Tuesday, January 10, 2006

So, what is the problem?

OK, so we've been pointing out deficiencies, and we've been saying how Pakistanis behave abroad and make it a point to misbehave when not. Why is that? Well, if I were to talk of the US, if I were to skip a red light, or stop at a traffic light beyond the zebra crossing, or stop in the middle of two lanes and the list goes on, it is entered to my record by the policeman whom I can not bribe. The result is not merely a few dollars fine, the result replicates itself into my houserent, my loan interest rates, my insurance premiums (which are mandatory by law) and so many other things, that you can not even imagine doing any of that stuff.
So, it is fear of punishment that makes us behave. Down here, though, there is no fear. When President of the United States of Pakistan, General George W. Mush took over, I thought that he has an opportunity at a critical point in the nation's lifetime. It's now or never. If he puts just a few thousand corrupt people in front of the firing squad, without courts, without lawyers, just shoot, then a few hundred good men would die, but their blood would not go in vain and everyone else would learn the lesson they defie. But no, he wasnt there for that. He is there for other reasons, which are becoming obvious with time.
So, who or what, if ever, will erect those hangman's in the roundabouts of our towns?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ladies and gentleman .. I proudly present you the future president .... Mr. Saqib Ilyas ....

jeetay gaa bhai jeetay gaa ......
intaykhabee nishaan .... looota?

Adnan Farooq Hashmi said...

@Anonymous

Pappu Yaar tung naa kar!

Muhammad Saqib Ilyas said...

Allah na karay k main is qom ka president hoon.

Destitute Rebel said...

kion Saqib Bhai - Qom mein kiya kharabi hai kharabi to leaders mein hai.

Muhammad Saqib Ilyas said...

You can look at it in two ways. One, leaders kya asman say utray hain? Second, there's a famous saying, jaisa moon, waisee chapairh. As for me, I'd rather be the executer of things, rather than a schemer sitting in the president's house.