Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal’s dream of Pakistan turned into a reality on 14th August 1947. Surely, they did not know that the Pakistan they dreamt about is still far from reality. Though, despite of its socio-political problems Pakistan has done considerably well in the past 60 years but that doesn’t not mean in any regard that the performance has been remarkable.
Since its birth, Pakistan had an agricultural based economy. The reason for this purely was the fertile land where anything and everything could be grown. Surprisingly, in Pakistan you can grow any crop, just name it and we will grow it for you. Moreover, most of the population at the time of independence was into farming. Therefore, Pakistan was the best place for investment in agricultural sector because of three factors - fertile land, cheap and experienced labor and a warm water sea port. Fortunately, we were given these three factors on a plate, we just had to cook these three ingredients properly and we would just have to put the morsel in our mouth properly so that it does not create a supply dilemma.
But, rather than putting a morsel one at a time, we gulped down these three essential which are vital to quarantine hunger at one go. This has brought to us a stage where we could be choked to death because we are unable to digest it. Pakistan was an agricultural based society and it should have always been the preference. The government should have implemented agricultural reforms, where the government had to first introduce land reforms, second it had to provide training and consultation for the farmers which crops to grow and how and lastly it had to provide them subsidies so they could have maximized profits which would help to increase the output gradually. Moreover, the leaders of Pakistan at a too early stage transformed Pakistan’s economy to an industrialized one. This move was the feather which broke the back of the camel. Pakistan was a child in a cradle and not ready for this!
Neither did it have the resources nor did it have the expertise. The best ‘MADE IN PAKISTAN’ products are its food items. People world over are crazy about Pakistani Mangoes than an Adam Motor Company’s Revo(Bet, many don’t know what Revo is! Google about it to find out what it is!). To make things easier we would consider the example of UAE. UAE has an oil-based economy and the realized this fact from day 1 due to the fact it had visionary leaders who thought about long term benefits.
Only recently, the UAE economy has diversified towards commerce and tourism after it achieved self sufficiency. But, still the major chunk of the money coming to them is from the oil sector despite of Dubai being the Capital of Arabia.
Unfortunately, we forgot the ground reality that we are farmers and not big belly industrialists. The reason for the development of this thought was due to the constant power game by our incumbent leaders who were always hunger for power and personal success rather than mutual prosperity. It transformed the thoughts of the majority towards corruption because it brings both power and money rapid fast. The development of this thought therefore has now brought its evil effects which are pinching the pockets of the general public. It feels that the saying ‘What you bow is what you reap,” truly depicts the situation in our country. Moreover another side effect of this thought has made the people very materialistic. People can actually weigh if a man/woman is first-rate or not by the virtue of his/her bank balance.
We need to educate ourselves, and then expect a revolution to come and save us. We need have a proper system of governance which excludes the ‘few with vested views’. No good news will come on TV if we sit at home and wait for the hero to save us because the nation which waits for a hero to come and save them is the unluckiest of all. We have to believe that with mutual support and brotherhood we all can be the HEROES Pakistan is waiting for and then I can bet easily that TV channels would be full of good news! Therefore, we can still fill the gaps left by our self interested ‘servants’ by starting to believe in our capabilities.
On 14th August 2008, Pakistan would be 61 years old which could be personified as a gorgeous man full of young blood but transforming towards ugliness and weakness due to the TERMITES* eating it up. But, can the YOUNG BLOOD* fight and kick out the termites? The answer should be a positive one and come before 14th August 2009, or else it might be just a bit too late.
* TERMITES – The Present Leaders of Pakistan = the so called People of Pakistan.
* YOUNG BLOOD – The Future Leaders of Pakistan = the People of Pakistan.
Since its birth, Pakistan had an agricultural based economy. The reason for this purely was the fertile land where anything and everything could be grown. Surprisingly, in Pakistan you can grow any crop, just name it and we will grow it for you. Moreover, most of the population at the time of independence was into farming. Therefore, Pakistan was the best place for investment in agricultural sector because of three factors - fertile land, cheap and experienced labor and a warm water sea port. Fortunately, we were given these three factors on a plate, we just had to cook these three ingredients properly and we would just have to put the morsel in our mouth properly so that it does not create a supply dilemma.
But, rather than putting a morsel one at a time, we gulped down these three essential which are vital to quarantine hunger at one go. This has brought to us a stage where we could be choked to death because we are unable to digest it. Pakistan was an agricultural based society and it should have always been the preference. The government should have implemented agricultural reforms, where the government had to first introduce land reforms, second it had to provide training and consultation for the farmers which crops to grow and how and lastly it had to provide them subsidies so they could have maximized profits which would help to increase the output gradually. Moreover, the leaders of Pakistan at a too early stage transformed Pakistan’s economy to an industrialized one. This move was the feather which broke the back of the camel. Pakistan was a child in a cradle and not ready for this!
Neither did it have the resources nor did it have the expertise. The best ‘MADE IN PAKISTAN’ products are its food items. People world over are crazy about Pakistani Mangoes than an Adam Motor Company’s Revo(Bet, many don’t know what Revo is! Google about it to find out what it is!). To make things easier we would consider the example of UAE. UAE has an oil-based economy and the realized this fact from day 1 due to the fact it had visionary leaders who thought about long term benefits.
Only recently, the UAE economy has diversified towards commerce and tourism after it achieved self sufficiency. But, still the major chunk of the money coming to them is from the oil sector despite of Dubai being the Capital of Arabia.
Unfortunately, we forgot the ground reality that we are farmers and not big belly industrialists. The reason for the development of this thought was due to the constant power game by our incumbent leaders who were always hunger for power and personal success rather than mutual prosperity. It transformed the thoughts of the majority towards corruption because it brings both power and money rapid fast. The development of this thought therefore has now brought its evil effects which are pinching the pockets of the general public. It feels that the saying ‘What you bow is what you reap,” truly depicts the situation in our country. Moreover another side effect of this thought has made the people very materialistic. People can actually weigh if a man/woman is first-rate or not by the virtue of his/her bank balance.
We need to educate ourselves, and then expect a revolution to come and save us. We need have a proper system of governance which excludes the ‘few with vested views’. No good news will come on TV if we sit at home and wait for the hero to save us because the nation which waits for a hero to come and save them is the unluckiest of all. We have to believe that with mutual support and brotherhood we all can be the HEROES Pakistan is waiting for and then I can bet easily that TV channels would be full of good news! Therefore, we can still fill the gaps left by our self interested ‘servants’ by starting to believe in our capabilities.
On 14th August 2008, Pakistan would be 61 years old which could be personified as a gorgeous man full of young blood but transforming towards ugliness and weakness due to the TERMITES* eating it up. But, can the YOUNG BLOOD* fight and kick out the termites? The answer should be a positive one and come before 14th August 2009, or else it might be just a bit too late.
* TERMITES – The Present Leaders of Pakistan = the so called People of Pakistan.
* YOUNG BLOOD – The Future Leaders of Pakistan = the People of Pakistan.
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