to the confusion, as we, in our mind, expect all these models to be equally responsive in meeting the needs of society. One of the most perplexing debates around is on the subject of democracy, where it is easy to confuse concept with practice, form with substance and illusion with reality.
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