DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN
SPEARHEAD DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN.



THERE CAN BE NO DEMOCRACY WITHOUT DEMOCRATIC HUMAN BEHAVIOUR.



FOR THAT:



WE NEED TO ANNIHILATE THE ACCEPTANCE OF AUTHORITARIAN FAMILY STRUCTURE IN OUR MIND AND UPROOT THE TENDENCY TO SUCCUMB TO SOCIALLY IMPOSED GUILT-COMPLEXES. ACCEPT ONLY LOGIC AND REASON AT THE SAME TIME NOT BEING GULLIBLE.



WE NEED TO QUESTION EVERYTHING AND NEVER PRETEND TO KNOW EVERYTHING AND THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING.



WE NEED TO ACCEPT TRUTH WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH IT, EVEN IF IT SHAKES THE FOUNDATION OF OUR TRADITIONAL BELIEFS.



WE NEED TO STRUGGLE AGAINST SEXUAL SEGREGATION IN SOCIETY AND STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN.



WE NEED TO CONTRA-POSE THE RICH MYSTICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL HERITAGE OF ISLAM AGAINST ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM AND OBSCURANTISM.



WE NEED TO ENRICH OURSELVES, SPECIALLY THE YOUTH WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORICAL AND LINGUISTIC HERITAGE OF THE INDO-PAK SUB-CONTINENT.



WE NEED TO INVOLVE THE YOUTH OF PAKISTAN IN RICH CULTURAL, PHYSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS.



WE NEED TO GET THE UNEMPLOYED EMPLOYED.



WE NEED TO WORK FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF ALL ARCHAIC STRUCTURES STILL EXISTING IN OUR SOCIETY.



WE NEED TO WORK FOR LESS DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN FINANCE, AT THE SAME TIME INVITING AND PROTECTING FOREIGN INVESTMENT.



WE NEED TO IDENTIFY AND RELATE WITH UNIVERSAL TRUTHS AND DENOMINATORS IN WESTERN THOUGHT, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE.



WE NEED TO BE ALWAYS CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT, AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORTING IT IN ALL STEPS THAT LEAD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SECULAR AND LIBERAL THOUGHT IN SOCIETY.



WE NEED TO INDULGE IN WORK THAT LEADS TO COHESIVENESS AND SELF-ADMINISTRATION IN SOCIETY.



WE NEED TO ATTAIN AND MAINTAIN PEACE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH INDIA.



WE NEED TO STRUGGLE FOR UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, INCLUDING THE RIGHT FOR ALL WOMEN, ALL CITIZENS FROM TRIBAL AREAS AND THE MINORITIES TO VOTE IN THE JOINT ELECTORATE.



WE NEED TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT DEMOCRACY MEANS THE RIGHT OF ANY MINORITY TO EXIST AND TO BE HEARD AND NOT ITS OBLITERATION BY THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.



WE NEED TO RELY ONLY ON POLITICAL BATTLES AND THE SUPREMACY OF DEMOCRATICALLY LEGISLATED LAW (IN THE TRADITION OF JINNAH).



MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL:



WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE LOVE AND THE MAKING OF LOVE BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN WHEREVER AND IN WHICHEVER FORM WE MAY FIND IT. THIS IS THE PRIME IMPERATIVE TO ACHIEVE DEMOCRATIC HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN ALL SPHERES OF LIFE.
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