India might strike...

"India might strike", this was the opinion of international spy agencies over the weekend. What I fail to understand is the amount of free time this nation of ours has on its hands. Yesterday evening when the TV cable connection went down for some hours, rumours regarding possible strikes from India in the evening, sprout up all over the country. The claim was that to save the people any stress from the media reporting war, they have shut down the cable connections which was absurd to say the least as the moment the cable was up and about there was a salman khan sri devi starrer movie already half way( God help this nation...Sonia Gandhi was right when she said, the enemy doesn't need to fight us at the borders...they're sitting right inside our homes) and the news channels were showing regular strips regarding how many women had jumped into wells in the rural heavens of this land due to one reason or the other. Do you think being paranoid is going to get us anywhere? Instead of initiating rumours and being glad to have something new to gossip about we better start re-assessing ourselves and see where we stand as a people. We could'nt put out the fire at Gakhar Plaza on time, maybe we will be able to defend this country when the time comes, if we haven't sold our souls to the devil already...
I know I'm being harsh but it is about time we start doing something about our national character because M.A. Jinnah did not envision this nation the way it is today...

Zardari becomes new President

On 6th September 2008, when the voting for a new President was underway in the National Assembly; Islamabad and Northern Areas were rocked by a medium scale earthquake. But I beg to differ as I believe that was the sound of M.A. Jinnah turning in his grave at this nation's fate. The rise of such a corrupt person to the seat of President in the months following Benazir Bhutto's death is unprecedented in the history of Pakistan where mind you there has never been a dearth of corrupt people in power. But the way this farce of a President goes on and on about BB's legacy and what he (God forbid!) is going to do for (to) the country is anybody's guess.

Leaving Pakistan...the Perfect Solution??!!!???

Every other person I talk to is either planning to or has already arranged to leave Pakistan. Why??? They have some pre-conceived notion that the day they get out of here, all their problems will just disappear. And if you ask them to shed some light on the way they plan to survive in the utopia they haven't reached yet, all they will say is that "bas yahan se niklo sab kuch khud theek hojyga". I have just one thing to say to all such people "jab wahan ja k kuch bhi theek nahin hoga na (kyunkeh masla mulk mein nahin masla tum logon mein hai) kyunkeh tum log apne ap ko nahin badalna chahte to is mulk mein coffin mein band bhi wapis anay ki zarurat nahin hai". We just don't need people who believe they are the perfect citizens(which they are not) and there is something wrong with this country. We have to realize that the problem lies with us, the People. Unless we don't change ourselves nothing is going to change, not this country not our lives...nothing, no matter where we decide to live. And one thing more I have the perfect solution to the problem of brain drain...every graduate's name should automatically be entered into the ECL (exit control list). Is kaum ka aur koi ilaaj nahin hai. God help us all...

Changing Attitudes

It's not anybody who gets to be a Pakistani living in Pakistan. If you are one like me, we are quite a rare commodity in terms of the lives we lead...Everyday is a story of survival in the life of a Pakistani. It's not a bad thing, it's just that too much purposeless selfish life leading can be a formula for disaster. M. A. Jinnah, the founding father, passed away 60 years ago and ever since then, we have been on our own. We haven't been able to completely achieve what we set out to do, but what do you expect of a nation of self underestimators. I have never come across a more pessimistic bunch. We over-expect things from ourselves, believe that we won't be able to achieve what we intended and just let the time pass and are almost relieved when we naturally end up not achieving our goal. I believe it is the comfort and feeling of safety in failure that we have come to love. The mindset and attitude with which we take on a task be it a personal one or a national one, is where the problem lies. We just don't want to put ourselves out there and give it our best shot. We would rather shy away, keep our abilities to ourselves, rather imagining the work than actually doing it...There is no ability in this world that we lack expect a firm belief in ourselves and the only way we can have that back is to have faith in Allah. Yes i mean back because we had it in the first half of the 20th century. We need to rekindle that relationship with Allah we had back in the 30's and 40's ...this nation was a great nation and still can be if we could find the sense of belief and purpose that had helped it achieve Pakistan. Let's try changing our attitude, let's think positively for a change and put ourselves out there.

Long Live Pakistan...!