People want dams not politics

City elders say misfortune is the end-result of man’s blunders. If we cannot learn from our mistakes it’s better to seek guidance from Almighty God’s message delivered by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) for mankind.
That will enable us to solve socio-economic problems and make homeland a prosperous state.
According to a human rights commission, about 15 persons are dying of hunger across the country every day, they’ve nothing to eat.
Critics borrow words from the founder of Pakistan to strengthen their point that feudalists have always flourished at the expense of the common people.
What they did to save their own lands and palatial houses from floods during the last five years at the cost of others provide an ample proof of their selfishness and greed.
Elders say such landlords forget the teachings of Islam as regards common man’s welfare. All the well-to-do and rulers have to help the state provide bread, clothing and shelter to victims of heavy rains and floods.
“This is the spirit of democracy which unites and builds people into a nation possessed of healthy economy and strong defence”, say retired college professors.
Youths also say we need to build dams, not castles. If we have forgotten achievements of our ancestors, then let us learn from trust-worthy friend China, who has stood firm by her ideology and principles and upheld independence and sovereignty in the face of gigantic difficulties.
Rawalpindi and Islamabad, like Karachi, for more than four decades attracted people for reasons of lucrative business, trade, interaction with rulers and bureaucrats and, of course, jobs of any kind. But today we face the problem of ‘roti, kapra aur makan’. The poor can’t afford high prices of flour, sugar, milk and cooking oil and meat etc.
Why people talk about China ’s struggle for present industrial and agricultural progress? China won freedom two years after we achieved Pakistan in 1947.
Most relevant was the rise of people’s communes in our today’s context. Soul-stirring songs play a vital part in national build-up and in countering calamities and repulsing the enemy.
That’s true of all revolutionary peoples like those of the Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan.
City elders assert masses have the same potential and quality of working together for national rebuilding after any devastating rains and floods. Only selfless leaders need to work manually and mentally along with common people, setting aside the party motives.
Citizens want dams for cheap electricity, bumper wheat, rice and sugar-cane crops and edible oil etc. for honourable living at a price which is within their reach. —zasarwar@hotmail.com