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Sixty six
years back on this very day a country named “Pakistan” came into being as a
result of years of long struggle of Muslims of sub-continent under the
leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
The purpose was to provide a peaceful place to all Muslims and
Non-Muslims to live a happy life. On august 11, 1947 Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali
Jinnah in his address to the members of constituent assembly said:
“You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are
free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of
Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed — that has nothing
to do with the business of the State... We are starting with this fundamental
principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State... I think
we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in due
course Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims,
not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each
individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the State.”
Quaid’s vision was very clear for Pakistan and under his
leadership this country was moving in right direction but unfortunately we lost
him after almost a year of Pakistan’s creation and since then we lost the
track. Today we are not free. We can’t freely go to mosques, temples or at any
other place. We are in constant state of fear and insecurity. We are not being
judged by our intentions and motives to work but by our religion, caste and
creed.
Since Quaid’s death we kept in getting troubles but never
found a way to get out of troubles. 3 years after Quaid’s death, Pakistan’s
first prime minister got killed. The country which was supposed to be a
democratic state wasn’t able to draft its constitution for 9 years. With
continuous topples from military establishments, the democracy was never given
a real chance to flourish. But whenever it got a chance the politicians also disappointed.
Only because of these internal conflicts, after 24 years of independence we
lost one part of Pakistan called “East Pakistan” in 1971. But we never learnt
from our mistakes and kept on committing old and new mistakes just to bring
more agony. Due to continuous hide and seek of democracy and dictators,
Pakistan is now moving to become a failed state.
Our country is in all sorts of trouble as of today. Not a
single institution and pillar of state seems to be working. We have a crippling
economy, worst law and order, energy crisis, bad governance, inflation,
education, health and lots of other issues. We are not living as a nation but
individuals. Every day this country has to face a new trauma, remedy of which
remains unknown to all.
At 66th Independence Day, I honestly feel that we
aren’t independent anymore. Our minds have been hijacked and our soil is in
control of non-state actors. Our economy is being run by IMF and our education
system is pathetic. Our decisions are made in U.S, Saudi Arabia and GHQ.
Independent nations are those who have independence to do whatever they like
under the constitution but that is not the case here. Sadly but truly, I am not
going to celebrate this Independence Day. I feel it isn’t the right time. I
will keep on working for bringing a positive image of this country and will
celebrate Independence Day when we will truly be independent. Long Live
Pakistan
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