“11th May voting isn’t between two parties, but in fact it
is between two ideologies, two visions, two generations and two school of
thoughts”
After 5 years of lawlessness, economic turmoil, energy
crisis, corruption and number of other issues we are set to vote on 11th
May 2013 that is only a day away from today, in fact less than a day. After
tasting the fruits of democracy with patience and tolerance, this nation is all
set to choose its next set of representatives. The important point to ponder
here is whether this time democracy will be the best revenge from corrupt elite
of the country or will it be a revenge from masses for again trusting the
democracy? This is the real test of our knowledge, conscience and abilities.
Whether we will be able to choose representatives that represent us or whether
we will again be choosing the people that represent forces who don’t have
interest in this homeland. This will be purely our decision and if we handed
over the country to corrupt elite once again then it won’t be ethically
justified on part of us to rebel against that system. We will then have to live
by our choice.
In my 27 years of life, I have witnessed four general
elections i.e. 1993, 1997, 2002, 2008. Fortunately or unfortunately I wasn’t
able to vote in any of them, in first 3 due to age and in last one due to
professional commitments. These elections are the first one in which I am
passionate and eager to vote and this isn’t a case with me only, this is the
case with millions of young people who are desperate to exercise their right of
vote for the very first time in their life and are desperate to show that
revolution can’t only be brought by rallying in streets but through exercise of
vote. None of us had any idea that how much a stamp can change our fate and our
lives but the last 5 years of revenge by democratic forces opened up our eyes.
This is in fact a make or break time for all of us. Either
we can make ourselves a nation or can break ourselves further into more sects,
cultures and ethnicities. Being a learned, knowledgeable generation of digital
age, it is our responsibility to make our choice with due diligence and convince
others to vote too for right ideology and leadership. We need to ensure that
this time we don’t let religion, ethnicity, family or any other factor hijack
our opinion and we vote only on the basis of ideology and in the best interest
of this homeland. If we lost this golden opportunity and handed over the
country to those who are not able to run the state of affairs properly then we
will be culprits for our upcoming generations and they will never forgive us.
May Allah (SWT) help us in choosing the right and May Pakistan
prosper by leaps and bounds.
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