09-23-2006, 11:09 PM
I think that it is a great opportunity for me to put forward my views on this sensitive topic. Well, PRACS, i somewhat agree with your viewpoint. Though I donât know about our age difference, but I still represent the youth of Pakistan, being 22 yo. I would like to discuss as well as give some suggestions regarding these matters. I REQUEST ALL READERS TO READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE ATTENTIVELY AND PONDER OVER IT, because we as a nation are still being questioned, and surprisingly by our own selves and our own people.
1. BASIS OF TWO-NATION THEORY
Two-nation theory was undoubtedly the basis of creation of Pakistan. And let me remind all my readers that the Two Nation Theory, like Pakistan began from the moment when Islam entered the shores of INDIAN "SUB-CONTINENT". India was never a united country, nor was there any union (of EU Type) between the Independent Hindu States even before Islam. Let me now put forward a question for all of the readers, what was the objective of Muslim Rules in Indian subcontinents (starting with the State formed by Muhammad Bin Qasim to The State formed by Mughals). The only logical reason could be to have a peace of land where the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent could freely profess and practice their religion. So, have you all still got any doubt about the objective of the creation of Pakistan? Pakistan is a present form of the state which was built by Muhammad Bin Qasim, and fortunately this region has a separate geographical identity of its own dating back to more than 5000 years. (Bring to your mind the two separate, distinct and hostile civilizations of Indus Valley and Ganges Civilization). There should be no doubt left by now. Pakistan is surely a link in the chain that was created by Muhammad Bin Qasim. It is really very sad that most of our people (young and old alike) still have doubts about this fact, which has been in existence since last 1200 years, and is presently in the form of our Pakistan. What we should question is that the country of "India" is an artificial union between the states that had never ever ever ever been united in their history. But why don't we ever question this abnormality? Are we falling prey to a conspiracy that is well webbed and deemed to create confusion and misunderstanding between the people of Pakistan, and thus threaten its existence? Think and Think again ... Please.
2. REASONS FOR CREATION OF PAKISTAN
By explaining the basis of Two Nation Theory, I have already made my point on the reasons for creation of Pakistan. There should be no doubt that Muslim and Hindus of Indian subcontinent had never lived peacefully together. No doubt there had been attempts towards peaceful coexistence but they all "FAILED". Akbar's Din-e-Illahi and his marriage with a Hindu woman all the foremost examples in this regards. It was a big flop attempt, and even his successors had never attempted it again, and open opposition was evident amongst public too. There is my friends no success story in this regard, to ever highlight that Muslims and Hindus could live together. How could we then coexist and prosper in united "India" (in my opinion it should be called as Indian Subcontinent). The rulers of India today are only using creation of Pakistan as a pretext to exploit the Muslims who by their self-decision opted to stay back in their Motherland India. If it had not been Pakistan then they could have clung to another issue or another or another... then we had many other differences which could never ever be bridged religion, language, culture, names, dressing, manners, food, rituals, traditions, preferences, and even festivals. Any of you might say now that most of these things are still different amongst different ethnicities that exist in Muslim Pakistan. Yes, I agree with you. The reason for this is our mistakes in the last 59 years. Please refer to "Recommendations" portion of my article at the end of this discussion.
3. MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT IQBAL & JINNAH
It is really sad to see that Pakistanis are themselves highlighting the misconceptions about our founding fathers Iqbal and Jinnah. It is rubbish to even think if they ever drank, had girl friends, etc. please let me remind you all that they have done us a great favour by creating Pakistan. And this fact is alone enough for us to hold them in highest esteem and reverence. First of all, we have no right to discuss their personal issues or their habits. Never had they ever liked to share the same with any one, nor does any one of us would like to share our such issues with other. Let me ask you these questions; didn't you ever wanted to have a girl friends, didn't you ever open any porn site on the net, didn't you ever watch any dirty discussion or program on your TV, if you ever had an open opportunity to drink wouldn't most of you do it? Look these are all our personal matters, which we hate to share with others. All of us have these dark shadows in our personalities and still we consider ourselves to be great in our professions, our life, and above all great "PATRIOTS" and great "Muslims". This is because we are ordinary human beings, we are not prophets, and we are not angels. So were our Great leaders and founding fathers of our nation. Wasnât Gandhi like this? what about Nehru? and Mountbatten? And what about Clinton, Prince Charles, Former English Royal Family members, Saudi Kings, Mughal Emperors, infact you may look around your own family???? Can we doubt your own patriotism as well? Look these things have nothing to do with an individual's capability of being a leader or a patriot. I hope i have been open enough to settle this issue.
