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(Zarb-e-Kaleem-169) Jumhooriat

Jumhooriat
Democracy

Iss Raaz Ko Ek Mard-e-Farangi* Ne Kiya Fash
Har Chand Ke Dana Isse Khila Nahin Karte

A certain European* revealed a secret, 
Although the wise do not reveal the core of the matter.

Jumhooriat Ek Tarz-e-Hukumat Hai Ke Jis Mein
Bandon Ko Gina Karte Hain, Tola Nahin Karte!

Democracy is a certain form of government in which 
Men are counted but not weighed.

  *Astan Dal
*Stendhal.

10 comments:

  1. xclent ... reality

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  2. Is it satirical?

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  3. The democracy is same as monarchy or kingship,Monarchy is one man show and Democracy is group circus.
    In both cases Laws are made to gain vested interests.
    The only way to prosper as humans is Laws from the Creator.

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  4. Dear Ghazanfar Ajaz

    yes, you describe it in the best words.

    Farrukh Shehzad

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  5. I am blown away ... Beloved Baba Iqbal (ra) was indeed a seer ,a true Hakeem Ul Ummah!!

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  6. I am blown away!! My God. Indeed, Beloved Baba Iqbal (ra) was a Seer and a true Hakeem Ul Ummat!!!

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  7. here allama indirectly giving us the idea of nizam e imamat which is the need of muslim ummah...

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  8. here allama indirectly giving us the idea of nizam e imamat which is the need of muslim ummah...

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  9. Iqbal once admitted that he was kashmiri pandit. His forefathers were kashmiri pandit later converted to islam. But still iqbal loved islam more than anything, he went to Pakistan after partition because he felt there islam would prosper. And he was staunch supporter of that. Wheras India was a secular state & they didn't give importance to any religion.

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  10. Democracy is nt the solution of Pakistan's problems.

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