On Pakistan, it''s
History- It''s
Present! Hira HanifPakistan is not only a country; it''s a history! A history in which sons and brothers of a certain Mughal emperor fought with each other to have the throne and then gave it peacefully to the ones whom they didn''t even know! From Dutch to Portuguese and from the French to the British, everyone ruled over the miserable land, which was known as the Subcontinent. Now, things are quite changed! Pakistan was declared "free" on 14th August, 1947; from that time to now it is not ruled by anyone from France or the leaders from the distributed territories of Britain and US, rather it had been ruled by the political agencies whose leaders sit in London with about sixty people who aid them in their cause for the "betterment" of our land and are currently workless, but still living with the expense of 100 pounds each. Taking the responsibility of some land is surely full of rewards!Moreover it is ruled by the ministers who support Bush to kill Osama Bin Laden and get the promises of high seats. It''s full of incompetent fascists, corporatists, and halfing faggot god-on-a-stick Musharraf-besotted fanatics against bleeding heart Liberals, welfare pimps, military dictatorships, Enviro-whiner ninnies, feminizes, and Queer Nation.Still among the Liberals Pakistan is in the mode of progress. Government has enough funds to picture down the underpasses of Dubai and build them in the areas where the British Raj is still on or from where the cars of their relatives pass through. Worst still, when asked about the progress of the country what you get in reply is not that "We are trying"; it is "Pakistan is a third-world country, after all". Its about to be the 60th year of independence on this 14th August and we are still lying in such an atmosphere of chaos where our destiny is decided by a first-world country. We have third-world water and third-hand fashion. We have a population in which 60% are those people who are leading a rural life and the rest of 40% is either struggling for employment or is based in the third-class areas of the first class cities. A very little part of the latter percentage of our population can be taken as "high-class", which couldn''t even be counted as the 5% of the population of Pakistan!If we say, "we are free" after this all we might actually be subscribing to the notion that "our freedom is also as handicapped as our past, present and sadly future too". My perception of the current situation of Pakistan is very much relevant to the below poetry by Habib Jalib entitled "dastoor";Deep jis ka mehallat hee main jalaychund logoon ki khushyoon ko lay kar chalayWoh jo saye main har muslehat kay palayaisay dastoor ko, subha-e- bay noor komain naheen maanta, main naeehn jaanta Mein bhi khayef naheen takhta-e-daar sayMein bhi Mansoor hoon, keh do aghyaar sayKyun dartay ho zindaan ki deewaar sayzulm ki baat ko, jehl ki raat komain naheen maanta, main naheen jaanta Phool shakoon pay khilnay lagay, tum kahoJam rindoon ko milnay lagay, tum kahoChak seenon kay silnay lagay, tum kahoiss khulay jhoot ko, zehan ki loot koMain naheen maanta, main naheen jaanta Tum nain loota hai sadiyoon hamara sukoonAb na hum par chalay ga tumhara fasoonCharagar main tumheen kis tarah say kahoontum naheen charagar, koi manay magarmain naheen maanta, main naheen jaantaTranslation:He whose light shines only in palacesWho seeks only to please the few?Who moves in the shadows of compromise?Such a debased tradition, such a dark dawnI do no know, I will not own Lik audacious Mansoor, I declareI have no dread of the hangman''s plankWhy do you fear the prison walls!These acts of cruelty, these nights in ignoranceI will not accept, I will not condone You say: flowers are blooming on branchesYou say: the deprived are receiving wineYou say: their bruised chests are healingThis blatant lie, this corruption of the intellectI will not accept, I will not accept For centud us of peaceYour spells can no longer bedevil usHow can I call you as my saviourSome may call you a saviour, but not meI do not accept, I will not own.
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