Live or leave Pakistan

The history of Pakistan shows the fertility of this land, which had given birth to great leaders, brilliant scientists, sports legends, great musician and so many other exclusive personalities. The thin but brilliant and sharp minded Quaid-e-Azam who gave us the separate homeland, the visionary Poet Allama Iqbal who brought out the Muslim's from the hibernation period, the straight forward and man of his words Z.A Bhutto who gave the 1973 constitution and intoduced true democracy in the country, the trustworthy Dr. A Q Khan who strengthened the backbone of the country, the charming cricketer Imran Khan and so many other great thinkers by whom guidance,  we got the right track and a hope for bright future. All these great leaders gave a special importance to the youth, especially the students because of which youth of that time are always engaged in politics, education, sports and all the positive activities. But on the other hand if we observed the current situation of our country and analyzed the present uncertainty, we can see so many hopeless faces all around us. Individuals are scattered on different tracks and no one knows which one is right. There is no one to guide them and provide them a solid platform. It forced me to think about the future and the youth of this country. I have a fear if situation remains the same, it will be hard to see any 'Quaid or Iqbal' in the future and also the available talent will be shifted from our country to abroad. There is clear difference in Quaid's dreams and Today's Pakistan, which force the youth workforce to move abroad. Instead of providing their services in their own country they preferred to work abroad. While addressing the National Assembly on 11th August 1947 Jinnah said: ''The first duty of a government is to maintain law and order so that the life, property and religious beliefs, caste or creed; it has nothing to do with the business of state. Now I think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in the course of time, Hindus would cease to be Hindu and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense because this is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as the citizens of a state''. A comparison's of these words and the present situation shows that Jinnah's words have failed to attract the attention of the masses. Law and order situation is unique in Pakistan as clear in the case of deposed Chief Justice Ch Iftihar Muhammad, suicide and terrorist attacks are routine events because of which people are not save even in their own homes. These are the circumstances, which confused the younger generation either to: Live or Leave Pakistan? Today's youth is worried about their future and by observing the day-to-day increasing instability; they believe their future will be insecure here in their own country. Because of this scenario, instead of living they are leaving their own homeland and prefer to spend the life of exile in abroad.     The answer is not that much difficult if every one his/her responsibilities, but the thing is that instead of performing our own duties we are blaming one another. The older generation blames the elders and the elders are not satisfied with the deeds of their older. Today older generation cries that:That why did we ask for freedom? We are just giving what had been given to us since we were born, we have only seen, political conflicts, inflation, corruption and favoritism. This is a country, which does not accept the degree of its own educational institutes. They preferred foreign degrees. These are the facts, which ruin our abilities and force us to leave the country. Aneesa Bano

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