tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post5464879466846903623..comments2023-10-20T21:52:36.752+05:30Comments on Cross Connections: So, Pakistan goes to the polls?Farzana Verseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891229615361937135noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-57138778088476070292008-02-19T19:55:00.000+05:302008-02-19T19:55:00.000+05:30I agree no one has real democracy and I have writt...I agree no one has real democracy and I have written about it often enough that elections are not the only yardstick. No way.<BR/><BR/>Baaqi, each to their own, including Einstein!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-14553013644341791512008-02-19T14:25:00.000+05:302008-02-19T14:25:00.000+05:30It's a long and arduous process for Pakistan. Gues...It's a long and arduous process for Pakistan. Guess the best way to learn is the hard way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-46095048602362427332008-02-18T22:25:00.000+05:302008-02-18T22:25:00.000+05:30Deconstructing Zardari? Nothing difficult there,I'...Deconstructing Zardari? Nothing difficult there,I'm afraid. <BR/><BR/>"Whoever finally sits in office, the Pakistani people are a long way from democracy."<BR/><BR/>Neither time nor space has an objective existence. Depending on the observer, both will be perceived differently. <BR/>Disagree? Take it up with Einstein... ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-29840519266550734362008-02-18T20:58:00.000+05:302008-02-18T20:58:00.000+05:30khair "real" democracy ke naam se koi cheez tau na...khair "real" democracy ke naam se koi cheez tau nahiN, but we are talking about Pakistan here, where voters are blocked from voting because they support a party that is on the ballot. Or candidates are shot and killed on the eve of the election. Or women are not encouraged to vote in certain parts of the qaum and if they are, it is segregated. . . etcetera etcetera etcetera.<BR/><BR/>At least in India, Amreeka, and France there is a semblance of something called democracy fraught with contradictions. Pakistan maiN semblance nahiN aur contradictions hi contradictions. <BR/><BR/>(lo ab patthar uThao. . .)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-32091708742479821122008-02-18T20:40:00.000+05:302008-02-18T20:40:00.000+05:30democracy - ya sheikh apna apna dekh!Pakistan dese...democracy - ya sheikh apna apna dekh!<BR/><BR/>Pakistan deserves to listen to the unadulterated voice (stamp) of their people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07950665621237381542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-71650014862238178002008-02-18T20:20:00.000+05:302008-02-18T20:20:00.000+05:30FV:the Pakistani people are a long way from democr...FV:<BR/><BR/><I>the Pakistani people are a long way from democracy.</I><BR/><BR/>And where on this planet is "real" democracy? USA, India, France, UK... Can you name even one country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com