Nations support their heroes by all means. Writers write for them and singers sing songs for them. Pakistanis are a brilliant people. They are intelligent and resilient. They do wonders when it comes to their integrity and prestige. They unite when earthquakes jolt their country floods wash them away. They unite when their players show heroics in the stadia. These moments bring their true nationhood out of a seemingly unending hibernation.
They wait till a crisis hits and makes them feel Pakistaniat upon which they unite and respond to the crises.
Nations need long-lasting heroes to inspire generations to come. For this purpose, great nations continually work on infusing nationhood and persuading individuals to become heroes. Their heroes are born before the situation arises; unlike us who wait for a situation to arise and then start searching for a hero to appear and rescue.
For a truly Pakistani hero, Pakistaniat is something which should run in his veins every moment he lives. The realisation of Pakistaniat is something that one should start experiencing right from the cradle of ones mother, for the true heroes are born to only those nations which experience nationhood and need their national dreams to come true through some heroics.
In an age of poverty and famine of literary achievements in Pakistan, poets, writers and intellectuals will have to sacrifice their personal interests, and will have to re-assemble themselves for the sake of nationhood.
AHMAD HAMMAD
Lahore
