A wakeup call.

By Arshia Azhar.

Revolutions have had revolutionary effects on countries, nations, groups and empires. It is evident from history that a nation cannot live under tyranny or adverse conditions for long and that the rulers who are not able to govern properly ultimately have to face the wrath of their people in the form of a revolution. In Pakistan the conditions at the moment are adverse and challenging for the people. Ever since the democratic government has taken charge the numbers of suicide incidents in the country have increased. An ordinary person who earns eight to ten thousand a month is hardly able to feed himself and his family thrice a day. To make the matters worse governments’ inability to control price hike has made the situation even worse. Such has been the performance of this government that people now want the previous government of a dictator back. The last two and a half years have been characterized by corruption, inefficiency, political war between the two major parties, foreign tours which are good for nothing, lack of development, poor getting poorer, rich getting richer and last but not the least lack of security for the people. In such a situation the people of Pakistan have to come out on the roads and fight for their rights. The lack of their participation in politics as mentioned in the previous articles has led to this situation so this the right time to correct the past mistakes and revive the glory of Pakistan and its people. No or little accountability has made the politicians to take this nation as granted and do whatever. They know that come the next elections we will be in the parliament again. This sort of thinking needs to be changed and it is obligatory for us to make them realize that whatever they are doing is wrong. I am not of the view that each and every politician is corrupt; it is our system that is corrupt. It is a shame for us to be the 32^nd most corrupt country in the world. Other countries don’t trust us anymore; the fact that the foreign countries and organization gave their donations to the non-government organizations instead of the government of Pakistan after the floods is very derogatory for us. It is a dilemma which has to be changed. People around the world consider Pakistan as a failed state because of our internal conditions and situation.

In order to change the current scenario of our homeland we need a revolution. A revolution led by a group of people who know regarding how to lead this country. The people of Pakistan have to come out of their nutshells and fight for their due rights. The political system has to be changed; corrupt politicians should be sent to jail and proper accountability has to be held. We have to set an example for everyone, an example that does not give anyone the strength and courage to do wrong to his country ever again. Pakistan has all the ingredients to be a successful prosperous country. The available resources, labor and talent is unmatched; need of the hour is to polish it and utilize it in an efficient manner. It is true that we as a nation have not played our role properly in the development of this country. This is the time to correct our mistakes and do something for this country that has given us a lot. Go ask the Kashmirs’, the Palestinians’ about independence and they will tell how badly they need it and how much they have suffered just because they don’t have freedom. It is sad that my generation and my parents’ generation forgot what our forefathers did to get this piece of land. Their sacrifices have been forgotten totally. We need to try our level best to turn this Pakistan into a Pakistan of Quaid-e-Azam and the only way to do this is revolution. The Muslims of the subcontinent brought a revolution in the region by getting independence from the British; we need another revolution to make Pakistan a strong country that can face any external threat bravely.