Any change in government should come through the Parliament and the political process.
SIALKOT: Once again the merchants of revolution are wandering in Pakistan’s political bazaar to sell their product. I personally think that we have had too many revolutions; all of them ended in despair. I cannot understand why we do not ask ourselves a few basic questions: does Pakistan need a revolution? And if a revolution does take place, what kind of system will it bring? It is not fair to build one’s political ambitions over the deprivations of others. Another adventure may derail the democratic process entirely leading the country to chaos.
I think Pakistan needs a continuation of the democratic process. Any change in government should come through the Parliament and the political process. Long marches and coups are not the solutions but a part of the problem. The reality is that revolutions require some causes which are absent in our society. Moreover, the cost of a revolution is far greater than its benefits.
We all know that Pakistan is passing through a very sensitive and challenging phase of its history as our armed forces are fighting militants and terrorists in North Waziristan. As for the economy, it is not doing that well and the government is desperately trying to woo the rest of the world to invest in Pakistan.
In order to cope with all these challenges, we have to be united and supportive of our government and military. It does not mean that we should not criticise the government’s wrong policies but it means that we should not create chaos and instability in the name of change or revolution.
Advocate Tayyab Butt
Published in The Express Tribune, August 16th, 2014.
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