4. UNITED INDIA
Well, people in my opinion India should better change its name to "Union of Indian States" or "Indian Subcontinent". This would still not be enough for its people to trace their "united history". India had never been a single independent country, never ever in the history has this happened. It is only 59 years old story, and i don't think that it is popular or strong enough to continue in the same status for the next 59 years. You should know about the separatists movements by Buddhists in the East, Tamils in the South, Sikhs in the West, Jains and Christians in Goa, Muslims in the Held Kashmir in the North. I doubt if they could ever merge all these religions to strengthen their hold on land that has been artificially sewn by British as India.
5. INDIAN MUSLIMS
Let me remind of a historical fact. At the time of creation of Pakistan it was open for the Indian Muslims to travel to Pakistan and select it as their homeland forever. A large population of Muslims as a result migrated to Pakistan (the then present Pakistan & Bangladesh). Why then did many other decide not to shift here? It was merely their own "PERSONAL DECISION" and their preference to stay in India for the rest of their lives. They not just pledged their loyalty to India but also happily sang "Vande Matram" in praise of their homeland India. Not just this, but they very happily agreed to raise Indian flag every year on 15th August. ARE THEY STILL PAKISTANIS? Have they ever supported Pakistan when they come on International Media, have they ever raised a Pakistan flag on a day of cricket match in India between Pakistan and India. Wake up People!!! What has happened to us? Those people decided to remain Indians by their own choice. They are NOT PAKISTANIS. Why couldn't they sacrifice their farmlands, factories, businesses, etc in support of Pakistan, when Millions of others did so in 1947? And now they talk about "betrayal". How dare they now exploit us over their fate when it is a result of their own actions and preferences? Now for us, they are just like our Muslim brethrens in other countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Iran, and Lebanon. FOR GOD SAKE THEY ARE NO MORE PAKISTANIS (and how could they be when a number of them are enrolled in Indian Army and slaughtering our men on the border). WAKE UP NOW. And GROW UP, our country is 60 years old. These childish things no more suit us... They are only Indian Muslims, a minority in a Hindu country.
6. MISTAKES OF 1971 WHICH ARE STILL CONTINUING
Soon after the creation of Pakistan, âEthnic Groupsâ posed the biggest threat to its existence within the country, as well as "PROVINCIALISM". These threats still continue and not a single sincere step has ever been taken in Pakistan to counter it. On the other hand India and the West are exploiting these weaknesses of Pakistan, and airing it further by supporting provincial autonomy. Any attempt, which is ever taken by any one to consolidate Pakistani culture and the nation as a whole, is viewed by the West "deliberately" as "HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS". Our people are so innocent that they easily fall a prey to Western rubbish philosophies. Any one of you who has seen the article by American Strategic Analyst "Ralph Peter" regarding "New Middle East" would no doubt agree with me that we need to take serious steps to finish provincialism. It was this enemy that actually resulted in the split of our motherland in 1971 and creation of Bangladesh. Most of our leaders after the death of Quaid were American implants in our country. They could never solve this problem, as it was not the "will" of our new American Rulers. Simple, Why would America or West want Pakistan to be strengthened and strong? They wanted to deep-root this problem to create further problems in Pakistan so that we never find a way out of our internal weaknesses.
