Why should I live in Pakistan?

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Why should I live in Pakistan?

Natasha Raheel

It’s not okay when you switch on the TV to find out that someone you know has become a victim of target killing. It’s not okay to see that because it leaves you with a hundred unanswered questions about why you are still living in this country.

That’s how I felt yesterday when I heard the news that Wali Khan Babar, a fellow reporter and my senior in university, was shot dead in an incident of target killing.

As the news kept flashes images of him over and over again, I was reminded of him – clad in huge sunglasses and a red T-shirt – around the corridors of my department. It’s hard to know that someone I laughed with was killed in such a way.

Although I am not in a position to judge him professionally, I can say that he was definitely a funny and caring guy.

What he did wasn’t something extraordinarily brave – he had a normal job as a reasonable journalist. But what he received in return is what is extraordinary – death.

In my opinion, this country is not worth living in anymore because Wali’s death speaks volumes of how Pakistan has become an out-dated noun.

In international relations we learn that the basic unit of the whole system is a country which comprises nation and state.

Nation denotes a people who are believed to or deemed to share common customs, origins, and history; and state refers to the set of governing and supportive institutions that have sovereignty over a definite territory and population.

However, in Pakistan one gets killed for belonging to a certain ethnicity, for speaking your mind about religion, for being poor, for being honest, for being rational and with all that happening there is no writ of the government.

How can you live in a county when it’s not even a country anymore?

I chose to stay in Pakistan while my friends moved abroad. I made it my home because at I have my people here.

But, I feel, that maybe I made the wrong choice. I ask myself, why I should stay here now, when the state cannot even guarantee the security of the people I know?

Why should I live in Pakistan? – The Express Tribune Blog

 

[somebozo]

Pakistan is on the fast track of failure if these incidents are not tackled in time which seems impossible with your so called "government of people" These target killing are byproduct of tribal dissidents and political parties. Until we don't take up a policy of acting indiscriminately against the culprits the situation will change very little.

 

[Paan Singh]

every nation have problems,infact pakistan is going through them!!.
pakistan will have good future soon,god cant let these ppl in dark any more.

and most important is no body can leave their mother if she is not beautiful or if she is poor.

so wait for better time

 

[MM_Haider]

Agreed with Prism!

 

[CowardAutobot465]

Because you cnnot live in India.

 

[Tayyab1796]

These are hard times but the 'bond with the land' shouldn't be compromised .

 

[Ignited Mind]

These are hard times but the 'bond with the land' shouldn't be compromised .

I have a different take on that.

I believe in the philosophy of 'Vasudeva Kutumbakam' which essentially means that 'all the world's my home'.

Let me explain and please read without prejudice.

I believe I was sent by God or the creator or mother nature, whatever you may want to call it, on the earth with a simple and concise purpose i.e. to live my life in a happy way and to help make others' lives better to the best of my ability.

I was not sent to India or any particular country per se because God/creator/nature, I believe, doesn't know any boundaries and neither do his/its creations. I was just sent on the planet earth. Nations etc. are just a man made phenomenon.

I can live anywhere, I can serve people and mankind anywhere and anywhere I live will become my home, be it in India or the North pole.

 

[REHAN NIAZI FALCON]

Because i love PAKISTAN more than my life and it is best place for me.
Don,t ask what your country has done for u, ask what you have done for your country.............
INSHA ALLAH PAKISTAN will beat all troubles and day will come when we will achieve peace and harmony...

 

[mjnaushad]

If you leave Pakistan in its hard time then you dont deserve to be called a true Pakistani...... Yes we have problem... yes we have big problems... But no one from outside will come and solve this....only we can and we will.....

 

[Last Hope]

Pakistan is facing the worst times ever, with the worst running the country, and traitors represnting th country on a large scale.

We are having problems, like very nation and economy does, but that doesnt mean you gotta espace or take refuge in any other country. Even they were once on the edge of the brink.

You have got a lot of beauties in Pakistan, the land of hospitality. Alas, this things arent being promoted by the biased media.

Pakistan has got marvallous, unimagineable areas, that contribute a lot to the tourists in the country, and sad to say, even these arent being promoted by the media.

If you stop watching the news, then Pakistan is a great place to live in. There are bad people do, who do horrible things/acts/crimes, but their terror could be overcome by the hospitality of the rest

This nation has raised great leaders/ great people.
More can be expected from it.

If there is a will, there is a way.
The upcoming generation, seems to have mutual understandings, and are working, although to a small scale, but for better nation

Unity can lead to great things, will can 'make Pakistan one of the greates Nation of the world'.

Regards.

 

[Spring Onion]

Can anyone give the writer asylum please ?

You are welcome to leave Pakistan we will not force you to live here dear.

