A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator, without hereditary ascension.
Since the partition of India and creation of Pakistan in 1947, the civil government has not been able to function properly. Many reasons caused the failure of the democratic system in Pakistan. Since 1947 till 1958 the democratic prevailed in Pakistan. Progress was limited, country was barely able to survive and no or less development took place. In 1958 the then Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshall General Ayub Khan imposed Marshall Law, abrogated the constitution of 1956 and became the chief executive of the country. His era was characterized by vast development and progress. Some say that Pakistan is still Pakistan because of Ayub Khan who lead Pakistan in a crisis situation in a marvellous manner. From the solution of water problems with India, building of two largest dams in the world, vast industrial progress to leading the country to a victorious war against India in 1965, Ayub Khan's era is characterized by the glorious work he did for Pakistan.
After Ayub Khan came Z.A.Bhutto. Although known as a great leader he virtually did nothing for Pakistan except for making a big blunder by nationalizing everything. His era had everything except for progress and development.
Zia-ul-Haq was the only dictator whose era was a dark period in the history of Pakistan. The foundation of terrorism was laid down during his era. He provoked extremsim and terrorism.
The next ten, eleven years were the darkest ones for me in the entire history of Pakistan. Two major parties i.e. PPP and PML did everything to let down each other, governance was not the name of working for people rather it was about degrading the opposition and letting them down. No progress took place in those eleven years. Immense corruption characterized the era's of Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto. According to the report of Transperancy Internation 1996 Pakistan was the 2nd most corrupt nation in the whole world.
Pervez Musharraf stabilized the Pakistan economy and took Pakistan towards progress and development. As the figures have been mentioned in my previous article, Pakistan developed leaps and bounds during his time.
In my view country is not a part of the constitution rather constitution is the part of a country and the first and foremost clause of the constitution is to preserve the country which the so-called dictators did while the democratic governments who were supposed to work for the people did not. Our politicians have always kept their own interests before the interest of the country and they have always strived to fill their own pockets and eat peoples' money. On the other hand the dictators have always done something meaningful for this country and for the people. Our media is biased, paid by the filthy rich politicians who always focus on the negative side of dictatorship but never mention the good work. Our media coverages the politicians who are always showing with everything they do. I will always favor dictatorship over democracy as this nation is not capable of choosing right leaders and unfortunately no capable leader is coming up in Pakistan.
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