Corruption! A Very Familiar
Word To Every Pakistani Right From His/Her Childhood, But What Exactly Is? When
It Happens? Why It Happens And How It Happens Is What Majority Of Us Are Totally
Blank About. Webster's Define The Word As "The Act Of Impairing Integrity,
Virtue Or Moral Principle" But My Opinions Regarding This Crucial And
Complicated Matter Are Far Deeper Than Mere Explanation Of Three Words. To Me
Its "An Act Of Manipulating Things Around You In Such A Manner That They Might
Bring Personal Interests For A Certain Period Of Time But Once Seen From A
Broader Perspective , At The End Of The Day The Subject Involved In Initiating
It Ends Up In A Loss Of His/Her Own."
Human Being Was Deliberately Designed With "Dissatisfaction And Greed" As An
Integral Trait Of His Personality. These Are The Innate Virtues That Even Holy
Quran Confirms. Agreeing To The Mentioned Facts And Considering The Present
Scenario Of The Prevailing Situation In Our Country And Placing Yourself In
Shoes Of A Parent With A Family Of More Than Ten To Feed , It Would Be Quite
Natural That You Might Want To Do ANYTHING To Make Both Ends Meet Of Which
Corruption Is Just A Minor Section.
But These Essence Of Living The Life With Charm, Dignity And Honor Lies In
Overcoming Our Personal Interests And Earn The Living The Way The Basic Ethics
Demand For Allah Almighty Says Himself In Holy Quran "Indeed A Man Gets Whatever
He Strives For"
Corruption Although Can Be Classified Into A Thousands Of Categories Depends On
How Good People Manipulate Things. However The Basic And Most Common Type Is
"Bribe" Which Has Far Reaching Implications Towards The Destruction Of Complete
System. Any System Would Be Declared As A Complete Failure Once The Corruption
Starts Appearing Even On The Grass Root Level. It Really Hurts When I See A
Thousand White Elephants In Every Single Department With A Big Mouth Opened
Before The Poor And Needy And The Most Concerning And Funnier Part Of The Story
Is That One Has To Bribe To Get Into A Position Where He Can Ask For The Same
And The Chain Reaction Goes On And On.
If We Peep Into The Golden Pages Of History Of Our Own Country Every Single Day
Out Of These 62 Years Is Like A Page Full Of Thousand Cases Of Corruption Right
From Demarcation To 5 Martial Laws, From Peon To Board Of Governors And Even
From Sports Field To Getting Your Child Admitted To A Good School. For
Promotion, Business, Politics Etc. Even For Basic Necessities Like Electricity
And Now Even Sugar, This Is What We See In Any Corner We Look At.
Crux Of The Matter Is That This Is A Social Stigma We Are Living With And This
Is The Time To Bring About A Change, A Revolution. So The Need Of The Hour Is To
Develop Ourselves A Sound Sense Of What Corruption Actually Is And Take All
Those Measures So As To Eradicate It Right From The Grass-Root Level. Merely
Including A Chapter On Corruption In Curriculum At Schools Won’t Be As Effective
As A Parent Inculcating The Same Sense In A Child By Making It A Part Of Child's
Basic Moral Values List For It Is The Foremost Solution To The Social Stigma We
Are Living. It Is The Time That We Realize And Do Something In Real Rather Than
Joining The Social Services Communities On Facebook And Makes Our Country
Pakistan A Better Place To Live In.