The dream that gone yellow?
If historical facts,documentary proofs and the unthinkable sacrifices of the people are momentarily forgotten and out of goodwill it is accepted that Pakistan is the result of Dr. Iqbal dream that was turned in to reality by Mr. Jinnah and his steno. This is being drilled in our minds for the last 66 years, better accept it.
The claim was to avoid subjugation and exploitation of the biggest minority, the Muslims by the larger Hindu majority. The fear was discrimination but our leaders failed to take precautionary measures that the new country is free of intra Muslims discrimination and prejudices. But unfortunately it became the state policy.
It was advocated that muslims should have a home where they can lead their lives according to their religious beliefs and protect their economical;7, political and social
interests without fear of the Hindu majority. The salient characters of the state will be a secular, democraticK and multinational state. The slogan was so attractive that bengali too were tempted to join,though they were not included in the original plan.
Who could imagine that the dream of Iqbal and its realisation by Mr. Jinnah will become the beginning of a long painful journey of the new nation of the purists ruled by the purist?, The dream will remain a dream with no realisation or end. It will be an agonising, traumatic journey with no end insight. There was no organisation behind with vision or well thought strategy and plan.
The land of the purist turned to be the most filthy. It was a struggle of an individual helped by his steno supported by a loose group of individuals who had neither knowledge nor vision. Politically dwarf, dropped out by the school of history with myopic vision. None of them was visionary in his own right but were following a leader.
Those knowing Mr, Jinnah very closely agree on certain characters of his personality. He was honest and hard working but having no streak of democratic thinking. He was blunt and harsh, not ready to listen to suggestions. Personality make up of a person does leave strong impressions on thought process, it was abundantly visible in his conduct of state affairs. The rest were political orphans. The companions of the Quaid were intellectually dishonest.
Jinnah took over as governor general with prime ministerial responsibilities. It was the worst form of centralisation of authority. His followers followed his footsteps without a second thought. Probably they had no capability of thinking or dreaming, if I may say so. Conspiracies, undemocratic culture, despots in different uniforms with same mental make up kept the show running in the name of Islam, national solidarity and Hindu phobia. People were denied the right of vote till 1970, press was gaged and freedom to assembly and speech was crushed with iron fist. The judiciary was the first one to surrender.
The individuals and their uniform changed with time but the mental make up remained the same. Ruthlessly undemocratic and anti- institutional. All means were used to suppress the people by the band of band masters. From physically disabled to schizophrenic ruled the country.
Where we stand today, is not a historical accident but our deeds of the past have led us to this juncture. Having no international standing, bankrupt.. State and government both are failing and the nation is sick. The masses have been forced by the system to be as corrupt as their masters. Those who claim to be totally honest unluckily did not get a chance. Those who claim to be moralist, is in fact a middle class morality Incapability to steal or rob is given the name of morality. Clearance loot is going on that brought us to the present sorry state.
Every self proclaimed purist is corrupt and is intolerant according to the status he enjoys in the society. The system is tailored for corruption. The population is mainly divided in two, vote sellers and vote buyers. The chosen purists instead legislating, is receiving huge amount for developments but used to bribe the masses. The only employer is the state where the jobs are on sale, through the touts, to the ever needy purists. Musharaf used to called it democracy from the roots. This rotten system was started by Ayub and reached its zenith during Zia and Musharaf rule.
Democracy has three salient characters. We practice government "by" the people but it is never "for" the people or "of" the people. There is no mechanism to make it work according to the spirit of democracy. The electoral system is tailored to serve the buyers and let the selling community remain the seller of their vote.
I have a gut feeling that individual awareness is pretty high but the political workers have failed to give it a collective direction. The specie called political workers is disappearing and being replaced by political qawals, chorus singer. The same applies to the political parties they are most undemocratic in nature. In the name of discipline every dissident voice is choked in the throat before it reaches lips.
Some of the political parties have very short life. What happened from 1947- 1971 sends a electric wave in the spinal cord of any one with feelings. The rulers were the most barbaric and were enjoying divine status like caliph or messenger. They ruled in the name of Islam, solidarity and threat from Hindu Bharat. It was strange paradox that numerically there were Muslim in India. It was the darkest period of Pakistan's history. People were killed randomly and tortured to death. But still some people continued the struggle of democracy.
In religious discrimination we have left India for behind. This is the sole aspect of life that we can tell Indians "catch if you can." It is unfortunate that intellectual corruption have compounded the problems. Pakistan is an infectious syndrome and any part that accept its writ is a new market sectarian killings like. Gilgit and northern areas once the most peaceful area are now the valleys of death. FATA must think twice before taking any step.
The nation is sick. Every stratum of the society is corrupt, dishonest and criminal minded. Not only the institution but the individuals too are unaware of their jurisdiction. The word jurisdiction is a bitter pill,every one refuse to take.
The electoral system needs radical targeted changes. The nation building process should go hand in hand. The system has forced the lower class to accept criminality or they commit crimes on behalf of the higher class. The higher class is genetically corrupt and survives on corruption. Majority of them are those least aware of legislation and master of all possible treacherous dishonesty. If one is a security risk the other is danger to federation. Some chosen went to the house on bike and returned in cars worth millions. To them dishonesty is trick of the trade and the best trade is election with no fear of loss. Carry on cleo game is on.
