LAHORE Pakistan faced dictatorial rule soon after its founder Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah passed away, says Chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters Fakhar Zaman. According to press release issued by PAL on Friday Fakhar Zaman said this while addressing a seminar on Current Situation of Pakistan organised by Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm and attended by a large number of intellectuals, journalists, academicians and the diplomats. Fakhar Zaman gave a brief background of the creation of Pakistan. He said democracy could not take roots in the country as its founders did not rule it for long. He said Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gave the country the Constitution of 1973, which was still in force in Pakistan. He said the Constitution was adopted unanimously by the representatives of all the political parties in the parliament. He further said PPP had always struggled for democracy and betterment of the common man. Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto sacrificed her life in December 2007 for the sake of democracy in our country. PPP always struggled against dictatorships and resultantly its leadership and workers have always suffered a lot, he added. Fakhar Zaman said the present government was working hard for improvement in the social sector, especially in the field of education. He said the government had introduced reforms in the education system leading to increase in literacy rate up to 63 percent in the country. He said the government was working hard to bring Madrassas into the main stream of modern education. He further said the government was also working for the rights of women, minorities and labour classes and to ensure human rights. Minorities are enjoying equal rights in Pakistan and living peacefully. Some incidents of violence against the minority communities at the hands of handful of extremist elements were not a true reflection of the behaviour of the Pakistani civil society he said and added such incidents could take place anywhere in the world including the developed countries. Responding to a question, he called upon the Western societies to change their perception about Pakistan saying they should not only look at the terrorism, extremism, slums and poverty in the country. He said Pakistan was moderate, enlightened society having rich culture embedded in Sufism, which was based on peace, human dignity, equality, justice, tolerance and freedom.