Provincialism created distrust amongst our people, which resulted in a race for rights amongst provinces. Bengalis, Punjabis, Pathans, Sindhis and Baluchi came up as major ethnic groups amidst which Pakistan was buried. Each Province wanted to rule the country. Each province considered itself to be strong enough to survive itself. Each wanted to highlight its own culture. And amongst all this they forgot that "WE ARE ALL MUSLIMS" & "WE ARE ALL PAKISTANIS" & "WE CAN ONLY PROSPER AND SURVIVE IF WE STAND UNITED". The problems were further enhanced by the lack of Patriotic leadership. All these weaknesses gave India a chance to "Slap" us on our faces in 1971, and we, because of our own mistakes lost half of our country. It seems like we as a nation have still not learnt a lesson. Do we need another "Slap" to wake us up? We can never solve our Economic, Political & Social problems until the "Evil Provincialism" lives in our hearts. PLEASE WAKE UP --- OUR ENEMIES ARE ALL READY TO SLAP US --- OUR RESPECT LIES IN OUR UNITY --- WE CAN NEVER SURVIVE AS INDEPENDENT PUNJAB SINDH SARHAD OR BALUCISTAN --- LEARN A LESSON FROM THE CURRENT SITUATION OF BANGLADESH, IT IS ALL IN RUINS.
7. RECOMMENDATIONS
It is high time for us to WAKE UP and UNITE as a "PAKISTANI NATION". We can all do it and believe me we would never ever regret our unity. In my opinion we need to promote following measures IMMEDIATELY in our individual capacities as well as collectively as a NATION
A Pakistan is geographically a large country therefore in my opinion "four" provinces are inadequate to solve our problems and promote economic development in all regions. Besides, "Provincialism" has already done us irrepairable damage. In my opinion it is high time to "GRANT PROVINCIAL STATUS TO DIVISIONS". In this way Pakistan can have 34 Provinces. These provinces would not only be administratively manageable but all weak to demand independence or survive independently. This attempt, on one hand would kill Provincialism, and on the other hand strengthen Pakistan politically. There would be no large ethnic group in the shape of Punjabis Sindhis Pathans or Baluchis. This would, no doubt, increase Grouping to 34 in number, but these groups would not be Ethnic based, and neither would they be strong enough to threaten the Federation.
B There is a great need to promote patriotism in Pakistan. For this purpose, "Cultural Integrity and Patriotism Programs" should be launched immediately after the Division of Provinces. A Basic ingredient of this program should be "INTER-ETHNIC MARRIAGES" in Pakistan. By this concept I mean, that a Pushto speaking to marry a Sindhi speaking person, or a Punjabi speaking to marry a Baluchi speaking person, or a Sindi speaking to marry a Punjabi speaking person, etc. this all to be facilitated by the will of people as well as incentives by the Government of Pakistan in shape of Financial grants to such couples, Government jobs, tax relief, Housing facilities to such couples, etc.
This can result in great National "Advantages". First of all, the children born out of such marriages would be free from any provincialism, and they would be the true Pakistani Race. Secondly, these people would never think about independence of any province from Federation of Pakistan because their roots would be split in that case. Thirdly, these people instead of using their regional languages as a means of communication would prefer to use URDU as their basic language. Instead of wearing regional clothes they would prefer to have a more "national outlook" to satisfy their parents. In large, it would completely revolutionize our society and give birth to a Strong and United "PAKISTANI Society".
C Besides the above measures, the Government would need to mix Pakistani people in all provinces in order to create "ONE CULTURE" for Pakistan. In this regard the Government should plan "ANNUAL INTER-PROVINCIAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM". This could be done through Housing Departments such as PHA, etc. People of all the 34 provinces should be free to live anywhere and everywhere within Pakistan. This can only result in Unity amongst our great people.
D Promotion of Urdu as a National Language would be an automatic result of the above measures. Still, more research is needed in inventing Urdu equivalents of English words in science, economics and accounting â related subjects.
E Construction of major âNational Monumentsâ is very essential in the strength of any nation. It should be undertaken in Pakistan.
Once we are all united as âPAKISTANIâ we can better face other problems. Our unity could be our engine or Economic Prosperity as we would no longer fight on issues of Dams or Road, etc. Only then can we have a Federal Government that represents us all. And only then can we have strength to Slap other nations who have slapped us in our weak times.
PLEASE THINK ON THIS ISSUES, MAKE OTHERS THINK ABOUT IT, DISCUSS IT OPENELY AS IT IS RELATED TO âOUR OWN FUTURE AS A NATIONâ. I REQUEST YOU ALL TO HELP ME PROMTE IT. WE CAN ALL DO IT INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY. MAY PAKISTAN LIVE FOREVER. MAY IT LIVE EVER AFTER. âPAKISTAN ZINDABADâ âPAKISTANI ZINDABADâ.
