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And those who strive hard for Us, We will most certainly guide them in Our ways; and Allah is most surely with the doers of good. 29:69 The Quran
Problems of Pakistan Mounting
Syed Javed Hussain
Always, when they are praising their leader called Quaid-e Azam, the greatest leader, Pakistanis are exuberant, profound and fired up, however, they show little respect to his teachings, advices, and practices as regards how the country should be ruled so that the mounting problems of Pakistan are tackled effectively.
Birth Anniversary of Mohammad Ali Jinnah Celebrated
According to 'The News International', On 25th December, 2010Pakistanis celebrated 134th birth anniversary of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, and paid tributes to his leadership, thanked him for his untiring labour to create a country for them and for generations to come.
Pakistanis profoundly thanked him for his matchless perseverance, acumen, sincerity of purpose and commitment to the cause of Pakistan and for being able to get a homeland for them. At seminars, panel discussions on TV screens, party sessions and public gatherings, they thanked him for creating a country for the free flow of their faculties, for advancement and improvement in their lives.
Today Pakistan stands at a crossroads where the very raison d'etre of its creation is being challenged. They are a teaming, writhing and swelling nation but at the same it is shriveling under the weight of countless problems that seem unsolvable. Like any other nation Pakistanis are highly respectful to their integrity, solidarity, sovereignty and independence.
Jinnah's Vision of Pakistan Ignored
Pakistanis, however, need to ask themselves whether they have lived up to their Quaid’s vision of a new country. The on-the-ground situation betrays any optimism. They may have moved ahead a little in certain areas, but their overall performance as a nation, at best, is dismal. More than half a century after the departure of the Quaid, they have very little to boast about and much more to feel ashamed of.
They have unscrupulous politicians who can go to any length to serve themselves. They have a corrupt and undisciplined police force that cannot maintain law and order in the country. They have an aimless crumbling educational system that has in the last sixty years failed to create a nation.
They even have a big problem with a religion that claims to have brought peace and stability to the world. They have Mullahs, (semi literate self-styled religious scholars) who exploit religion to create disruption, destruction and bloodshed. This semi-literate product of substandard religious schools puts Islam to shame; it ordains equality and egalitarianism and rids the society of ethnicity, tribal and sectarianisms.
Firebrand Mullahs Flout Quaid's Vision
Pakistan now has a battalion of firebrand mullahs who have no regard for human life. It has a military whose generals have become politicians, a small interregnum seems to be the current Chief of Staff, General Keyani, otherwise, the earlier Generals, including Gen. Parveez Musharraf, had almost destroyed its professionalism and preparedness.
Currently Pakistan is faced with rising inflation, unemployment, corruption, immorality, disregard to family life and acute social and political discontent. Pakistan’s shabby economy is on a fast track to downsize, whereas, politicians are not tired of claiming windfalls for themselves as millions of people live below the poverty line.
To tackle problems of Pakistan effectively, it is high time the nation decided once and for all that any further deviation from the path chalked out by their father would be suicidal and irreversible.
Sources:
1- Ayesha Siddiqa , Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy, Pluto Press, UK, 2007.
2- Benazir Bhutto, Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West, Harper Collins, USA, 2009.
3- Hussain Haqqani, Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military,Carnegie Endowment, Washington DC., 2005.