Pakistan ponders meaning of democracy
By jerrypandu
@jerrypandu (300)
Indonesia
February 17, 2008 9:31pm CST
From where I stood outside the parliament, I could see the scrum bristling with microphones and the impressive alphabet of Pakistani private TV channels - Geo, AAJ, ARY, Dawn, to name just a few.Then one journalist seized the moment and thrust his microphone ahead of the rest. his microphone ahead of the rest. "What's your definition of democracy?" he shouted.Pakistan's information minister, finely suited and finely spoken, responded in impeccable English.
Then the same journalist came back at him, rising a bit more on his toes, in this little dance between Pakistani journalists and officialdom.
"Does it include the manipulation of democracy?" he demanded. That is the question in Pakistan today: what does democracy mean?
1 response
@shi_2000_21 (2680)
• India
3 Mar 08
From the time immemorial islamic nations can't adapt to democratic style of functioning. They always indulged in killing each other.
