It has been quite a long time since I have made a blog post. The reasons being quite weird so no need to ponder on them. The point is I have returned to make a post forced by the deteriorating political situation of my country.
Since elections are on the edge, we are left with so much political drama and melodramatic situations that anyone could hardly resist. The recent famous Qadri's long march, Raja rental political scam, Karachi's target killings, Baluchistan crisis, Indian military defiance of LOC and many more internal insurgencies have really took the whole country by storm. It seems Pakistan is under the spell of PPP i.e. Pakistan's poor politics. Other than that the external forces are no less than a nail in the coffin which are trying to push the country into the end of times. Sometimes it feels that Pakistan is like a punching bag which is being severely used by all the forces (internal and external) to exhort their powers for some selfish political gains. The feelings in response to these crisis are mixed. Sometimes I feel pity on the helplessness and hardships of my people but on the other hand I feel that we deserve to be in this situation. Yes, this nation does not seem to be in a mood to change their fate. They keep on dreaming about the good future but in reality they hardly ever think practically to go for some change.
It has been evident that no change is possible in the society until you change your approach. Allah has also said in the Holy Quran that "Verily never will Allah change a condition of a people until they change what is within their souls" (Ra'd 13:11)
However it is surprising to know and to see that despite so much disappointment all around and when everybody simply blabbering a sentence, "Ab is mulk ka kuch nahi ho sakta"; to end up this discussion, there is a minor population which is still firm on bringing a positive change in society. These are the youngsters of my country. The 60% youth representing the major chunk of our populous country is trying hard to keep things intact. The youth has been more active and participating in politics than ever before. They are young, energetic, passionate and above all hopeful unlike their ancestors who tend to criticize these political mafias in drawing-room discussions but do nothing about it.
I personally feel that social media and internet has really played an exceptional role to bring this dramatic change in the thinking of minds. These youngsters are always active on social media and not just for fun but also tend to be involved in certain activities which have actually been fruitful in certain aspects. It is not necessary that the change they bring is gigantic or fundamental but the important thing is they are well aware of their responsibilities towards this country. Whether it is to make an appeal on twitter to ask for donations for poor and needy or to post a patriotic video inspiring people towards free and fair voting scenario. People notice and share such stuff and thus the awareness ball rolls in the nation.
I wish and pray that this social media change also tends to be helpful in bringing a true change in our society as a whole.
