It feels like we live in the Stone Age where we are still the in the process of dealing with polio and illiteracy
KARACHI: The concept of a ‘state’ was adopted to provide security, health and education to all citizens, irrespective of their caste, colour, religion and creed. If we take an overview of Pakistan’s history, this right has often been crushed by the rulers in power. It feels like we live in the Stone Age where we are still the in the process of dealing with polio and illiteracy.
The day starts and ends with waiting for electricity and gas. People do not feel secure, the educational system is backward, and law and order is poor; all of this is the daily reality in Pakistan, a country which is not able to fulfil even one of the conditions for being a state. In this case, how can we say that Pakistan is a state?
Nations are progressing and we, Pakistanis, remain backward.
Waqas Arif
Published in The Express Tribune, June 8th, 2015.
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