The plundering of Pakistan continues
The people are the ones that are suffering.
Our country has been sweltering under a serious sociopolitical, economic and strategic crisis. On one hand, the unabated hoarding, unrestricted price hikes, grave law and order situation raise the rates of basic necessities in life, including food, utility bills and taxes, and on the other hand the terrorists and miscreants have deployed all their efforts for turning our motherland into an inferno.
Consequently, the chaos and disorder has stemmed the prosperity, progress and development of the nation, along with disgruntling the honest, dedicated and peace-seeking people of Pakistan.
The poor masses have been crushed under the chariot wheels of poverty, lack of laws, terrorism, corruption, mental torture and unemployment, predominantly for the past seven years. However, instead of making an impartial and sincere estimation of the public grievances, the current rulers stick to embarking upon useless pursuits by enhancing their privileges and protocols, arranging luxurious parties in honour of one another, making lavish air travels from one city to the other on a daily basis at the expense of public funds, making false promises, announcing unnecessary projects, and hence keep on robbing the nation for leading a life full of extravagance, revelries and merry-making eventually.
Under such a precarious state of affairs, two respectable and responsible political leaders including Dr. Allama Tahirul Qadri of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Imran Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have risen to set the nation free from the cruel clutches of colossal corruption, massive nepotism, condemnable atrocities and shameful irregularities being observed by the current rulers of the country with the misuse of power and exploitation of public offices.
The dedicated and sacrificing participants of both Revolution and Freedom Marches have been staying in the capital city of Islamabad by surrendering all their comforts and peace just to add their share in the abolition of the slavery of few traditional political families from the soil of Pakistan.
There is scorching heat, heavy rains, unbearable suffocation, absence of drinking water, scarcity of food, unavailability of washrooms and shadows all around them, testing their commitment and challenging them for the past couple of days.
Thus, the throbbing sobs of women, excruciating cries of innocent children, crushed moans of elderly, sufferings of the scholars and deplorable condition of the brave and dauntless leaders - they all appear to be unheeded and unnoticed.
The ruling junta and their partners in opposition are justified in their claims that they are striving for the continuity of democracy in the country. By democracy, they simply mean prolonging their monarchical systems and legalising their plundering.
- Mujtaba Haider Zaidi is a Pakistani research-writer, columnist and lawyer based in Lahore, Pakistan
