Baluchistan in mourn and Abdul Sattar Edhi no more with us to
offer consolation to the bereaved families, Pakistan’s bunch of tainted
cricketers successfully defeated their erstwhile masters at the Oval, London.
Yet Pakistan’s disenchanted youth has reasons to rejoice a day of freedom.
In the capital Islamabad and adjoining Rawalpindi, the day
began with forced closure of cellular communication prior to the National flag
hoisting ceremonies.
14th of August has seldom been a day to
celebrate, it is about venting the expressions of youth, it is about recalling
the nostalgic events with pride that otherwise had remained stigma in the
country’s checkered past. Pakistan's political affairs suggest over the year, the day had been used for
misadventures to pursue so-called national interests by successive dictators.
Parts of the country are still ruled by the laws coined for
the British RAJ. In Pakistan’s tribal areas people are subject to the laws
where fair trial remains a dream.
Disenchanted yet exuberant Pakistan’s youth had reasons to
celebrate, they are free for one day 14 August – they are not celebrating
Independence, its freedom to move on the roads without being targeted by the mindset,
which had denied them sports, music and all other aesthetics to express.
The youth is celebrating in a wayward manner, one wheeling;
they are on the roads chanting, listening to the music that otherwise may not
be as convenient to follow on weekends. Miles away, Pakistan’s cricketers had
defeated the erstwhile masters - England at the Oval London, Younis Khan brings
more reasons to smile. Besides Pakistan’s other heroes are tainted, Yasir Shah
was accused of using steroids in the past and Amir had a dubious distinction to
find a place in the side that he had brought shame on the last tour.
Pakistan’s Balochistan province mourned the day which media
refused to report. Reflections of the day remained somber there had been little
reasons to join the rest of the country. Days back a vendor was shot dead in
Quetta for selling Pakistan’s flag, scores lost their lives in another tragic
incidents. in the provincial capital of Quetta. In Rawalpindi Pakistan’s
information minister accused Imran Khan for raising a Black Flag on a national
day.
Only few days ago Pakistan had also Buried with National Honours
a philanthropist who failed to inspire a single person to follow in his steps
from 200 million strong crowd. Abdul Sattar Edhi was unable to promote harmony
in the communities despite his life-long struggle.
In other parts of the country, the youth forgets
unemployment and the opportunities denied, their potential, unharnessed is not
a threat but a hope for the progressive minds, washing away the silts of
remains from a harrowing past offer the likelihood of a fertile land reap
benefits from a Bonsai democracy.
Pakistan's Foreign Policy and failure over Kashmir
