Sub: - Pakistanis to be careful before laying down lives. Ref: - (i)- Democracy will not come in charity. (ii)- Need to be on guard against Indian example & media propaganda. (iii)- UN / USA & its democratic allies can't be relied upon. Dear Sir If Karachi mid-night blast of last week (in which about 165 persons lost their lives and about 500 were injured) was merely in a party rally where people gathered (despite warning, by every one, of such blast) in thousands around Benazir Bhutto to greet their 8 years self exiled leader and to show their allegiance to Benazir and solidarity with political party (PPP) which Benazir presides, then it is a different matter. But if these lives have been lost & injuries suffered for the cause of restoration of democracy in Pakistan then the people of Pakistan ought to keep the following in mind before offering further martyrdom for democracy: - (1)- Monarchies / autocracies (in any form, supported by armed forces) has been the mode of rule during entire recorded history of mankind. Democracy can usher only when people's civilian political power has capacity to overwhelm the armed forces of any country. (2)- Democracy cannot come as charity. In India, democracy came & survived precisely due to independence struggle fought mainly under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi where large numbers of Indians were mobilized to become a civilian political force to reckon with. (Though it may be a debatable point whether Indians
