May 15, 2007, exiled Prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, meet in London under the auspice of former imperialist and colonialist British authority – to make a deal over the future of Pakistan.

In the charter the brunt of all shortcomings in the country like ‘poverty, unemployment, inequality, brutalization of society, breakdown of rule of law’ was laid on the Military Rule of Pervez Musharraf.

Has the nation become confused between democracy and military dictatorship because in both PPP and PML(N) era none of the ills have been revoked and both the governments have been allegedly involved in massive frauds – in fact democracy at grassroots level by creation of the Local Government System had been established by General Pervez Musharaf and General Ayub Khan, while both these civil governments are showing no will for this sharing of power.

Have the ballots been a guarantee for democratic culture or have they only become a pretty stamp for even more ruthless dictatorship?