We in Pakistan are fond of creating issues of one kind or the other to keep public busy and bewildered. Elections, for example, are constantly being kept as a big deal. On the one hand we have attained democracy and every step we take is a march towards democracy but one the other hand, elections, which are a part and parcel of democracy, are facing one problem or another. Sometimes, the delimitation of constituencies becomes a problem, sometimes enrolment of (bogus) votes becomes an issue and to top it all the very ECP comes under fire. SC issues judgement on RPPs and the investigation officer, a fairly senior man, commits ‘suicide’ jeopardising the whole thing.
Hardly had we got over Malala’s episode, when we see Dr TuQ’s drama keeping men and women and children (including infants) out in the piercing and cold wind in the open skies for four nights and in the end hugs and smiles with all ‘ex’ and ‘Yazeeds’ and books himself to go to Canada on 27th. Diesel price reduced by Rs 0.001 per litre is the most wonderful joke making me laugh after Charlie Chaplin’s comedy. The entire country looks like a stage where short skits are shown to played audience busy and amused. To tell you the truth I don’t know if power, gas, fuel shortages etc have taken us to Stone Age or not but the comedy plays have certainly taken us to 17th and 18th centuries.
We, as a nation, have not grown from our embryo. This had to happen when we have our ministers who are not the real representative of the public. This was inevitable when we have our country’s future carved by remote-controlled people like Altaf, who is so fond of Indian songs and who can speak for hours. There is no matured leader on the horizon. It is by all means an alarming situation especially when Indians fire and kill our soldiers on LOC.