1. BASIS OF TWO-NATION THEORY
Two-nation theory was undoubtedly the basis of creation of Pakistan. And let me remind all my readers that the Two Nation Theory, like Pakistan began from the moment when Islam entered the shores of INDIAN "SUB-CONTINENT". India was never a united country, nor was there any union (of EU Type) between the Independent Hindu States even before Islam. Let me now put forward a question for all of the readers, what was the objective of Muslim Rules in Indian subcontinents (starting with the State formed by Muhammad Bin Qasim to The State formed by Mughals). The only logical reason could be to have a peace of land where the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent could freely profess and practice their religion. So, have you all still got any doubt about the objective of the creation of Pakistan? Pakistan is a present form of the state which was built by Muhammad Bin Qasim, and fortunately this region has a separate geographical identity of its own dating back to more than 5000 years. (Bring to your mind the two separate, distinct and hostile civilizations of Indus Valley and Ganges Civilization). There should be no doubt left by now. Pakistan is surely a link in the chain that was created by Muhammad Bin Qasim. It is really very sad that most of our people (young and old alike) still have doubts about this fact, which has been in existence since last 1200 years, and is presently in the form of our Pakistan. What we should question is that the country of "India" is an artificial union between the states that had never ever ever ever been united in their history. But why don't we ever question this abnormality? Are we falling prey to a conspiracy that is well webbed and deemed to create confusion and misunderstanding between the people of Pakistan, and thus threaten its existence? Think and Think again ... Please.
2. REASONS FOR CREATION OF PAKISTAN
By explaining the basis of Two Nation Theory, I have already made my point on the reasons for creation of Pakistan. There should be no doubt that Muslim and Hindus of Indian subcontinent had never lived peacefully together. No doubt there had been attempts towards peaceful coexistence but they all "FAILED". Akbar's Din-e-Illahi and his marriage with a Hindu woman all the foremost examples in this regards. It was a big flop attempt, and even his successors had never attempted it again, and open opposition was evident amongst public too. There is my friends no success story in this regard, to ever highlight that Muslims and Hindus could live together. How could we then coexist and prosper in united "India" (in my opinion it should be called as Indian Subcontinent). The rulers of India today are only using creation of Pakistan as a pretext to exploit the Muslims who by their self-decision opted to stay back in their Motherland India. If it had not been Pakistan then they could have clung to another issue or another or another... then we had many other differences which could never ever be bridged religion, language, culture, names, dressing, manners, food, rituals, traditions, preferences, and even festivals. Any of you might say now that most of these things are still different amongst different ethnicities that exist in Muslim Pakistan. Yes, I agree with you. The reason for this is our mistakes in the last 59 years. Please refer to "Recommendations" portion of my article at the end of this discussion.
3. MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT IQBAL & JINNAH
It is really sad to see that Pakistanis are themselves highlighting the misconceptions about our founding fathers Iqbal and Jinnah. It is rubbish to even think if they ever drank, had girl friends, etc. please let me remind you all that they have done us a great favour by creating Pakistan. And this fact is alone enough for us to hold them in highest esteem and reverence. First of all, we have no right to discuss their personal issues or their habits. Never had they ever liked to share the same with any one, nor does any one of us would like to share our such issues with other. Let me ask you these questions; didn't you ever wanted to have a girl friends, didn't you ever open any porn site on the net, didn't you ever watch any dirty discussion or program on your TV, if you ever had an open opportunity to drink wouldn't most of you do it? Look these are all our personal matters, which we hate to share with others. All of us have these dark shadows in our personalities and still we consider ourselves to be great in our professions, our life, and above all great "PATRIOTS" and great "Muslims". This is because we are ordinary human beings, we are not prophets, and we are not angels. So were our Great leaders and founding fathers of our nation. Wasnât Gandhi like this? what about Nehru? and Mountbatten? And what about Clinton, Prince Charles, Former English Royal Family members, Saudi Kings, Mughal Emperors, infact you may look around your own family???? Can we doubt your own patriotism as well? Look these things have nothing to do with an individual's capability of being a leader or a patriot. I hope i have been open enough to settle this issue.