Being a media fellow we all mourn his killing but making it a case of something out of the world just because he belonged to a field called Media and where Media people can raise voice for him.

He is not the only Pukhtun Pakistani who was killed by terrorists in Karachi. we daily see our Pukhtun Pakistanis are killed by these outsider terrorists.

for how many the writer raised voice in the past ???????

anyway we can not leave our country in the worst time.

if anyone wish to they should leave we have no issue .

Pakistan Zindabad

 

[Spring Onion]

I have a different take on that.

I believe in the philosophy of 'Vasudeva Kutumbakam' which essentially means that 'all the world's my home'.

Let me explain and please read without prejudice.

I believe I was sent by God or the creator or mother nature, whatever you may want to call it, on the earth with a simple and concise purpose i.e. to live my life in a happy way and to help make others' lives better to the best of my ability.

I was not sent to India or any particular country per se because God/creator/nature, I believe, doesn't know any boundaries and neither do his/its creations. I was just sent on the planet earth. Nations etc. are just a man made phenomenon.

I can live anywhere, I can serve people and mankind anywhere and anywhere I live will become my home, be it in India or the North pole.

it depends on if the entire world adopts such a philosophy without any strict immigration rules

 

[Huda]

bcz Pakistan is my motherland and problem kisi k ghar may nhi hoti hum problems ka solution dekhte hain is ka mtlb ye nhi hota k hum apna ghar aur family chor den

 

[American Pakistani]

We Pakistanis must create very strong unity among ourselves, only become one & only Pakistani & disgrace those corrupt polititions, mullahs who are busy in dividing us 'the common Pakistanis' for their own reasons.
& remember after every night their is a day, today we are facing great problems but Inshallah it will all be solved, we just need a good & honest leadership, rest we have each & everything to become a super power, our God gifted land has huge fertile lands, mineral rich lands, huge mountains & manpower. Inshallah our future is bright. The world is having wet dreams that Pakistan will disintegrate, or fall to exteremists but it will never happen because our majority does not support exteremists. Inshallah this flag will remain always high than our heads. we won't hesitate to cut our heads for this flag.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

The general police and intelligence system in Pakistan needs a overhaul

Investment about 10 billion USD to fix it

a) Cities are big , and we police that operates on pen and pencil
the cities have countless detours , and shortcuts, so after
crimes the culprits can take 1000 access points to get away

Also there is lack of coordination.

b) Lack of Helicopters prevent faster deployment of police to
troubled spots.

Overall , availability of advance weapons is a critical issue which points to smuggled weapons into country meaning the borders are pourous.

The target killings are nothing but politically motivated killings done buy third party to incite hate betweek 2 groups or parties.

Killing of reporters is just a way to force media/newspapers to change their reporting and not report realities of current affairs.

The point is if you want change the change comes from with in how many ppl went to the assasinated person's home and helped his family


As for ethnicity , the issue is simple , it has to be outlawed , and a central system has to be promoted where ethnicity is banned

Just put a ban on ethnicity just make it Pakistani - as a universal definition of your background, infact - instead of the current law issue going in Pakistan where the guard killed someone "the politician" guy ... lets make a law to outlaw ethnicity based marriges as well to force people to start thinking stright

If its done properly the issues will fade away.


Also the police has to act fast on politically motivated killings and if there is a link to a gang financed by political parties to shut down political party's activities untill they can stop financing gangsters

But I think , the current case is incited by outside forces -


a) To destabalise the political system in Pakistan
b) To further decay the economy
c) Help US gain access to internal cities of Pakistan as its requesting


Pakistan is a fantastic place to live , great weather, wonderful cultured people , great seasons wonderful places to visit.

The problem is with "individual" if you can't take care of your own country you will probbly go to another country and make it currupt as well becasue the country is only as good as its people.


Perhaps what we need is a revolution like one in Tunisia or Iran

a) Put all the current politicians in Jails
b) Seize all the properties that have been unreported
c) Ban all political parties especially that are formed on basis of ethnicity. All parties
should be forced to adapt a mandate to have equal representation of all
provinces.


Meaning if political party has 100 candidtaes , 20 should be from sindh , 20 from Punjab , 20 from Balouchistan , 20 from Kheber , 20 from Kashmir

Equal reach and offices across the country

Police should be centrally manage entity like Army -

Have its head quarters in Islamabad , and officers get trained and deployed
from the central location and intelligence offices should all be coordinated from Islamabad.

Policing and Taxation systems need a overhaul the TAXATION on sales good is good step should not be removed. Gov need to tax people and then use the cash to help develop local institues that provide basic services to people

Police should get a good salary - train a new generation of officers similar to army troops with a central command center - introduce better intelligence mechanism
Fix the taxation -

All problems will go away in 4 years.


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