GENERAL ELECTIONS------2008

ELECTION CAMPAIGN HAS STARTED.THE PEOPLE PF PAKISTAN HAVE TO CHOOSE WHICH PART TO VOTE.THIS SHOULD BE EXAMINED CAREFULLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROBLEMS FACING PAKISTAN ARMY'S DOMINATION ON STATE & POLITICAL AFFAIRS.IT IS A MILITARY REGIME DISGUISED AS DEMOCRACY--- IT IS A ONE MAN'S SHOW.INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY IS A GROUND NORM OF PAKISTAN' S CONSTITUTION.IT IS PARTLY ENSURED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL SECURITY OF TENURE AFFORDED TO SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES. THE PRESENT CRISES A COMMON MAN FACES IS A REGIME THAT IS NOT DELIVERING WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT___THEY WANT RULE OF LAW AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE COMMON MAN ALONG WITH RESTORATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. THE COUNTRY IS CHOCK FULL OF POLITICAL PARTIES BUT THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE PARTY WITH A VISION TO CHANGE THE MISERABLE LIFE OF A COMMON MAN. A DEAL BETWEEN PRESIDENT MUSHARAF & BENAZIR FALLS AFOUL OF THE TWO BASIC FAULT LINES, THAT WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE DEMOCRATIC SCENARIO IS THE BALANCE BETWEEN : 1.CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS IN THE POLITY. 2. THE MODERATE ---- EXTREMIST DIVIDE IN THE SOCIETY. FORTUNATELY , PAKISTAN IS NOW HEADING TOWARDS RESTORATION OF CIVIL-LED DEMOCRACY. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MUSHARAF IS REALIZING THAT HE CAN NO MORE HOLD BACK THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY.BENAZIR'S GRAND RETURN MAY ACT AS A LIFE -SAVING ELIXIR FOR THE BESIEGED DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM. BOTH MUSHARAF & BENAZIR MUST RECOGNIZE THAT THE RETURN OF NAWAZ SHARIF IS GOING TO BE ESSENTIAL IF THE FORTH COMING ELECTIONS ARE TO HAVE CREDIBILITY.