R O N I Nammar yasir’s personal blog

We as Pakistanis have always been deprecative of the state that this country is in today. Speak of the government policies, the inherent corruption, the ancient education system, the day-long power outages, the un-attended traffic jams… you name it and we’ll have a complain about it. But despite all the frustrations… there definitely have been days when we’ve felt proud of the country we all call our Homeland.

Pakistan is our home and we are responsible for the state it is in today… and even if we aren’t… then we truly are accountable for not having contributed. So today, for a change, let us bring out the patriotism that lies within us all and blog ONE THING about Pakistan that ever made us content, proud and patriotic.
We can also share our visions on how we plan to contribute in making this country a better place for our future generations.

Simply send your blog posts to: <network@teabreak.pk> and have them published on our special Independence Day web page.

Phir Se Jeeway Pakistan!

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“You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed — that has nothing to do with the business of the State… We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State… I think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in due course Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the State.” - August 11, 1947 address of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Zia ul Haq was the worst thing that could happen to Pakistan. No corrupt elected ruler or unelected marshal law administrator can top the level of damage Zia has caused since his military coup in 1977. He polluted the very ideology of Pakistan by injecting his version of Islam in the roots of this country. Even after 21 years of his death the country continues to burn in the fire of sectarian and communal violence. Where a rumor of desecration of the Holy Quran can make self appointed army of Islam murder and tear down the property of a minority community. I wonder which divine revenge in the Islamic Shariya allows a Muslim to burn alive innocent women and children.

The incident which is not the first of its nature does not surprise me at all. The silence of the religious parties and Islamic clerics on this incident continues to amuse me. How can you expect from the mullahs to speak against this atrocity, when they kept their jaws sealed whilst Muslims were blown on numerous occasions in the major parts of the country. I am sure a foreign hand will be indicated by these mullahs in this situation and no practical solidarity will be shown by the followers of Islam who teaches solidarity and religious coexistence.

While growing up my late grandmother often used to narrate the following quotation of Imam Ali:

“One can live under infidelity, but one can’t endure brutality”

But we will find no shame by sticking with those golden words which helps us promote our version of Islam. How convenient?

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