In the world most of the
countries are democratic states, which have elections and people chose their
representatives by using their votes to work for them and solve their problems.
By having a closer look, being a representative is not an easy job. The power is
not to enjoy, it is a huge responsibility. When people cast their vote for a
person, they assume that “he/she is the one” and they get hopeful that their
problems will be solved. In other words the voters put their faith on their
representatives. We find it very shameful that despite of serving, there are
many representatives who misuse their position and use all the resources of the
country for their personal entertainment and benefits and break the trust of
their voters.
Many examples are available of good and bad governance in the world, some of
them are given below just to have an idea what “Service of the Nation” means?
Coming towards the good example, we have Europe. Centuries back they were in
dark ages but then they educated themselves, formed rules and regulations and
implemented those with true honesty. Today most of the European states are
welfare states and they are following the rule “By the People, For the People”.
They provide free education, medical, social security and other benefits to
their people and take full responsibility of their good and bad achievements
By looking more for good governance, China, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea are
the examples of the hard work and the dedication. These countries do not have
sufficient resources but they have progresses tremendously. This is because of
the sincere and perfect policies of their leaders, sense of responsibility and
the strict rule of law.
Similarly towards Middle East, Saudi Arabia and UAE are the shining stars of
“The service of the Nation” even they are not the democracies but still are the
model countries. UAE is becoming a heaven for tourists very rapidly.
On the other hand, if we look towards other countries with bad governance like
Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Brazil and African countries,
shameful to say that the leadership of these countries is not honest and mostly
do not believe on “The Service of the Nation”, instead they believe in “Self
Service”. In a democratic society it is said that the government is the servant
of the people but here this is opposite. Everyone can see that the VIPs even the
beaurocracy behave like they are the sole owner of the land.
The purpose of these examples is just to give an idea that how the true sense of
“Service of the Nation” can change the fate of the countries and the people.
This sense can make a nation and can destroy one. These words can easily be
spelled but the meanings are very deep and difficult.