4. UNITED INDIA
Well, people in my opinion India should better change its name to "Union of Indian States" or "Indian Subcontinent". This would still not be enough for its people to trace their "united history". India had never been a single independent country, never ever in the history has this happened. It is only 59 years old story, and i don't think that it is popular or strong enough to continue in the same status for the next 59 years. You should know about the separatists movements by Buddhists in the East, Tamils in the South, Sikhs in the West, Jains and Christians in Goa, Muslims in the Held Kashmir in the North. I doubt if they could ever merge all these religions to strengthen their hold on land that has been artificially sewn by British as India.
5. INDIAN MUSLIMS
Let me remind of a historical fact. At the time of creation of Pakistan it was open for the Indian Muslims to travel to Pakistan and select it as their homeland forever. A large population of Muslims as a result migrated to Pakistan (the then present Pakistan & Bangladesh). Why then did many other decide not to shift here? It was merely their own "PERSONAL DECISION" and their preference to stay in India for the rest of their lives. They not just pledged their loyalty to India but also happily sang "Vande Matram" in praise of their homeland India. Not just this, but they very happily agreed to raise Indian flag every year on 15th August. ARE THEY STILL PAKISTANIS? Have they ever supported Pakistan when they come on International Media, have they ever raised a Pakistan flag on a day of cricket match in India between Pakistan and India. Wake up People!!! What has happened to us? Those people decided to remain Indians by their own choice. They are NOT PAKISTANIS. Why couldn't they sacrifice their farmlands, factories, businesses, etc in support of Pakistan, when Millions of others did so in 1947? And now they talk about "betrayal". How dare they now exploit us over their fate when it is a result of their own actions and preferences? Now for us, they are just like our Muslim brethrens in other countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Iran, and Lebanon. FOR GOD SAKE THEY ARE NO MORE PAKISTANIS (and how could they be when a number of them are enrolled in Indian Army and slaughtering our men on the border). WAKE UP NOW. And GROW UP, our country is 60 years old. These childish things no more suit us... They are only Indian Muslims, a minority in a Hindu country.
6. MISTAKES OF 1971 WHICH ARE STILL CONTINUING
Soon after the creation of Pakistan, âEthnic Groupsâ posed the biggest threat to its existence within the country, as well as "PROVINCIALISM". These threats still continue and not a single sincere step has ever been taken in Pakistan to counter it. On the other hand India and the West are exploiting these weaknesses of Pakistan, and airing it further by supporting provincial autonomy. Any attempt, which is ever taken by any one to consolidate Pakistani culture and the nation as a whole, is viewed by the West "deliberately" as "HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS". Our people are so innocent that they easily fall a prey to Western rubbish philosophies. Any one of you who has seen the article by American Strategic Analyst "Ralph Peter" regarding "New Middle East" would no doubt agree with me that we need to take serious steps to finish provincialism. It was this enemy that actually resulted in the split of our motherland in 1971 and creation of Bangladesh. Most of our leaders after the death of Quaid were American implants in our country. They could never solve this problem, as it was not the "will" of our new American Rulers. Simple, Why would America or West want Pakistan to be strengthened and strong? They wanted to deep-root this problem to create further problems in Pakistan so that we never find a way out of our internal weaknesses.
Provincialism created distrust amongst our people, which resulted in a race for rights amongst provinces. Bengalis, Punjabis, Pathans, Sindhis and Baluchi came up as major ethnic groups amidst which Pakistan was buried. Each Province wanted to rule the country. Each province considered itself to be strong enough to survive itself. Each wanted to highlight its own culture. And amongst all this they forgot that "WE ARE ALL MUSLIMS" & "WE ARE ALL PAKISTANIS" & "WE CAN ONLY PROSPER AND SURVIVE IF WE STAND UNITED". The problems were further enhanced by the lack of Patriotic leadership. All these weaknesses gave India a chance to "Slap" us on our faces in 1971, and we, because of our own mistakes lost half of our country. It seems like we as a nation have still not learnt a lesson. Do we need another "Slap" to wake us up? We can never solve our Economic, Political & Social problems until the "Evil Provincialism" lives in our hearts. PLEASE WAKE UP --- OUR ENEMIES ARE ALL READY TO SLAP US --- OUR RESPECT LIES IN OUR UNITY --- WE CAN NEVER SURVIVE AS INDEPENDENT PUNJAB SINDH SARHAD OR BALUCISTAN --- LEARN A LESSON FROM THE CURRENT SITUATION OF BANGLADESH, IT IS ALL IN RUINS.
