If we turn back the pages of History we will come to know that democracy have flourished, threatened, and re-emerged in many countries of the world. To acknowledge this universality of the principles of democracy, UN General Assembly has declared 15th September as the International Day of Democracy. This decision was made in the year 2007.
The word Democracy is used by almost all of us, but still many of us don’t know the meaning of Democracy. Today we are celebrating the international day of democracy, and I think it’s the right time to know about Democracy. The word, democracy, comes from two Greek words: demos, which means "the people," and kratein, which means "to rule". This "rule by the people" originated in the sixth century BC—and has been evolving ever since. When the United Nations established the International Day of Democracy, it noted that "while democracies share common features, there is no single model of democracy" and that "democracy does not belong to any country or region".
Pakistan’s first democratic leader was Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and then followed by many. It is said that Bhutto Family in Pakistan and Gandhi Family in India have lost their lives in fighting for Democracy. Nelson Mandela bought the Democratic Revolution in South Africa and Ang San Soki, the Democratic Leader of Myanmar is still locked up in jail for the sake of Democracy.
This universal day has bought some opportunities with it, I am mentioning few of it;
(1) Make contributions in raising the public awareness towards Democracy.
(2) Examine and discuss how well parliament performs its democratic functions.
(3) Identify what steps Parliament may take to strengthen its effectiveness.
(4) Fix the problems like, Corruption, Domination of any single sex, Public Apathy [Loss of Public Interest in Politics] and Tyranny of the Majority.
(5) Support Democracy to make it well equipped to deal with the current threats to Human Security [Environmental Degradation, Civil War and Terrorism].
(6) Help to Ensure the Fundamental [Basic] Freedoms and respect of Human Rights.
Take the above opportunities as a last chance and without wasting time, start dancing on it from today.
In a democracy, all the citizens [women and men] play an important role in political and civic life, We express our will through regular free and fair elections. In Pakistan people have expressed their will and now it’s the time to promote and protect human rights so that we all, no matter our race, gender, personal belief or style of life, can participate in formulating the laws and policies to which we are subject. Thank You.
Mubashir H. Shaikh
mubashirshaikh326@hotmail.com
0332-2653055
Dated: 15th September 2008
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