Pakistan: the world's most dangerous place
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The Economist, the world’s most authoritative newspaper, in its recent published article (dated January 04, 20008) has anointed Pakistan "the world's most dangerous place". No wonder, why it (Pakistan) is not. Here is the answer: Pakistan was created on August 14 1947. Since then it has been totally a failure country ---- politically, socially, religiously, and ethnically. It has never adhered to those golden principles for which it was created. In a speech delivered before the first constituent assembly of Pakistan on 11th August 1947, Quaid-e-Azam said: “the first duty of the government is to maintain law and order and to ensure that the life, property and religious beliefs of the citizens are fully protected.” Giving a message to the scouts on 22nd December 1947, he observed that the young people should eschew violence of thought, word and action. Reflecting upon the future constitution of Pakistan the Quaid said: “The Constitution of Pakistan has yet to be framed by the constituent Assembly of Pakistan. I don’t know what the ultimate shape of this constitution is going to be, but I am sure that it will be of a democratic type embodying the essential principles of Islam. Today they are as applicable in actual life as these were 1300 years ago. Islam and its idealism have taught us democracy. It has taught us equality of man, justice and fair play to everybody. We are the inheritors of the glorious traditions and are fully alive to our responsibilities and obligations as framers of the future constitution of Pakistan”. The above-mentioned principles have never been followed in letter and spirit. These tenets have been ridiculed by those at the helm of affairs. In the first place, law and order situation in our country is extremely bad. There is chaos throughout the country. Rules and regulations are not being practised. In Pakistan, laws are flouted so brazenly that fresh violations come as no surprise. We should remember that Rule of law is the sine qua non of good governance which unfortunately we have not. Consequently the whole country has been thrown into tailspin. In terms of terrorism and extremism, Pakistan has emerged as the most dangerous country in the entire world. We have set the most horrible examples of terrorism, extremism, sectarianism, and intolerance in our country. Hardly a day goes by without the terrorists and extremists shedding the blood of the innocent people. What to talk of common people even leaders of the highest class are not safe in this country. Liaqat Ali Khan, Miss Fatima Jinnah, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Zia-ul-Haq, and the recent brutal assassination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi, which is the headquarters of the Pakistan army, are some of the examples which suggest that no one is safe in this country. Terrorism and extremism have threatened the very existence of our state. The establishment has been absolutely failed to bring the wrongdoers to book. Terrorists are on the go without any fear. It is because of police laxity that most of the terrorists have always gone scot-free. Consequently our country has turned into killing fields. Politically our is the most unstable country. In the brief history of our country we have witnessed more military regimes than democratic ones. We have been ruled more by dictators than peoples’ chosen representatives. Throughout Pakistan’s history military leadership has always paid lip-service to democratic forms, hence democracy is not taking roots in our country. And no doubt, the current crisis is due to the absence of democratic regime in our country. Last but not the least, constitution is the fundamental law of a state. No state can be run without a constitution even for a single day. The Founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam had a very high spiritual and moral ideal in mind which he wanted to achieve. He strongly desired that the constitution of Pakistan should be modeled on these high moral ideals and should reflect the true spirit of Islamic nationhood. Unfortunately we have never followed this advice. The constitution which we have today is the not the one we had in 1973. It has never been in its original shape. Our leaders have made a mockery of it by distorting its original shape. So far 18 amendments have been made in it. Having said all this, it can be safely concluded that today Pakistan is passing through a very critical situation. The state of affairs have gone out of control now. The wrong policies of our leaders have led Pakistan to where it is today. Our leaders should now own up to the damages they have caused to this country. They should not labour under the delusion that the situation would improve. They must read the plain writing on the wall. The prevailing situation can further lead to a potential snowballing of terrorism and extremism.
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