Islamic values

Pakistan was created for the Muslims of the sub-continent with only one argument that Muslims are a different nation and need a separate state to practice its religion – Islam. The Muslims could not live with Hindu majority population where Hindus worship cows and Muslims eat cows besides host of other differences in historical and cultural values.
With this background of creation of a separate state, Pakistan should practice Islamic values as dictated by Quran and Sunnah. No doubt our constitution lays down in its Objective Resolutions that no law would be framed which is repugnant to Quran and Sunnah, but what use this resolution is when nothing is seen according to Quran and Sunnah in the state. The case in point is the recent appearance of pictures of our foreign minister meeting with foreign dignitaries. She should not shake hand with male diplomats/officials thus projecting wrong Islamic values to other countries and not justifying representing a Muslim country.
Similarly, with the exception of very few, majority of the lady parliamentarians are exhibitionists with full makeup from beauty parlours before coming to the parliament and mixing freely with male colleagues. This observation by no means is extremist mindset. The conduct of women in the parliament or the lady ministers is seen all over the world. If they do not follow Islamic values, the non-Muslims would make a mockery of our Islamic values where a Muslim woman is not supposed to touch a stranger (ghair mehrem) and they have to cover their body parts as given in Sura-e-Noor (Chap18 Ayat 31) and Sura-e-Ahzaab Ehzaab (Chap 22 Ayat 59).
I strongly feel if our lady parliamentarians and ministers dress up according to Quran and Sunnah, they would look more graceful and convey the correct Islamic values to their counterparts of non-Muslim countries.
MUHAMMAD AZHAR KHWAJA
Lahore