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ARE WE FREE?

On August 11, 1947, Pakistan’s founding father Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah famously declared:
“You are free, you are free to go to your temples; you are free to go to your mosques or any other place of worship in the state of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed – that has nothing to do with the business of the state.”
Nearly 69 years have passed and Pakistan, our beloved country no longer bleeds green. The country now bleeds red. A country that came into being with the thought of preserving its own values, religion, culture and beliefs along with its national heritage by its ancestors who sacrificed their bones instead of bricks, blood instead of water and flesh instead of mud.
Now can we really ask ourselves are we free?
May be on paper or verbally we can say yes but what about the heavy taxes submitted by us as if we are trading black money, what about those mothers who send their kids to schools with the hope of their return but they never return, what about those wives who send their husbands on duty with the hope of seeing them again but they are martyred.
ARE WE REALLY FREE WITH THE FEELING OF INSECURITY? ARE WE?
------Nigar Fatima Arif
(PAKAIMS) Lahore
Mmarif90@hotmail.com

Evolution in the Culture of Pakistan

DEMOLITION OF MORAL VALUES IN THE NAME OF CULTURE IN PAKISTAN

Pakistan, a state which came into being in the name of Islam. A state which was considered to be the only Islamic centred state in the whole south asia. After effortless struggle of great leaders and numerous sacrifices of our ancestors this state came into existence not only to equip their upcomng generation with a better place to live but also to safeguard the cultural values, traditons and beliefs.

A state born in 1947 with lots of hopes of optimism and positivity if we see it now where it is? If we compare present with the past everything has been changed since then. I don’t say that don’t progress or equip  yourself with the changing environment neither I say become stagnant and shut your eyes. But that doesn’t really mean that you forget your originality or uniqueness that makes you differet from others and indulge yourself such that you lose your own identity in the race becoming updated or in simpler words modern.

From politics to media, from home to school, college, university or office, from roads to parks or shopping malls, everywhere there is corruption, fear, terror and pessimism.  Hope and positivism are just lost.

If I talk about politics, the turn wise polictical rivalries are into the race by pulling eachother’s leg with the help of media. Media on the other hand which began its status with a single channel and now there are hundreds in number competing only for ratings regardless of what they are showing or promoting. In my opinion media is fueling pessimism more whatever the source or medium may be.

Then comes the home where young generation thoughts of being more accurate then their elders and disrespects their values and beliefs by simply figuring them as old ones. Same is the case at schools, colleges and universities latest fashion adoption is given more priority then quality education by the students irrespective of teacher’s requirement.

The involement of indian and english values in our islamic values has ruined the our current and forthcoming generation. This state since its birth is surviving safely from its enemies and from us only because of some miracle otherwise in my opinion we haven’t left any effort to destroy it with our own hands. The dream of a peaceful Pakistan has already been broken.

May ALLAH make us the source to keep our country safe and sound.

 Nigar Fatima Arif

(PAKAIMS) Lahore

Mmarif90@hotmail.com

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