ENGLISH ESSAY ‘democracy’ FROM
400 TO 450 WORDS
Democracy
has been outlined because the government of
the folks, by the folks and for the folks.
This type of government was set up in Pakistan after independence.
After setting up the democratic form of government,
people thought that Pakistan would become a paradise and the country would
regain its past glory. Unemployment, disease, poverty and starvation would be
eliminated lock, stock and barrel. Unfortunately, the hopes of people have been
bellied. Fifty seven years after independence, sixty per cent of the people in
Pakistan live below poverty line. Rising prices, corrupt and inefficient government
machinery has made the life of the poor people a nightmare. We hear of
starvation deaths in certain parts of the country. We hear of people feeding on
garbage in other parts of the country. We hear of people looting banks, buses,
snatching cellular’s ladies purses, motorbikes and cars every day. We also hear
of people committing suicides helplessly.
No government after independence has been able to
relieve the miseries of the common man. The leaders of democracy must hang
their heads in shame as they have brought the country to economic ruin. People
have lost their faith in democracy and they freely say that ministers,
legislators, bureaucrats, inspectors and clerks are looting the country and
there is no one to check them.
There are several reasons for which people of
Pakistan have got disillusioned with the functioning of democracy. Many
illiterate people do not know for whom to cast their vote. They vote for a
person who either bribes them or who belongs to their caste or religion. Soon
after independence, many new departments of the government were set up and they
have become dens of corruption. Some misguided persons are of the view that in
a democracy, one is free to do whatever one likes. The result is
mal-administration, regionalism and provincialism. People have forgotten the
country and they place their own interests above those of the country.
The functioning of democracy in Pakistan has not
been very successful. Our successive governments have been characterized by two
factors minus efficiency and plus corruption. The common man is utterly
disillusioned. There is complete lack of honest leadership. Promises of many
leaders to bring in socialism have proved false. One wonders how to
administration of this most corrupt democracy is running. May be it is the best
form of government for those ministers who are ruling and looting the country.
We need some very honest leaders who can revitalize the decaying and crumbling
edifice of Pakistani democracy which is stinking with political opportunism,
corruption, bungling and many other evils.
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