What If We Had a Time-Machine

Pakistan was carved out in desperate urgency. It came into existence with horrible loss of life and property, and the migration of millions of dazed and destitute men, women, and children. The cost was heavy in terms of human suffering. But what the Muslims wanted and what they achieved was a homeland of their own. They now had the freedom to worship, practice their religious faith and develop their culture. Moreover, independence had opened up a bright future for the Muslims, who hoped for a better standard of living, economic development, prosperity and a fuller life. What if Pakistan was a war free, peaceful, loving country, our opinions mattered and were friends instead of puppets of first world nations.

Pakistan has been in a serious tension since it got independence. The problems with Pakistan are from the day one. When sub-continent was divided in two states, the powers were not shared properly among the two. India which was the other state (Stake holders) makes problems for the Pakistan so that they can make this state fail.  But somehow due to good leadership of Quaid-e-Azam, Pakistan survived as a state.  But Pakistan is still struggling after 65 years.  Democracy was selected as a system for Pakistan but we have never seen real democracy in our country. It is due to the power of military establishment. Dictators ruled Pakistan and became a destroying factor for our country due to the power they have. 65 years ago it was a under developing country and it is still a country with title ‘under developing ’. Why is it so? It is a need of an hour to understand the fact that why are we behind the other successful states. What changes should be done to make to make a new Pakistan? What are the problems of Pakistan till now? And what is a solution to those problems? What is Pakistan in my vision? And Where I want Pakistan to be? These are all the clicks in my minds when I see Pakistan as a failed state. Alternative solutions also clicked my mind and I countered it with my words here. The truth in this possibility can only be found by comprehensive run of alternatives that were available in crucial decision-making moments in history of Pakistan. The fun part in writing a alternate history is you never know what`s coming next and this becomes even harder to scribble in my weak vocabulary. I guess it would be something like what if or Fatherland.

What if we had a time machine to go back and rewrite the history, to avoid all those military coups, to stop wars with India, to avert the passing of discriminatory laws in constitution, to concentrate more on education system, to avoid plunging in to the war of terrorism and to reduce the tension between religions as well as ethnic groups.

If we had made right decisions after 1947 so we could say at-least on of these things in 2013.

1.            Pakistan 1 Rupee is equal to 1 US Dollars.

2.            Pakistan intellects had won 5 Noble prizes in their works in Physics, Chemistry, Literature and Peace.

3.            Pakistani politicians are among the most well educated, democratic and fair.

4.            Pakistan produced scientists and engineers that made strong influence in the modern sciences.

5.            Pakistan is self-sufficient country that exports its technologies to the world.

6.            Pakistan has 5 Universities in the top 50 Universities in the world.

7.            UN ranked Pakistan among the world top 10 happiest nations

8.            Students from Europe and America compete to study in limited no of seats in Universities of Pakistan.

9.            Pakistan is a peaceful country, where all ethnic groups and religions have the same right freedom to practice.

10.        Pakistan believes to build strong and peaceful relations to its neighbors.

11.        Pakistan spent 25 percent of its budget in education

This is a story of that hypothetical country with similar political scenario as Pakistan that came into existence in 1947. This country is a result of decisions that now we believe destroyed Pakistan.