UmarJustice
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Politicians regularly reiterate the golden principles of Quaid-i-Azam to make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state. Statements of similar nature are de rigeur on the occasion of the Quaids birth anniversary. It would be in order, however, to ask ourselves how far we as a nation and the long line of our leaders, in the past as well as the present, have been acting on the guiding principles that the Father of the Nation bequeathed us. As he strove for the stupendous task of carving out an independent state for the Muslims of the subcontinent that, to all intents and purposes, appeared unachievable, he never lost sight of them; in fact, he proved himself to be the living example of them and that, ultimately, led him to accomplish his mission. His biographer Prof Stanley Wolpert was only pointing to his unmatched steadfastness, sincerity of purpose and a deep sense of commitment when he recorded in Jinnah of Pakistan: Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Muhammad Ali Jinnah did all three.
Had we been half as committed to make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state that the Quaid envisioned, the socio-political landscape of the country would not have been witness to the crippling ills that have pegged us down to the status of a backward country. The pervasive sense of deprivation and despondency; the demeaning level of poverty in the face of the widening gap between the rich and the poor; the miserable state of health and educational facilities; the endemic, record-breaking corruption, unemployment and malpractices; and the enveloping scare of insecurity these and many other evils would not have been our fate today. Certainly, the blood-soaked scenes being daily enacted in the streets of Karachi, parts of Balochistan and KPK and the Fata find no place in the dream that the Quaid dreamt.
We have drifted far away from the rosy picture, of Pakistan, that the Quaid had drawn in his mind. There is absolutely no resemblance between that picture and Pakistan of today. Failing to follow in his footsteps has created deep divisions in our ranks on issues that are vital to our survival and made us unmindful of what could put us to the path of prosperity and what could turn us destitute. Our leaders are embarking on normalising relations with India and favouring it with the coveted MFN status. The jugular vein (Kashmir) of the Quaid for which Zulfikar Ali Bhutto would fight a thousand years has been quietly set aside by the PPP-led government which claims to be taking ZABs mission forward. The Quaids Muslim League stands divided in several factions unable to find a common agenda and coalesce into one group to be a force to reckon with. There is a need for us to see the obvious: if Unity, Faith and Discipline could serve him well, there is no reason they would not serve us equally well.
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Had we been half as committed to make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state that the Quaid envisioned, the socio-political landscape of the country would not have been witness to the crippling ills that have pegged us down to the status of a backward country. The pervasive sense of deprivation and despondency; the demeaning level of poverty in the face of the widening gap between the rich and the poor; the miserable state of health and educational facilities; the endemic, record-breaking corruption, unemployment and malpractices; and the enveloping scare of insecurity these and many other evils would not have been our fate today. Certainly, the blood-soaked scenes being daily enacted in the streets of Karachi, parts of Balochistan and KPK and the Fata find no place in the dream that the Quaid dreamt.
We have drifted far away from the rosy picture, of Pakistan, that the Quaid had drawn in his mind. There is absolutely no resemblance between that picture and Pakistan of today. Failing to follow in his footsteps has created deep divisions in our ranks on issues that are vital to our survival and made us unmindful of what could put us to the path of prosperity and what could turn us destitute. Our leaders are embarking on normalising relations with India and favouring it with the coveted MFN status. The jugular vein (Kashmir) of the Quaid for which Zulfikar Ali Bhutto would fight a thousand years has been quietly set aside by the PPP-led government which claims to be taking ZABs mission forward. The Quaids Muslim League stands divided in several factions unable to find a common agenda and coalesce into one group to be a force to reckon with. There is a need for us to see the obvious: if Unity, Faith and Discipline could serve him well, there is no reason they would not serve us equally well.
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