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ISLAMABAD: When internal democracy among thepolitical parties in parliament is compared, the ruling



political parties in parliament is compared, the rulingPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) comes in last andJamaat-i-Islami tops the chart, according to anassessment carried out by the Pakistan Institute ofLegislative Development and Transparency (Pildat).

However, according to the assessment report if JIsrestricted system of membership and internal electionexcludes it from the comparison, PTI emerges as the partywith the best internal democracy.

The report lists the parties in descending order and givesthem scores in percentage. At the top is Jamaat-i-Islamiwith a score of 56 per cent followed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf at 49 per cent, Awami National Party at 46 per cent,Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) and theNational Party both get scores of 43 per cent, MuttahidaQaumi Movement is at 42 per cent, Pakistan PeoplesPartys score is 34 per cent and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz comes in last with a score of 32 per cent.

Journalist Mujibur Rehman Shami, a member of the Pildatcommittee which assessed the constitutions and internalactivities of the eight parties, noted that most of thepolitical parties do not even have a list of their members.

This is the reason the party which made Pakistan hasfragmented into groups, he said at the launch of thePildat report here on Tuesday.

Most parties spend millions in contesting elections butbank accounts do not show matching amounts. We cannotafford political parties receiving funds from unknownsources, he added, advising them not to emulate the



budgets of traders unions and keep proper accounts.

PTI Member of National Assembly (MNA) Arif Alvi found itencouraging that his party scored high in the internaldemocracy assessment.

We held elections of PTI for overseas Pakistanis in 2006and decided to introduce electronic mail to cast vote. Thenin Pakistan we opened membership through phone andaround 3.5 million people registered. Another four millionwere registered manually, he said.

We held elections through mobile phones but had to forma commission under retired Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed tolook into complaints of manipulation, he said.

With the passage of time we will improve. If bar councilscan hold elections every year why cant political parties,he asked.

Senator M. Hamza of PML-N said that unfortunately mostof the political parties revolve around personalities. Theissue has to be resolved, he added.

PTI MNA Ali Muhammad claimed that his party practicedtrue democracy.

The party chief, Imran Khan, did not know me until Ireached the assembly, he said.

PML-N MNA Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani stressed thatdemocracy has to be ensured in the country and for thatthere should be democracy within political parties.

His colleague in the National Assembly, Rana Muhammad



His colleague in the National Assembly, Rana MuhammadAfzal Khan, recalled the difficulties the party has faced.

In 1999 our party office in Islamabad was occupied.However, PML-N has been focusing on democracy andbeen improving by default and by design, he said.

PPP Senator Dr Jehangir Badr regretted that it was a job ofthe political parties to study the level of democracy in theirranks but appreciated that a nongovernmentalorganisation Pildat - has done it. Democracy in thecountry cannot be ensured unless it is ensured within thepolitical parties, he said.

Published in Dawn December 24th , 2014

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