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Every political system has philosophical ideas behind it. In order to comprehend and explore these political systems they require the understanding of those philosophies. These philosophies are actually the shaping powers for whole of the fabric of the society. Plato, a Greek philosopher is the pioneer of idealist political school of thought. On the other hand democratic school of thought is the product of modern political thought. Plato dislikes the systems which are unable to solve the issues of the masses. He introduces the idea of philosopher King for the well being and prosperity of the people. But here in Pakistan the democratic political system has also proved unable to solve the basic issues of the poor masses. Through this research paper the researchers have tried to find out the weaknesses and strengths that do lie in the political assumptions of democracy and have tried to draw some, not all, invocations from the helicon of Plato to make our rampant systems and institutions more effective and productive and the masses more secure and prosperous. The research is based on the analysis of the authentic material in the form of literature in comparative politics, and an institutional theory is applied. Through the conceptualization of the data, the researchers have developed their stance if our political leaders are elected on the patterns of education and wisdom rather than wealth, power and weapons, the results would be much better and healthier otherwise the same situation of Plato’s Athens (Greek) would be there.

Dr. Zahid Yaseen, Riaz Gohar, Kaiser Mahmood. (2016) PLATO’S PHILOSOPHY OF POLITICS AND THE CURRENT SITUATION OF PAKISTAN, Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 36, Issue 01.
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