7. RECOMMENDATIONS
It is high time for us to WAKE UP and UNITE as a "PAKISTANI NATION". We can all do it and believe me we would never ever regret our unity. In my opinion we need to promote following measures IMMEDIATELY in our individual capacities as well as collectively as a NATION
A Pakistan is geographically a large country therefore in my opinion "four" provinces are inadequate to solve our problems and promote economic development in all regions. Besides, "Provincialism" has already done us irrepairable damage. In my opinion it is high time to "GRANT PROVINCIAL STATUS TO DIVISIONS". In this way Pakistan can have 34 Provinces. These provinces would not only be administratively manageable but all weak to demand independence or survive independently. This attempt, on one hand would kill Provincialism, and on the other hand strengthen Pakistan politically. There would be no large ethnic group in the shape of Punjabis Sindhis Pathans or Baluchis. This would, no doubt, increase Grouping to 34 in number, but these groups would not be Ethnic based, and neither would they be strong enough to threaten the Federation.
B There is a great need to promote patriotism in Pakistan. For this purpose, "Cultural Integrity and Patriotism Programs" should be launched immediately after the Division of Provinces. A Basic ingredient of this program should be "INTER-ETHNIC MARRIAGES" in Pakistan. By this concept I mean, that a Pushto speaking to marry a Sindhi speaking person, or a Punjabi speaking to marry a Baluchi speaking person, or a Sindi speaking to marry a Punjabi speaking person, etc. this all to be facilitated by the will of people as well as incentives by the Government of Pakistan in shape of Financial grants to such couples, Government jobs, tax relief, Housing facilities to such couples, etc.
This can result in great National "Advantages". First of all, the children born out of such marriages would be free from any provincialism, and they would be the true Pakistani Race. Secondly, these people would never think about independence of any province from Federation of Pakistan because their roots would be split in that case. Thirdly, these people instead of using their regional languages as a means of communication would prefer to use URDU as their basic language. Instead of wearing regional clothes they would prefer to have a more "national outlook" to satisfy their parents. In large, it would completely revolutionize our society and give birth to a Strong and United "PAKISTANI Society".
C Besides the above measures, the Government would need to mix Pakistani people in all provinces in order to create "ONE CULTURE" for Pakistan. In this regard the Government should plan "ANNUAL INTER-PROVINCIAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM". This could be done through Housing Departments such as PHA, etc. People of all the 34 provinces should be free to live anywhere and everywhere within Pakistan. This can only result in Unity amongst our great people.
D Promotion of Urdu as a National Language would be an automatic result of the above measures. Still, more research is needed in inventing Urdu equivalents of English words in science, economics and accounting â related subjects.
E Construction of major âNational Monumentsâ is very essential in the strength of any nation. It should be undertaken in Pakistan.
Once we are all united as âPAKISTANIâ we can better face other problems. Our unity could be our engine or Economic Prosperity as we would no longer fight on issues of Dams or Road, etc. Only then can we have a Federal Government that represents us all. And only then can we have strength to Slap other nations who have slapped us in our weak times.
PLEASE THINK ON THIS ISSUES, MAKE OTHERS THINK ABOUT IT, DISCUSS IT OPENELY AS IT IS RELATED TO âOUR OWN FUTURE AS A NATIONâ. I REQUEST YOU ALL TO HELP ME PROMTE IT. WE CAN ALL DO IT INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY. MAY PAKISTAN LIVE FOREVER. MAY IT LIVE EVER AFTER. âPAKISTAN ZINDABADâ âPAKISTANI ZINDABADâ.
