Abstract :
The current study intends to find out the quality of democracy in Pakistan and India. Both the
countries freed from British rule at the same time and have similar culture and background. The
study is based on eight quality indicators to see the quality of democracy in both countries
developed by Leonardo in 2001. Apart from a heavy literature review the study used in-depth
interviews to analyze the quality of democracy. For doing so professors of Political Science and
History professors were interviewed from public sector colleges of Lahore. 20 professors were
selected for this purpose. Both pro-determined and emergent themes were used to analyze the
data of the study. The study concluded that democracy is in good shape in India as compared to
Pakistan. Civil- military relationship proved to be a determining factor for the establishment of
democracy in Pakistan. On the other hand corruption, bureaucracy, accountability, electoral
Keyword :
Democracy, Pakistan, India