Loud Thinking

Dear Prof. Ahsan Iqbal Sahab,

AoA.

I really appreciate and admire the Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, in his selection of the right man for the right job, by giving you the most strategically important assignment of planning, for the future of Pakistan.

I am also glad that in this regard you are really doing a yeoman’s job (which is really something to sing about) and burning your midnight oil, for chartering a bright future for the coming generations of our motherland.

However, the problem is that under the current SYSTEM even if YOU are made the PM, things won’t change.

This SYSTEM is NOT designed for honesty, sincerity and for solving the issues and problems of the teeming millions of Pakistan.

As they say in the computer language, garbage in garbage out. Albert Einstein, also defined INSANITY as “doing some thing again and again, without CHANGE; and expecting a different result.”

For the CHANGE of the SYSTEM to save Pakistan, I am submitting my proposals as below, for your kind perusal and CONSIDERATION please.

How to save Pakistan..?

After 66 years, Pakistan is a more fragmented society than our forefathers could have ever imagined. The schism (division or disunion), is so intense that if immediate corrective steps are not taken, God forbid, this country, may see even more turbulent times.

The writing on the wall is clear for all to read. The decadence of Pakistani society in every sphere of life, be it political, economic, educational, industrial, agricultural, religious, law and order or any other segment worth naming, is abysmal, to say the least.

Hardly any day passes without reports of suicides, committed by the poor due to the economic hardships. Children did not not die in dozens, but in scores, due to the measles outbreak and; strangely enough, no soul moved; and not even a single person was held accountable.

Maybe, we have one last chance to stem the rot, to unite the people and to give them a prescription, to rise again and re-build the nation from the ashes; because, for the overwhelming majority, a time is coming that the masses may will be forced to think: NO LIFE NO NATION.

The current frame work, under which the country is being run will not take Pakistan any forward, even if it is allowed to continue as such, for another 100 years.

All small and big nations in our region and the world have overtaken us, in the basic fields of health, food security, education, justice, law and order etc.

All stakeholders must wake up, as the nation is moving towards destruction and business as usual, can do no good for Pakistan; our survival is directly linked with the existence of our nationhood.

Nationhood means, “the state or quality of having a status as a separate and independent nation”.

Pakistan needs a turnaround; for which the basic need is our adaptation and readiness for the CHANGE, not in the cosmetic, but REAL sense.

We need a COMPLETE CHANGE from one era to the another, like the one, witnessed by China, under Mao Zedong.

Hence, for all Pakistanis, failure is not an option but success is also not automatically guaranteed.

In this regard, I would like to suggest that we formulate a new social contract, for the common people of Pakistan, who always pay 100 percent bills and taxes and never defaults on their bank loans. Let us make a new Pakistan, which is redesigned to practically cater to the needs of the exploited masses.

Changes must be made in the constitution, to make it a presidential form of democratic set up. The election system should also be changed, so that the whole country directly votes for the president. However, before voting, the candidates of all political parties for presidential post, must notify a list of their MPAs, MNAs and Senators, who will be automatically considered elected, according to the percentage of votes cast, in favour of the main candidate for the top post of the country.

The decision for Pakistan’s charter of development for building dams and all other mega projects for the next 50 years should also be finalised, on which, later on, no politics should be allowed. In other words, the representatives of the nation should decide now, where they would like to see Pakistan, in each and every field of life after 50 years. This plan should be further divided into ten five years plans.

In order to decentralise and empower the maximum number of people, to enjoy the fruits of self-rule, we should convert every division of Pakistan into a province. This will also work as a panacea (an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties), for the eradication of linguistic and any other type of frictions and doubts about the hegemony of the one class of the people over the other.

In fact, it will work wonders in the speedy development and unity of Pakistan; and kill instantly, any secessionist or separatist activities, currently prevailing in some parts of the country.

With kind regards and best wishes for your sincere efforts, in chartering the future course for Pakistan.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad