Pakistan is nearly around the age of 65 years. The journey of this country is filled with great tragedies, dramas, setbacks, misadventures, blunders and at the times earned defame and brought large scale humiliation to the Pakistani nation. It was 1947 when a new country took birth. Some say it was freed on the name of Islamic principles and others mention that it was meant to be secular, independent and democratic. Regardless of any interpretation the country couldn't achieve what it was destined to reach. Our contemporary society presents rather a bleak picture. The country is widely divided on the grounds of different ethnic groups, cultures, sects, religions and languages.
It should be stated that pluralism and differentiation in any society has great significance but there should be common grounds on nation statehood but unfortunetly the countrymen couldn't translate themselves into one nation. This clash of identity and self determination has seriously endangered the very existence of this country and this division will enormously help the forces engaged against Pakistan.
We ourselves are the responsible for this disarrayed country. Our rulers and leaders after the great QUAID-E-AZAM has made the mockery of this great nation. Our civil and military rulers, bureaucrats, judges have shaken the basic foundations of the country. They all worked for their personal and international interests on the name of national interests and agenda. Pakistan would have been better place to breathe had our national leaders didn't compromise on the road of peace, progress and prosperity. The collective opportunism of our past and present leadership has denied the real stature and recognition for all the countrymen.
We nowadays are identified as terrorists, perpetrators, war mongers, and are considered as grave threat for the global peace and security. Today's Pakistan is gripped with messy problems of terrorism, energy crisis, unemployment, law and order, economic degradation and above all clashes in the integral structure of the country amongst the countrymen. The strategic location otherwise a strength has turned out to be gateway for all the disturbances currently in the region on the label of "War against Terrorism".
Pakistan is gifted with all the resources i.e natural, agricultural, sea shores, mountains, manpower to overcome all the difficulties and problems looming large. The depleted and frustrated people need neat and clean leadership to perform at their potential and change the fortunes of the country. The prevailing gloomy picture has to go into dust and time has come to bring and vote for the leadership based on real credentials, criterion, credibility and statesmanship.
The country has great weapon in the form of the youth who consists of the 60% of the population. The youth has all the zeal, zest, and enigma to outperform and put up a glorious show to alter the sufferings and misfortunes of this country and turn it into a place worthwhile to exist. The youth has the last chance to develop the core leadership within themselves and provide the meaningful leadership to override the sins of the yesteryear. the country's like Malaysia and Turkey present a real models to imitate and march towards meaningful future and Arab revolution could also provide true inspiration and resilience against the patriarchal culture and come out of deep darkness.May coming years be sigh of relief for all the masses in totality and true statesmanship be the real gift to swallow.
