The ideology of Pakistan being departed
The ideology of Pakistan being departed
By Syed Atiq ul Hassan, Sydney
Pakistan was created to
secure the basic rights of the Indian Muslims. All India
Muslim League under the leadership of the founder of
Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, struggled to negotiate and
secure the civil rights of the second big population of
United India (Muslims) with Indian Congress over the long
period of time and in result of continuously denial of
various proposals put forward by the All India Muslim League
by the Indian Congress, the leader Mohammad Ali Jinnah
finally declared the ultimate solution of a separate state
for the Muslims of India - Pakistan. A state where the
citizens would be treated equally, where there would be
equal rule of law for everyone, where people would respect
each others’ ethnicity and faith, where citizens would be
free to practice their religion and where everyone would
enjoy the freedom of an independent state.
Today,
everything is happening in Pakistan except those for which
Pakistan was created. People are killing each other like
animals; rule of law is the rule of the jungle, no respect
of each others’ thoughts and beliefs. The State has not
power, gas, water and prices of basic food are beyond the
reach of common people. On the other hand, the politicians
in power and out of power are involved not only in
corruption and shameless activities. On the name of
democracy foreign forces for their own vested interest in
the region are supporting the control of state to those
corrupt so-called politicians who are further dragging the
country towards total collapse whereas the control is
controlled by those Generals who are watching everything
quietly.
The journalists, writers, intellectuals, human
rights and members of the civil society are feeling helpless
and loosing hopes. Television talk shows become the serial
entertaining shows where so-called politicians behaving like
comedians making the show interesting with their deceitful
statements and baseless stories. Print and electronic news
reporting become the daily progress report of killings, bomb
blasts, raps, lootings and frauds. Ministers appear on the
television abuse each other using third grade language.
In the last three years, these corrupt politicians on
the name of democracy have given country further bankruptcy,
corruption and lawlessness. They have shown no interest in
the problems of common people who are dying every day by
poverty. These politicians’ only goal is how much they can
prolong their power and how much they can increase in their
assets by kickbacks and briberies.
In this situation
what are the options people of Pakistan have? Just wait &
see; let the things happen the way they are happening and
hope that one day a messiah will come and fix everything
with his miracles; or further trust on these liars and hope
that this time they will listen to them and bring them out
from their ailing situation.
The people who have short memories are victimised by the same perpetrators time and again. The people of Pakistan forget what happened to Pakistan in 1971. The people of Pakistan should look into the profiles of those who are governing Pakistan today. Most of them are either the same culprits or their next generation who had split the country in 1971.
Pakistan’s ruling history shows that when some
incompetent politicians failed to run the state affairs the
others begged army to take control of the state again. Now
it is claimed that army is not interested to sabotage the
current democratic system and taking control of the
government, on the other hand, the fact of the matter is
that United State and the western powers want this weak and
corrupt Pakistani civilian government to continue until
United States and her allies achieved their goals in
Afghanistan and in Pakistan. United States wants their army
operations including drones’ attacks to be endorsed by the
civilian government of Pakistan. Past Government of General
Pervaiz Musharraf was the major obstacle for US and her
allies to continue army operations freely on Pakistani soil.
Therefore, army will not take control of the country until
United States and her allies don’t achieve their goals in
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Now, in the current drastic
failing situation of Pakistan, if the people of Pakistan
feel that the country needs a revolution then it has to come
up from the masses. If the people of Pakistan want to see
Pakistan alive then they have to get up and punish these
culprits who have brought the country in this situation.
The recent historic demonstration of power of masses by the people of Tunisia to kick out the most powerful person of the country is the perfect example for the people of Pakistan. The nation of Tunisia compelled the most powerful man of the Tunisia - President Zain Al Abidine Ben Ali – to run away from the country like thief.
Like Tunisia, people of Pakistan have to compel these corrupt politicians, feudal, Chaudharys and tribal leaders to surrender their power against the nation. The people of Pakistan have to bring those in power who can make change in the lives of the common people, who have neat and clean past, who are competent and honest and loyal to the country.
Pakistan is the country which exists at the most important geographic location in the region, Pakistan has huge natural resources from coal, iron, gas, oil to even gold and diamonds. Pakistan has enormous manpower, professionals and non-professionals. Pakistan has four seasons with warm sea, beautiful rivers and green belts. What else the people needs? I believe sincerity within to choose the honest leadership who can make change in the right direction. The scholar and the poet of the East, Allama Iqbal says in Urdu which can translate in English as ‘God never changes the lives of those who don’t want their lives to be changed’. (The writer is a Sydney-based journalist, his website address is www.sauhassan.com )
Concluded on 21st of February, 2011