The cursed spear.

      A farmer lived in a village. He was a mystic man. He had a small family with a son, a daughter and a wife. He had a large piece of land to his name where he would harvest his crops every year. His land had something unusual about it. It happened at times that the farmer found miscellaneous objects when he used to plough or dig the land. Because his land was situated above some ancient remains.
      Some how a team of geological researchers get to know about this land. And one day they arrive at the village to the farmer's house. That day the farmer had gone out to the city for several days so his wife attended the guests. They had come to search for the ancient remains that might or might not be hidden in the land of the farmer. They promised to give big incentive if they are allowed to start their work in the land.
      The woman heeds for the proposal.
      The work starts without any delay.
      After few days of work, one day, they found something when they had uncovered a considerable area of land. They had found a spear which was made of wood. It seemed as if there was some sort of museum at this location and now it revealed its hidden treasure. The very same day the farmer had arrived home. When he was acknowledged about the team of workers in his land he rushed to them. When he reached he Started arguing with one of the team members. He wanted them to stop the work at once and leave his place. He snatched the discovered spear from the hands of the head of the team. Who in turn got angry and started over the old man.
      "You fool. Do you have a sense what you are doing? This thing belongs to the national museum. And all such things that are right now hidden in your land belong to our museum. These are ancient remains. Do you even know their worth?
      The old man objected with the same strength,"This is my land and my property. And before me it was my father's. And before him it was my grand father's property. This spear is made up of wood. And wood is what we need to burn fire and cook food for ourselves. And this is the worth of this wood. It is meant to be burn and its meant to be used for building houses. You are the one who is fool enough to make a museum with these things which belong to a nation that has been forgotten hundreds of years ago."
      Arguments went on for a while and only ended when the team retreated.

      Same day over the dinner the farmer and his small family were eating in silence, when the son asks the father respectfully; "Why hasn't you left the team to work in our land. They were giving us incentive. Of what harm can a mere spear be to anyone? Why didn't you let them find what they were looking for?"
      "The spear is cursed" the father replied with affection and went on,"Didn't you think for a second why the claiming nation has been forgotten and no trace of them has been left so that the present world could remember them! Didn't you think why their is no one left who could claim for this ancient spear; and it lay there in the ground purposeless."
      The boy had no answer, hence the old man went on,"Its because of the curse that is laid by the spear upon that nation that today the nation that once owned it left no trace of their on the earth. The universe runs on its supreme laws which no one would dare to destroy. In the same place where today our farm is situated, years back, the nation once created a place like the way we have museums today, to save there its marvelous creations; of which the spear is one. That act of their's wasn't based on wisdom. Because doing so they forgot that the greatness of a nation and the life of their tradition doesn't lay in the places like the museum. And they failed to understand that greater importance is given to the world that is behind the eyes of every person of the nation.
      Thus the spear had laid a curse on them and forbid them from knowing forth the glory of men. which in turn lies purely in the greatness of men's soul and not of its creations. If today we seek glory in places like museum full of the spear and other things we will be  the victim of its curse and same as that forgotten nation we will end up and forgotten."

What Our Country Feels Today?

