Moral criminals

Alexandre Dumas says, “there is a peculiarity in the wounds inflicted on souls. They hide, but they do not heal, nor do they disappear! They are always painful and remain. Whenever they are touched, they bleed, these wounds are always fresh and present somewhere in the human heart”. Guy de Maupassant writes in his fiction: Randall was hungry like a wild animal. His was the same state of hunger that compels wolves to attack humans. He started saying, I also have the right to eat, drink and live, but these bastards want to kill me. These rascals have left me to die of hunger. And I say give me work, I want to work hard and fill my belly. Filthy, piglets, every part of his body started to feel several pains. His heartbeat was faster, and his head started to explode due to the pain. He felt faint and the only thought on his mind was that I also live in this world. I also breathe in this air when there is no ban on air, then why is bread banned for me? I also have the right to eat like everyone else, no one has the right to take bread away from me.

Even after 76 years, Pakistan is unable to provide bread to its citizens. Why are inflation, poverty, corruption, looting, unrest, and unemployment still prevalent in the country? Why are the electricity, gas and water crises not being resolved? Why do a few hundred families occupy the parliament? Why has the right to rule been forbidden for the common people? Why has hunger, disease, fear, disappointment, and restlessness become the destiny of the common people. In his last speech in court, Socrates said, “the difficult task for me is not to avoid death but to avoid dishonesty and injustice. Which is much more difficult, because dishonesty is more dangerous than death and chases faster than death. I am old and lazy, therefore death has overtaken me, while my plaintiff is more cunning and rapids which is why they have been caught by the evildoing.” Cicero told his son Marcus that, taking advantage of another’s loss is a more tragic and unnatural act than death, poverty and sorrow. Like Hercules, we should serve and protect others by enduring pain, sorrow, troubles and suffering instead of living a life of pleasure and comfort. People of high and great character dedicate their lives to service and completely abandon personal interest and comfort. These people are in complete harmony with nature. They can never do evil to anyone. Moral turpitude is more dangerous than anything else.

There are canker sores in the minds, hearts and souls of moral criminals, which are always leaking. Societies that are occupied by moral criminals turn into a forest, where the naked corpses of wisdom, culture, knowledge, law, justice, and decency are hanging on trees. Where the vultures are eating the corpses of dignity, innocence, and politeness.

This is what has happened to Pakistan today. Pakistan has completely gone into possession of moral criminals. Moral criminals have taken over all aspects of society. In the novel Life of Pi, a boy named Pi tries to survive 227 days alone in the Pacific Ocean with a lion named Richard Parker. Imagine that sharks are roaming around below, and a bloodthirsty, hungry lion is after you and you cannot even run away. This scene is reflective of the situation in Pakistan today. Over 220 million Pakistanis are riding in a boat where the hungry of centuries, the owner of all the diseases and disorders of the world, and humanoid monsters are also riding on the boat. Considering the situation at present, it appears that there is no way left for the people to escape from these monsters.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 28^th, 2023.

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