It is always good to see live wires in a dull routine of our nation especially in the second week of August every year. All of a sudden as if a reminder struck our mind to refresh our memory, a wave of happiness and pride take charge of us we want to celebrate the independence day, 14th August, 1947. That is the day when all of us thought our worries are over as we are a free nation after all. Did the freedom actually come in to existence as well? The answer is some what not satisfactory for any any body.
The idea was to establish a government which can provide food, shelter, jobs, social and economic justice and above all an equal opportunity to all to strive for a bright future. Initially every thing seemed to be working in a perfectly well manner. Then starts the era When Quaid E Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan left uswith very short intervals. Afterwards we saw an invasion of people on the resources of Pakistan who were some how made our leaders and the progress got slowed a great deal if not stopped at all.
We saw military dictator ships, we saw our leaders playing in the hands of west and serving western interests. We saw religious and ethnic riots being staged and handful of people getting benefit out of it. We saw mass corruption which resulted in over all turmoil of the economy and our journey. Despite these we saw great individuals giving fame to our country on International level like Behram Avari (water sports), Jahangir Khan (Squash), Imran Khan (Cricket) ,Hameedi, ISlahul din, Sami Ullah, Hassan Sardar, Akhtar Rasool, Shehnaz Sheikh, Shahbaz senior in hockey, HussainShah in boxing and Yousaf in Snooker. Apart from that works of our great poets of current times like Faiz, Faraz,Qasmi, Amjad Islam Amjad, Parveen Shakir brought us fame in the literally circle across the globe. Performing arts saw wonderful works of Tallat Hussain, Qavi Khan, Uzma Gillani, Najeeb Ullah Anjum, Subhani Bayounis, ShahnazSheikh, Roohi Bano, Shafi Muhammad, Javed Sheikh, Abid Ali, Shoaib Mansoor, Shoaib Hashmi etc to entertain generations. Music industry saw works of Sohail Rana, Attray, Khalil Ahmed, Nisar Bazmi as Directors and in the great line of singers we were lucky enough to see the majical voice of Madam Noor jahan, Ustaad Amanat Ali Khan, NayyaraNoor, Malika e Pukhraj, Fareeda Khanum, Bilquees, Mehdi Hassan Khan, Ahmed Rushdi, Alamgir, Shehki and a long list of bands and solo singers of current generation. In the social welfare sector we saw Ansar Barni, Edhi Sb and AsmaJahangir playing a role to help the needy under all circumstances especially the women.
We saw great achievements in the field of science and technology thanks to Dr. A. Q Khan, Dr. Atta Ul Rehman. We see heroics of Bhutto against dictators, we saw heroics of our armed forces in the wars, we saw mean dictators, we saw dedicated struggle of people to up hold the rule of law.
But we never saw an end to the suffering of people who are almost 65% of our population and are still deprived of basic human rights, we never saw equal opportunities for women despite having a female Prime minister Benazir Bhutto, we saw 10 % of our population enjoying and rest being crushed in the life cycle for mere survival. We saw an invasion of terrorism and ethnic violence cause we parted with USA to defeat Russia in Afghanistan and then to defeat Al Qaedathere, end result was we were used like toilet paper and were thrown and forgotten when the purpose was served. Our education system is a total failure based on elite producing and ignoring the people who can not afford to the expensive education.
We are celebrating freedom but we are not free to caste our vote with out influence or pressure, we are not free to criticize government policies, we waste our time in useless activities and like our leaders have forgotten to work hard, we are not free to pursue our liked professions cause we cant afford the necessary education at Universities. We are not free to uphold the judiciary system, we are not free to catch the convicts, we are not free to associate with each other with out biases, ethnic and social differences as state and our leaders encourage the ethnic and social differences to pursue their own vested interests, we are not free to determine and monitor equal distribution of wealth. We are finding it very hard to digest that an ordinary man has the right to flourish in life. We are free to do corruption as long as we are in government, in rule and have got some body influential enough to get us away from murder even. We are free to make or break the law/constitution the way it suits us.
Are we an independent state whose state of affairs are being dictated by the west and our leaders for own good always keep our welfare and dignity as a secondary matter as the prime importance for them is their own well being and people around them which includes key party leaders and their own family. We are fighting a much bigger battle than our initial efforts for independence in early 1900's as our existence as a Muslim Nation and an Independent state is at danger. We see huge palaces (presidency and prime minister house ) stretched over the 100 of acres and having provision of all the necessary luxuries in life that one could even think of and people residing in those palaces rely on begging rather than earning the livings for themselves and for the Nation. 80% of our government officials foreign trips are focused on getting aid to run the state, in return our independent leaders do what the money lenders want them to do.
It is great to see the love of people especially of the kids and younger generation in Pakistan eagerly awaiting the 14thAugust Celebrations through out the country and I have great hopes after seeing a change reaction of speaking of thetruth on media and making our youth aware of what to do and what not to do. If our next generation could come forward and take charge and get all politicians and other corrupt people who are proven guilty by the law, punished in such a manner that they serve a sentence in jail and then are asked to leave our home land, if this could happen then I would be able to breathe may be for a brief time in a real independent state and will really spend the independence daywith a flag in my hand, dancing madly on the tunes of National songs.
I salute all the people who have contributed positively for the growth of Pakistan after the independence in a positive manner with out keeping own benefits at the back of their minds and are the real reason for our Nation's survival in the world of negative tactics by the west to destabilize an Islamic state which can unite the Muslim world for a better future for the generations to come.
Long Live The Pakistan!
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