Democracy in Third World Countries: Impediments, Verdicts, and Solutions: The Case of Pakistan

Abstract

Democracies encourage citizens to participate heavily in their governments, as well as to play a part in social life in a desired manner. In egalitarian philosophy, the importance of liberty, freedom, self-determination and public opinion was highlighted but unfortunately, In the Third World; liberal values are seldom encouraged & promoted in the terms of democratic governance. The purpose of this paper is to examine those impediments which challenge the validity and rationality of democracy in the republic of Pakistan. There have been detailed arguments of the complications facing Pakistan's democratic system, the brass tacks of these barriers and possible resolutions. In order to bring about real democratic designs in third world Countries especially in Pakistan it is presumed that all state and institutional policies that are based on undemocratic and unjust reasoning must be reviewed and improved. The state's stakeholders and common populace should follow the principles of impartiality, fairness, equity, and merit. Another sponsor of instability in democracy is the incompetence to organize fair elections that reflect the popularity of the individual. An expressive, empirical, comparative and qualitative along with qualitative method has been applied in order to explore the nature, history, major impediments and preconceived repercussions for the achievement of a genuine democracy