I honestly believe that time is running out for our dear homeland. Foreign hounds lurk at our ideological and geographical borders, drooling over our natural resources and our nuclear assets. They have successfully managed to bring us on the verge of disaster, and now they wait like hyenas for us to collapse so that they can devour the spoils.
Patriotism necessitates hope; the hope that we will be saved, that someone somewhere will stand up and fight for us; a Leader. And hence we sit and wait for him but we fail to understand that if we do our part and right our own individual wrongs we do not need a hero or a messiah to save us. A leader needs to be complimented by those he leads.
Even if we do find an honest, sincere leader, who is going to vote for him? And even if he does somehow manage to find a constituency of genuinely patriotic Pakistanis who ignore all considerations of ‘biradriism’, financial well being, social stature, party affiliations etc and elect him to the assembly, will he manage to bag enough votes to be the Chief Minister, Prime Minister or President?
How many MNAs or MPAs would vote for him knowing that he will not allow corruption, that he will discourage and eliminate kickbacks and commissions, that he will not distribute licenses for prohibited bore weapons like they were cheap toys, that he will not oblige them with quotas in government jobs playing havoc with merit, that he will not allow any luxurious perks for them that our exchequer can’t afford.
Leaders are not imported; they are born amongst their people in an environment that allows them to grow as patriots. Time is of the essence and we desperately need to end our slumber, become a nation and save ourselves.
ZAFAR ZULQURNAIN SAHI
United Kingdom
some of really do want our country to be free of biradriism and all. but do you think we are brave enough to stand against it. I know this for a fact that even today if the head of the village says to vote for a party the people will follow him, without even thinking if that party is good for them. do you think even i and you can stand against our elders and vote for the right person.
even if as a nation we get together who will convince our elders to allow us to stand against the ‘biradriism’, financial well being, social stature, party affiliations etc.
All of the young literate youth has to first wake up their elders and their family members from the slumber we all are in and think of the country before our personnel profit and well being. It takes a lifetime or somtimes even more to bring a change. but we should be able to tell our children and above all our Allah that we tried our best to do our part.
may Allah give us strength to make this country a better place. ameen
Well said!!
The foremost job is not to find the perfect leader for our nation, rather it is to make everyone understand the importance of that leader to our beloved state!
For instance, if I take part in the elections, my whole extended family will be voting for me just because we are related, not because they think that I'm a better candidate for it! Likewise, social pressures push people to vote for those who are not worthy enough to be supported. We lack the courage to go against the odds and vote for a better person. Deep inside everyone is guilty of committing such action in one way or the other. We know that we break traffic rules or drive without licence, we are afraid that if things are put into order then we'll suffer. We know that if rules are reinforced and executed there would be no chance of corruption, again our loss. We all are a part of this chain reaction where if everything goes right and according to rule then our bank accounts will suffer!!
I believe that we first need a change in thinking of people. To make everyone think for the "Greater Good"!!!
then, I think, everyone will develop a spark of a leader. Only then we can prosper!
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