I know I am not good at English that’s why I tried to take help from Google’s feature of Dictionary to learn about definition of “Democracy” and “Dictatorship”. According to Google , different definitions of Democracy are:

• the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
• majority rule: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

And Dictatorship is defined as:

• A government in which political power is exercised by a single individual whose rule is considered illegitimate.
• A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

In the light of definition of these two terms, I would like to quote two different main stories of Pakistani Politics.

According to Today’s Dawn

NWFP adopts Islamic morality bill: Opposition calls it ‘maulvi’s martial law’

According to Jang, there were 57 votes in favor and 2 votes against the implementation of the Hasba Bill.

Another Interesting news in Today’s dawn is:

ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: A disallowed prayer and a protest over the recent deadly missile strike in the Bajaur tribal area broke up the National Assembly session on Monday, reflecting heightened tensions between the government and opposition parties.

The speaker had blocked a planned Fateha prayer for the Bajaur and Dargai dead when the house began its present session on Friday but the MMA managed to do it on Monday during a reference for the late alliance house member Abdus Sattar Afghani, calling the Bajaur victims “martyrs” in a challenge to government claims that all those killed in the seminary were militants training for terrorist activities.

On Friday, the speaker had provoked an MMA protest and a threat of disruption of future proceedings when he himself led the Fateha prayer for former president Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Mr Afghani and former MNA Darya Khan Khoso and said no prayer would be said for anybody else, in a move to avoid the Bajaur victims being described as martyrs and equated with army recruits killed at the Dargai parade ground.

Now could you help me to understand which news belongs to Democracy and which to Dictatorship? Or may be it’s time to get access to a Dictionary present at GHQ Islamabad?

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