Dr. Khurshid Alam
khurshidalam44@hotmail.com
1/9/2012
If historical facts,documentary proofs and the unthinkable sacrifices of the people are momentarily forgotten and out of goodwill it is accepted that Pakistan is the result of Dr. Iqbal dream that was turned in to reality by Mr. Jinnah and his steno. This is being drilled in our minds for the last 66 years, better accept it.
The claim was to avoid subjugation and exploitation of the biggest minority, the Muslims by the larger Hindu majority. The fear was discrimination but our leaders failed to take precautionary measures that the new country is free of intra Muslims discrimination and prejudices. But unfortunately it became the state policy.
It was advocated that muslims should have a home where they can lead their lives according to their religious beliefs and protect their economical;7, political and social
interests without fear of the Hindu majority. The salient characters of the state will be a secular, democraticK and multinational state. The slogan was so attractive that bengali too were tempted to join,though they were not included in the original plan.
Who could imagine that the dream of Iqbal and its realisation by Mr. Jinnah will become the beginning of a long painful journey of the new nation of the purists ruled by the purist?, The dream will remain a dream with no realisation or end. It will be an agonising, traumatic journey with no end insight. There was no organisation behind with vision or well thought strategy and plan.
The land of the purist turned to be the most filthy. It was a struggle of an individual helped by his steno supported by a loose group of individuals who had neither knowledge nor vision. Politically dwarf, dropped out by the school of history with myopic vision. None of them was visionary in his own right but were following a leader.
Those knowing Mr, Jinnah very closely agree on certain characters of his personality. He was honest and hard working but having no streak of democratic thinking. He was blunt and harsh, not ready to listen to suggestions. Personality make up of a person does leave strong impressions on thought process, it was abundantly visible in his conduct of state affairs. The rest were political orphans. The companions of the Quaid were intellectually dishonest.
Jinnah took over as governor general with prime ministerial responsibilities. It was the worst form of centralisation of authority. His followers followed his footsteps without a second thought. Probably they had no capability of thinking or dreaming, if I may say so. Conspiracies, undemocratic culture, despots in different uniforms with same mental make up kept the show running in the name of Islam, national solidarity and Hindu phobia. People were denied the right of vote till 1970, press was gaged and freedom to assembly and speech was crushed with iron fist. The judiciary was the first one to surrender.
The individuals and their uniform changed with time but the mental make up remained the same. Ruthlessly undemocratic and anti- institutional. All means were used to suppress the people by the band of band masters. From physically disabled to schizophrenic ruled the country.
Where we stand today, is not a historical accident but our deeds of the past have led us to this juncture. Having no international standing, bankrupt.. State and government both are failing and the nation is sick. The masses have been forced by the system to be as corrupt as their masters. Those who claim to be totally honest unluckily did not get a chance. Those who claim to be moralist, is in fact a middle class morality Incapability to steal or rob is given the name of morality. Clearance loot is going on that brought us to the present sorry state.
Every self proclaimed purist is corrupt and is intolerant according to the status he enjoys in the society. The system is tailored for corruption. The population is mainly divided in two, vote sellers and vote buyers. The chosen purists instead legislating, is receiving huge amount for developments but used to bribe the masses. The only employer is the state where the jobs are on sale, through the touts, to the ever needy purists. Musharaf used to called it democracy from the roots. This rotten system was started by Ayub and reached its zenith during Zia and Musharaf rule.
Democracy has three salient characters. We practice government "by" the people but it is never "for" the people or "of" the people. There is no mechanism to make it work according to the spirit of democracy. The electoral system is tailored to serve the buyers and let the selling community remain the seller of their vote.
I have a gut feeling that individual awareness is pretty high but the political workers have failed to give it a collective direction. The specie called political workers is disappearing and being replaced by political qawals, chorus singer. The same applies to the political parties they are most undemocratic in nature. In the name of discipline every dissident voice is choked in the throat before it reaches lips.
Some of the political parties have very short life. What happened from 1947- 1971 sends a electric wave in the spinal cord of any one with feelings. The rulers were the most barbaric and were enjoying divine status like caliph or messenger. They ruled in the name of Islam, solidarity and threat from Hindu Bharat. It was strange paradox that numerically there were Muslim in India. It was the darkest period of Pakistan's history. People were killed randomly and tortured to death. But still some people continued the struggle of democracy.
In religious discrimination we have left India for behind. This is the sole aspect of life that we can tell Indians "catch if you can." It is unfortunate that intellectual corruption have compounded the problems. Pakistan is an infectious syndrome and any part that accept its writ is a new market sectarian killings like. Gilgit and northern areas once the most peaceful area are now the valleys of death. FATA must think twice before taking any step.
The nation is sick. Every stratum of the society is corrupt, dishonest and criminal minded. Not only the institution but the individuals too are unaware of their jurisdiction. The word jurisdiction is a bitter pill,every one refuse to take.
The electoral system needs radical targeted changes. The nation building process should go hand in hand. The system has forced the lower class to accept criminality or they commit crimes on behalf of the higher class. The higher class is genetically corrupt and survives on corruption. Majority of them are those least aware of legislation and master of all possible treacherous dishonesty. If one is a security risk the other is danger to federation. Some chosen went to the house on bike and returned in cars worth millions. To them dishonesty is trick of the trade and the best trade is election with no fear of loss. Carry on cleo game is on.
Dr. Khurshid Alam
khurshidalam44@hotmail.com
1/9/2012
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