can Pakistan ever become a democratic country?
919479
Islam and democracy do not mix
1027067
Pakistan's government is alligned with us right now and very supportive; but that support has caused them great rift with the islamic fundamentalist in that country.  Their elections are within a year and some don't think the current leadership will hold on.  If a radical islamic leader is elected its a "HUGE" problem for us because of the Nukes.
889965
YES, \n\n\nafter there is a secure democracy and terrorism is defeated.
413176
Sure,\nLook at Pepera (Referendum in Papua's) on 1963. Majority people of Papua (as we know before call Irian Jaya or Irian Barat) vote to integration with Republic Indonesia.\nBut, now at Papua Indonesia government not be proporsional treatment in every sector.\nI think democracy let be play on this country, papua including indonesian territory or build own country, papua's people was decide
594607
If the twentieth century was the century of totalitarianism, total war, genocide, and brutality, it was also the century of democracy. As Freedom House notes in its latest annual survey of freedom in the world, there was not a single country in 1900 that would qualify by today’s standards as a democracy. By 1950, only 22 of the 80 sovereign political systems in the world (28 percent) were democratic. When the third wave of global democratization began in 1974, there were 39 democracies, but the percentage of democracies in the world was about the same (27 percent). Yet by January 2000, Freedom House counted 120 democracies, the highest number and the greatest percentage (63) in the history of the world.
1187656
well NO.....i would say no country should ever trust US.....they change with their own convenience......before they were with Pakistan n now India.....coz they want to show "in ur face" attitude to Pakistan.....
47089
only the establishment of pakistan can answer this question.
670813
No,\nBut in order for muslims to accept democracy they have to win it for tehmsleves. Also, the name must be horribly hated by now which has nothing to do with the concept. So we should change it to something like Eorigo. Or something different, just say it to your self "Democracy" it sounds like your asking to be stepped on by a large cockroache.
626237
A Democracy can operate using a number of different voting systems, but essentially needs to ensure that the Government renews its mandate on a regular basis (4 to 5 years).\n\nAll people of a country must be involved in the democratic process.\n\nThe Government must be independant from the Judiciary. The courst must be free to pass judgement based around the laws of the land rather than on the political will of the Government.\n\nThe Government will need support from a non-partisan civil authority to ensure that laws are drafted correctly and constitutionally. The civil authorities also ensure that government policy is carried out.\n\nThe policing of a Democracy must be answerable to the courts as well as the civil authorities.\n\nTaxes pay for all of this.\n\nThe best or worst democracy is a subjective matter. Good or bad is not measurable in a way that allows comparison between the various systems.\n\nYou could survey different populations to take their views, but that will have problems. Bad Governments will try and influence the results and people may answer based around their view of their politicians rather than on the system itself.
65325
I never accepted Bush's idea that democracies will always be peaceful. Democracies are nice, but don't guarantee a country that follows humanitarian values. Unfortunately, Bush told us that democracies will lead to peace, and creating democracies became his top justification for the war.\nNow perhaps we can get back to reason and realize that what we are after is a world with governments that do not promote violence and terrorism and that support human rights. These governments may or may not be democratic, and we should not act as though democracies are the only form of government capable of producing peace.\nHow will the world react? Probably by further isolating the Hamas and doing what we can to overthrow the government.
641952
Short answer: The worst kind\n\nComplicated but politically correct answer: Its a republic. The previous answer sums it up, although throughout much of pakistan's history they've had a military ruler often bordering a dictator-like manner of rule.`\n\nThere are several reasons for pakistan's democracy's failure to perform:\n1) The military has been an important influence in the country because of the 3 wars with India and American funding to support the Taliban militarily in the 80s.\n\n2) Corruption is rampant and many political leaders are uneducated. The educated have very little patience for politics and those that do join politics end up leading organizations like the MQM, an almost separatist movement.\n\n3) Pakistan has never had the opportunity to develop a good model of democracy. The country's founder, the man with the main vision died soon after independence and ever since pakistanis have been debating whether he intended Pakistan to be an Islamic nation with Islamic laws, or a nation of muslims with secular laws.\n\n4) Pakistan is a very diverse country in terms of religion (many sects of islam and other religious minorities), ethnicity, education, and income. Makes it harder to get to a common ground. While the same can be said about the US, keep in mind that the US has had constant waves of immigration form different parts of the world for over 200 years. Pakistan on the other hand practically had 500,000 people move there from india within the space of 1 to 2 years.
885855
Pakistan has a long way to go to upset history. Personally if that happened, they had a superpower like the US to help them pull that off.\n\nDon't see the US   doing that, period!\n\nPeople who can lie, cheat, and kill to try to move ahead don't do very well at the end of any matter.\n\njust an observation
687320
If you want to label Pakistan as a terrorist state, please also include the US for their support to the Mujaheddin during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and their support for Israel in Palestine. Please also include India for their support to East Pakistan (Bangladesh) during the 1971 crises. An irony of history is that the winning side is always the one to decide who the terrorists are. In Pakistan's case, that question has not been decided as yet so lets not get hasty with our conclusions!\n\nIf you are comparing the leadership of Pakistan with Saddam Hussain's leadership, I am sorry, but either you are trying to exaggerate an issue out of proportion or you have no idea what you are talking about. Its because of thinking like this why peace can never be achieved. Why not engage your time constructively rather than by trying (and failing miserably) to create rifts?
790848
That's right.  General Musharraf, a non-Democratic leader who seized power, is the best ally we could possibly have from a place like Pakistan.  If they had a Democratically-elected leader who reflected the attitudes of the people, he would be strongly anti-American since the overwhelming majority of Pakistani people are.  Bush's policy of encouraging Democracy should not apply here!
1004503
Hm mm. very interesting point of view.I feel the human race as a whole is closer to the stars than the jungle.However some would like to halt progress in the hopes they can dominate and control the masses.India is one of the more developed cultures in our time with knowledge and reason they dealt with the Taliban destroying 3,000 year old religious shrines.They dealt with the Islamic intrusion in Cashmere region.So I personally feel the odds of India becoming a welcome member of democracy is better than 50/50.Once the seed has been planted it will grow slow at times fast at others but you will never undo it's growth now that it has been tasted it will fight to survive.India's best days are yet to come.I can't say for sure if it is a true democracy however it is trying hard to be one,give it time and it shall be
336721
Certainly Yes. They had "Indus valley civilization" - which is one of the oldest organized civilization and then the monarchy system took control. after that, britishers invaded india on the name of 'business' (because india was the richest country in the world at that time) and they, with the other invedors, looted and ruled for some centuries. after freedom, they have democracy. so now India is the world's largest democracy and also it is most diversed country in terms of religions. India is great !!
700962
Most likely. They are double dealing and they will get burned for that. Look what happened when Afghanistan not only supported but protected the Taliban. Pakistan needs to stop being friendly to terrorists while pretending to support our war on terror. I dont know why they are allowed to have nuclear weapons.