The human aspect of
development has always aliened man from his surrounding, his social
responsibilities. More individualistic has he become amid personal development.
The ethical sense of him has vanished and so the sense of social
responsibilities.
Gone are the days when
man was ready to initiate social change. Idealists are gradually decreasing in
number. Sense of greed is taking over sense of service and volunteerism seems
to many a wastage of time.
People supposed to serve
people are serving their own cults and interests. Focus has shifted to
accumulate more and more wealth and power. Society has largely engulfed its
middle class. Every year, either poor turns to be more poor and rich more
richer.
God is used to terrorize
people. Curriculum is taught to spread more hatred on the base of color, creed,
language and sects. Space for diversity is shrinking. Those propagating
pluralism and diversity are labelled as atheists and sick-minded
individuals. The society has failed to value pluralism and diversity.
A nation afraid of its
minority identity prior to independence is coaxing its citizen belonging to
minority sects after becoming a majority in their independent state. Constitution
of the country prohibits any Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh to hold key
government posts. Those high up posts are allocated for Muslims only.
Every day papers are
filled with stories of gang rapes, bodies burnt by putting acid on, killing in the
name of honor. Poor Christians are put under bars in blasphemy cases, poor
Hindus are discriminated in aid distribution during flood crisis. Hazaras of
Baluchistan are lined up and shouted in front of their children and women.
People are picked up from their homes without any search warrants. Mosques have
become a place to spread hatred and preach bigotry. Religious leaders publicly
ask people to kill apostates. Many states within states are functioning for
establishing their own laws. Economy is reeling back. Unemployment is
increasing. Universities leak the exam papers and it has become a major source
of earning for academic intellectuals.
Judging Pakistan and
analyzing its future is not an easy task. Any analyst, expert, activists can
never understand this country and there is reason to not believe what they say
or consider authentic. Pakistan is indeed a hard country; understanding of this
country needs much more sensitivity and focused thinking, which seems to be
impossibility in a country where inequality runs in every soul.
