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Pakistan’s return to democracy By Dr Hanif Koya With the growing internal dissatisfaction and what seems to be a heavy tilting towards the Al Qaida type of Islam, Pakistan is thirsting for a return to democracy. It is a wrong call. They will have to be clear in their head whether to have democracy or the Islamized Pakistan. Throughout its history, Pakistan has been hitting between pillar and post as far as democracy is concerned and has had more military rule than democratic government. It seems as if Pakistan is either not ready or not sure of democracy. During late dictator Gen. Zia Ul Haq’s regime, Pakistanis were rallying behind him for Islamization in Pakistan. And Zia did bring in sweeping changes to Pakistan’s Constitution to accommodate the idea but died a tragic death in the infamous plane crash before he could see its full implementation. The democratic governments that followed were allegedly plagued with corruption with Muslim cleric, as usual, pulling all kinds of strings ...

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