What more can a country demand from its people than be united and face all challenges together as one nation. The point of being one nation dates back to 1947 when Quad e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah took the initiative of dividing a line between the identities of the people living in the subcontinent at that time. Due to that decision we are now living in an independent country still having those issues which are detoriating the political situation of the country.
These issues have to do with the geographical differences between people. at the time of creation of Pakistan the issues were more on the religion bases but now the tables have turned. the issues now have become internal meaning geographical. people living in Lahore don't respect the values of the people living in Peshawar. There are a lot of cultural differences that need to be sorted out before its too late. Sindhis think of themselves as superior to Punjabis. These differences are always there no matter how much we ignore them. the only reason behind the resolvement of these issues is the betterment of the country. Pakistan has a lot to offer to this world. the products, that are made here are of high quality. Examples would be textile, tobacco, rice, sports goods etc. just because of these issues people are killing each other and a negative picture is being portrayed outside.
It is this criticism that has lead to a great number of killings of pathans in Karachi. if we just think for a second and stop differentiating between the people in our country we are bound to reach success and victory over anything would be inevitable. One nation, one country is simply making Pakistan better in an economic way. these days another point is being raised in the provincial and national assemblies of Pakistan about making the Bahawalpur district in Punjab a new province. This province would include all the Siraiki speaking districts of the older province Punjab. I think this is again creating a new barrier between the people of Pakistan. Pakistan does not need provinces it needs to make its people more stronger and united. Unity is very important in this matter. provinces make cultural differences and especially in the case of Pakistan where there are language barriers cultures are most likely to change. According to me, this new province is a waste of time and money. our political leaders should decide on the opportunity cost for this province which is likely to be a lot as Pakistan is in the stage of development and if appropriate amount of money is spent on the country it can achieve and set new standards of development. Pakistan needs a heavy investment in the production of basic resources which are electricity and gas. our political leaders should be bold enough to think on practical terms and actually benefit the people rather than dividing them into categories and just increasing the number of ministers.
Author: Haseeb Alam Durrani
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