Its a simple question, "What our country feels today?"
      Wise and patriotic men always know what their country feels at a particular moment. But do we ever act like wise and patriotic men in the real sense of the word? What are we doing now? Do we really have an idea what our country feels today?
      Let me tell you what is happening today and what our country feels today.
     The issue that we can never set in a pending state is terrorism. Then comes the second issue which is the sense of deprivation among the different sects of people of the country. Then comes the unsteadiness in the politics. And we all know whats happening in Karachi and in Quetta. And in past what terrorists did against our armed forces. And also the continuously degrading economic health of the people against the present resources of the government. Then the crisis situation in the energy and in the other sects that emerge due to the inability and the corruption of the leaders. And many many many others. But i would just point out the major ones and the ones that should never be ignored because of their graver consequences.
      Now let me talk about the strategies that we made while we are fighting against these national issues.
      A number of committees that we formed and we consider them the only measure to solve complicated issues. A number of visits to other countries that may or may not be our friends in real. And those visits are apparently destined to be helpful in future development of Pakistan. A number of cases that are often listened in the supreme court and the high court. And if ever every one of those cases result in anything it would be the dis credibility of one the political party members. And then the media which everyday talks so seriously about these issues and keeps disclosing the cheap reality of the politics and keeps on airing the poverty, helplessness and lawlessness of the state and its people. All this from the media results in the over created concern about the situations in the country and also it creates a sense of destitution among the people, which is a very serious issue. All the efforts we are making to restore peace in the country and all the measures that we take against terrorism, with each day it proves to be "not enough". All these steps are creating a sense that we are doing something in response but in fact all these steps are making us more ignorant about the severeness of the circumstances. The reason of this meaningless stretegies is that we haven't yet known the enemy and his ways of attack on our country.
      I don't say that our enemy is India or our enemy is America or Taliban, but I say that our enemy is the one who is creating lawlessness, destitution, energy crisis, economic crisis, illiteracy, regional disputes, etc; the list goes on.
      A country's fate is not determined by its government or its political leaders but mainly by its people. One would ask, what is our people getting in all these critical circumstances? And what answer would he get, i presume; the BISP ( Benazir Income Support Program) and Laptop scheme. Which is making them even destitute and even illiterate. Everyone knows the reputation of Pakistan as an internet user. We haven't even learnt to use internet yet. While income support programs are making us even more helpless and even more dictated by the poverty rather then by the hands of an army dictator. It would make us even dependent upon the government instead of becoming independent employed people. Now compare who would be a better dictator? Musharraf or the present Government( I wished if I could avoid any politicians name in this post but i feel that people are not wise enough to understand my points).
      In short, our people are being led in the wrong direction; that's why we are unable to fight the real enemy. That's why we are on the verge of losing the fight that's going on inside our country. What we need today? what our country needs today?
      Let me tell you some facts:
      We have the worlds second largest salt mine. We have worlds fifth largest gold mine. We have worlds fifth largest coal resources. seventh greatest copper resources. Sixth largest army and seventh biggest Nuclear power. Seventh largest rice producing country and worlds greatest Basmati rice producing country. Eight largest wheat producing country. Nicest Mango is produced in Pakistan. Nicest apple is produced in Pakistan. Second nicest cotton is found in Pakistan. Australia supplies wheat all over the world and the width of its fertilized land is 3 to 6 inches. While in Pakistan the width of fertilized land is 3 to 6 feet. According to New York times, after the GAWADAR gets in its full running state the annual budget will increase from 30 to 90 trillion dollars. A type of gas called Sheal Gas has resources of about 1500 trillion dollars in Pakistan. Recently it has been discovered that the worlds largest oil resources in the sea near Karachi shores. Pakistan has 15 percent of the worlds mineral resources and haven't yet used even 1 percent of it. And there are still much more facts to talk about.
        After knowing all these facts, its clear that our country doesn't need help, it doesn't need any sort of AID from any other country. Then one would ask what our country really needs? Why we are unable to get ourselves out of the pit we are falling deeper and deeper inside of which with each day. Even with all the natural resources a country might ever need, but we are still losing the fight.
      Then what is that we are missing? What our country feels in these circumstances?

        Our country today feels that she is not being heard. She feels that her men are following the wrong lead. She feels that her men are losing her. She feels that her people are not respecting her the way she deserves. She feels that her people are disturbed and strayed. In this case if unfortunately some one from out comes and gives us a direction while using all those means that would settle all the above issues, we will end up following him. And that would be the one who wants to enslave us in any respect he wants. Or if no one comes and all the issues remain issues for some longer time then we are at the verge of losing our nationality. Because nations in real sense of the word are indeed not what we actually are!
      Then what we need? All we need is a real leader. A reformer. That tells us the way out of these circumstances. And he is one who knows what is actually going on in the country and among her people. And he should not be some one from our media. He should not be some one from our politics. He should not be some one from our government; "Because all these institutions are not taking part in nation building". And i have discussed above how and why this is true.
        (Personally i didn't want the following lines to be a part of this post but i am writing it so that this post will get some positive meaning.)
        In such state of affairs who you think can be our best leader among the all we are looking at today? The ones who are leading for the sake of their hunger for governance? And those are the ones who have established themselves long ago in this country. The leaders of our political parties like Nawaz Shareef and Zardari etc. They are the ones who have failed in all these years of our country's life to make us the nation we deserved and we should have been by all the means. Should it be the dictator like Musharraf who failed to make the right decision at the right time and hence today he's facing some real opposition in the country. Or should it be The Imran Khan who dreams of a better and more established Pakistan as a state and as a nation. We all know that he is a national hero. And who is so willingly determined to get our Country out the these critical circumstances.
      The purpose of this post it to point out the real issues and there seriousness and their solution. And not the publicity of any party leader. So i say that the above paragraph is enough for the purpose of giving this post a positive meaning. I just pray to ALLAH that in this Elections we elect the honest and true leader for our nation, whoever he may be. Because we are noble men with no wisdom.