At present, Pakistan is on the brink of a quagmire and cannot afford political unrest
ISLAMABAD: The present tussle for power between government and opposition parties seems to be most undesirable; they act as a threat to peace in the country and citizens are dragged along with it. The politicians, whose oath and primary responsibility includes allegiance to ‘democracy’, is undermined by the display of unconstitutional behaviour. One does not object to the right to protest and it is expected of the politicians that they shall not misuse such right for their personal gains. Our nation cannot forget that full-throated hollow promises made to benefit the downtrodden segment of society in the past. None of it seems to have materialised.
At present Pakistan is on the brink of a quagmire and cannot afford political unrest — a situation which may result in further instability. The prevailing circumstances demand sanity and political maturity from our leaders to shun their personal prejudices, forget and forgive each other in the best national interest. It is time our leaders forged unity and moved forward to revive the economy without which neither can democracy flourish nor can inflation and poverty be curbed. The sarcastic exchange of words between politicians, which often includes abuses and threats, need to stop immediately. One hopes that our politicians may derive some wisdom from the wise words of Sir Francis Bacon: “In taking revenge a man is but equal to his enemy, but in passing it over he is his superior.”
Raja ShafaatUllah
Published in The Express Tribune, October 26th, 2019.
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