Pakistan's False Promise

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.

14^th 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.

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