Blind Followers!

The nation comprises of more than 65% youth possessing power of faith, unity, devotion, sacrifice and respect, is facing the disease of blind following. The nation, the youth exactly it is Pakistan's nation described here. The words of mine and the ink of pen are not enough to describe how this great nation has been suffering from this disease "blind following". Even though we don't know, we are following. We are following the so-called well influenced people, the leaders, political and sectarian parties whether we know them and aware of them enough or not. We are actually stuck in a groove. We are trapped by ourselves in the mud and fog of blind following. Complacency is at the peak in us. We follow friends, who they follow, what they follow, we do the same shame!

We follow the society of ours despite the fact that we are totally unaware of the several society's useless customs. We regard them as they are the only bread and butter to quench our soul's thirst. If we do not follow the society or our companions, we do follow our forefathers and ancestors blindly whether they were not doing well or they were blindly doing. Whoever they supported, the party they cast their votes for, we now do the same damn!

In spite of knowing who we supported and cast our votes and helped in the victory in elections, they instead of solving our issues and developing us,  just make their palaces, offshore companies, Swiss bank accounts after being elected again and again by us.

Therefore we (the nation) have been in the ditch of poverty, illiteracy, lack of medical facilities, corruption, terrorism, ethical and sectarian discrimination as well as the most dreadful the darkness of "blind following" since we became independent-so-called independent.

We have to know why it all as been happening. It is all due to electing wrong, disloyal and unpatriotic ones. We always elect the same and they always are proved to be shame!

We as a nation collectively are out of gumption moreover we have no more revolutionary thoughts. We are not reluctant to come out of our homes for attending the public meetings, rallies and sit-ins of our so-called leaders, pseudo-patriots. We elect and support them whereupon we curse them and abuse them when we see the ignorance and disloyalty from them. Why do we not come out of our homes, our comfort zones to ask our rights and let them know their obligations? How often do we get together against corruption? Some of us are going northern way, and some southern way! We are not united on one platform. And this is the big trump card for our rulers to use us according to their needs. We are unconsciously being used and minced by them. When did we last collectively protested against unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, ignorance and inflation? Just try to remember! When did we last hold protest against nepotism and favoritism? Are we not asleep then? Are we not blind followers? Our vehicles' steering are in their hands and they are making us ride where they want. We are being driven. And this is astonishing point that we do not realize even.

We have been divided on the agenda of "divide and rule".

This is the time that we as a nation in all the provinces along with FATA, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and all tribal and rural areas across Pakistan need to be one and united nation without sectarian, ethical and provincial discrimination. And we have to ponder over our complacency and blind following to get rid of them.

This dilemma ought to be pondered over lest it get late. We need to take U turn to swerve ourselves on the right path otherwise there is another deeper ditch ahead in the shape of slavery if we keep going blindly on the route of blind followers.  We have to seek for our bright future and we cannot afford darkness anymore.

Stop electing the tested and failed candidates. Elect the new ones-the better ones. Elect on the basis of their performances, their services and loyalty.

The key is still in our hand, the ball is still in our coat. This is the time to study and observe what the mess and hell they have been committing after being elected by us. We have to use our savvy intellectually and do accordingly as our observations, studies and facts and figures suggest.

We had better choose the ones having seen their deeds not their names, ancestors, castes and faces-double faces!

I think this is the time to rise as a united and wise nation. Because if we again fall in the same drain of blind following, survival will be as difficult as to find a needle in a haystack.

What has been happening in Sindh, in Karachi, in other cities of sindh, Balochistan, interior Punjab, in KPK and all over Pakistan? Nothing apart from increasing problems. Although the rulers have been the same for decades.

Ponder over it, and use your thumbs for betterment of Pakitanis.

Bribe and Cop, two pals

Just the other night I was stopped by a cop nearby Abdullah College (Karachi) and asked my driving license although cops have no authority to ask these stuffs. They are there to just snap checking or papers, that's it!
Unexpectedly I was stopped and soon after that cop asked my driving license! I was astonished instead of being checked and was asked my papers, my license was asked. So surprising! This was just like that police man was trying to trap me. 

Being a responsible  Pakistani it was my moral obligation to respond him politely and humbly as he was our soldier. I replied him I did not have license but I did have other legal papers and CNIC. He smiled and said In this case I had to be challaned of Rs.125.

I was about to say something in clearance but stopped by him straightaway. He paved the paths before me saying, 

"You have two options:get challaned or pay some rupees to us separately and go." 

As anticipated! Therefore I was not surprised but I could not tolerate my laughter.

He was in damn need asking pennies as the needy people-victims of drought. But soon he realized I would not give him a single penny. I replied him, 

"It is not fair to pay or take bribe and it is a great dilemma of our society."

He lashed out it was not their work but they had to do because of survival under their vulturous superintendents and  bosses and under the umbrella of this corrupt system. He added,  

"There is a little difference between beggars and us; they request for money and if people do not respond them, so they leave quietly. And we demand  for money (bribe) using our power and uniform, and if one does not pay so he has to suffer terribly."

While talking to me he proved to be a very frank  pal of mine. He said with great misery that there was a huge difference between Punjab police and Sindh police's salaries, there a cop was paid Rs.35000 monthly salary unlike Rs.24000 in Karachi and Sindh. He said with embarrassment it was not their  work to beg 30 or 40 rupees to the bikers and auto-walas but they had to do it because of their bosses and fulfilling their requirements . But one thing is transparently clear that a laborer who earns Rs. 15000 monthly also lives his life without begging so how he could not! 

He tried to justify their this dishonest deed saying, 

"There are two advantages for you to paying bribe: one you just have to pay a little amount which is 20% or 30% of the actual challan charges and the second is you do not have to waste your time having been challaned. You just pay some pennies and get rid of both of these troubles."

Moreover he added that they were not given maintenance of their vehicles nor  were they compensated  fuel or patrolling costs. That is why they had to stand in the main squares or roundabouts to beg money for their expenditures.

He again mentioned that they stood for especially the bikers and auto-walas and do begging. It was awfully shameful for me when a soldier uttered the word "begging" for their asking money as bribe. How embarrassing that moment was. Is it not a big question mark upon the modesty of so-called higher authorities?

He knew that he was wrong and whereupon he confessed it too but he seemed to be bound by his boss and the bribe culture or maybe he became addicted of bribe. Because lust of bribe was obvious there.

I just replied him smiling, 

"This is not good nor justifiable at all. How will we root out corruption from our country if our police department which has the power and authority to implement the law, is briber?"

He tried to defend himself and expressed his compulsions that this bribe system and corruption can be eradicated only if the process starts from superintendents and higher posts. He said,

"We are just soldiers and juniors; we have to do as Romans do by hook or by crook."

But for the answer of this question, " Can bribe be defended or justified anyhow? he was speechless so was I on the answer of this question, "Can eradication of bribe system be begun from higher posts?. 

It was almost 15 to 20 minutes gossip so finally he said adieu but I felt like embracing  him on his all confessions with big heart. And at last I accelerated my bike watching out the same soldier stopping another biker. I just thought how he restarted making money again. Was his gossip with me only saying? It seemed to me the bribe and cop are pals that cannot leave each other! I kept thinking...