WE ARE PAKISTANIS

Our subject anyway is Pakistan even if we talk of Japan or Iran. The purpose is that we should set our matters right just as the other countries have done it. I was a student in Pakistan when late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto came to power. Those days there was lot of talk that Bhutto has imported a Roti Plant which would produce baked breads to be sold to the people at very cheap price. Whether Bhutto did a good deed by importing Roti Plant or not the fact remains that the best job he did was the import of an Atomic Plant along with the Roti Plant. It is due to that atomic programme that we can walk with pride in the present day world and today on the international level if the people are for or against Pakistan it is due to this atomic plant. It will be parsimony on our part not to accept the fact that such a step could only be taken by a brave leader who loved his people. What Bhutto did was a great fiat. However during his period suddenly the people got freedom in different sectors and they were introduced to a type of democracy wherein they were informed of their rights but unfortunately they were not taught any thing about the collective rights and obligations as a nation. Although the first step in democracy is to tell the people about the interests of the nation and the country. What are the demands and rights of the country and the soil. But God knows why Bhutto was in such a hurry. Instead of passing the nation through a period of training he introduced us with a democracy which was not suitable for us rather it was meant for America and Europe. In Pakistan along with the interest of our nation and country there exist religious values as well. We are not yet fully conversant with our Islam. We talk of Islam but do not act on it. If we enforce Islam in our lives then we shall not need any communism or socialism or any hypocritical democracy.