We are not wasting our time?.

(Shahid Iqbal, Sharjah)

Countries are developed on vision. A vision is established by considering realities and by fixing a destination to achieve. Following are the existing realities of Pakistan.

1. Pakistan is an under-developed country with an 10% unemployed people.

2. Pakistan’s law and order are poor. The poor law and order are outcome of ex-dictator Zia and his team decision to ally with USA in Afghanistan war against USSR in the early 1980’s. The decision has changed the norms of Pakistan’s society and lesson learned from this blunder is to stay away from the other’s war.

3. Corruption is wide spread across country. To control the corruption, we have to adopt procedures. For example, if one has to obtained a license for a car, an export, an import, manufacture and so on, the procedure should complete in limited time without any bribe.

4. Pakistan’s foreign policy should be based on trade and moral principles. No question to have trade relation with Brazil, Turkey and so on. But India is a different story. Pakistan has Kashmir dispute with India. Government of Pakistan must not compromise the Kashmir dispute. Kashmir issue is our moral and ethical responsibility.

5. We need to know how much money is needed for good education, health, and infrastructure. Government may tax the masses but tax money must not be wasted in the non-development. Before making the decisions, we have to define clearly what are our needs.

• For example, how many schools are required to provide education to 4.25 million students(4.25 million is based on population increase rate of 2.5% per year). Similarly how many hospitals would be sufficient to cater the needs for 175 million people of Pakistan.

• How much it will cost to supply clean water to people of Baluchistan, Sindh and some parts of Punjab. I guess more than 33% population of Pakistan is living without clean water.

6. How much time and cost are required to develop industrial state in various parts of Pakistan.

7. How can Pakistan fight against any aggression. Pakistan cannot afford poor performance of Pakistan army anymore. Since 1984, Pakistan army has failed to free Siachen glacier from Indian forces. People of Pakistan like to know why?. Why Pakistan army has surrender in front of Indian army despite having an ammunition of 14 days? Why in 1971 instead of surrendering to Indian army Pakistan army had not decided to fight a war against Indian army in Bangladesh? Nation need a firm confirmation from Pakistan army that army will not surrender under any circumstances. If such confirmation is not available from our army then it is time for son of soil to form a strategy to defend the country. I hoped we have many brave people who like to write a history not to surrender and fight a war against any aggressor and InshahALLAH we will defeat any aggressor.

8. There is a need to develop one deep water sea port on the coast of Baluchistan. An independent railway track is required to link various parts of Pakistan to the deep water sea port. We need to know how much time and money are required to accomplish the task.

9. Justice is a must for a society’s survival. Although we have a chief justice of Pakistan and other judges in different courts of Pakistan, but the question is “do we have a judicial system through which an ordinary citizen of Pakistan obtains justice in 100 days”? Regrettably the answer to this is no. One more flaw in the judicial system is that some people like former dictator Pervez Musharraf and Altaf Hussain of MQM, are above the law. Regrettably, Iftikhar, chief justice of Pakistan, is completing his tenure by taking so motto actions. He and his team failed to announced decision on many cases. According to one source, more than one hundred thousand cases are pending in Pakistan courts. My questions to chief justice of Pakistan are ”Is there no corruption in Pakistan courts?” Why Pakistan courts have not announced decisions on pending cases. Why not one end that the efficiency of judicial system is poor. Why Ch. Iftikhar and his team for last four years have failed to revamp judicial system so that citizens of Pakistan get justice for their cases in 100 days. Why Ch.Iftakhar and his team has taken no actions on current election rigging although rigging evidence were shown in media. It would be good if Ch.Iftakhar and his judges realize their short coming and avoid confrontation. To close this we have to develop the procedure for fair justice to everyone in Pakistan in 100 days.

10. PML(N) has to stop using an excuse that Pakistan is without money. Well, if one have billions then it is different story. The current task is to develop from nothing. Pakistan is and was never full of money. It is our history, we take loans to run the country. But now we have to cut our expenses and start to live on an available money. Pakistan needs a government, which is capable to run the country by without taking loans and at the same time pay back our country loans within ten years.

In the end, it would be good to have all agreed vision for Pakistan. Without an agreed vision means we have not started anything. Maybe we are wasting our time.

From
A silent lover of Pakistan

Shahid Iqbal
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