Our Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) said: "A person begs and begs, eventually, he appears on the Day of Judgment with no flesh on his face.", "A person who begs money when he does not need, collects fire."(al-Hindi, VI/495; Ibn Hajar, Bulugh`1-Maram, (Exp) N/144).
Yesterday PPP announced listed 43 points of the success stories of President Asif Ali Zardari’s govt. among the top ones were few that I would like to mention as quoted in the newspaper(Daily Times).
· Success in getting IMF loan and minimizing the effects of economic recession.
· An increase in the American non-military aid on a yearly basis.
· Urging the international community to offer help instead of demanding ‘more’.
· Promises of $5 billion in aid from the Friends of Democratic Pakistan.
Any government represents its people, and its acts reflect those of the nation as a whole. As you can see from the above mentioned points that the success of our govt is being denoted by the fact that how well it can beg and succeed in getting aid. So this means that now our nation is officially beggar.
This is a time to think again what we are supposed to be and where we are heading. Pakistan came into existence on the name of Islam, but Islam always discourages begging and always insists upon utilizing the resources available, and to keep our needs contained according to the present resources.
Why is it that whenever our leaders visit the developed countries, everyone asks them, upon their return, what have they got in the begging bowl. Why can’t our leaders focus their attention towards finding ways to exploit the present resources, instead of thinking which country of ‘friend of Pakistan’ to beg for aid. This way other nations will have to see us with a different eye and even our own people will start thinking differently.
We should focus on building dams to exploit the surplus water of our rivers for producing electricity and irrigation instead of being wasted into the oceans. We should focus on ways to increase the yield of our crops and stop illegal smuggling of essential commodities like sugar and flour, to end the food crisis. We should pay attention to producing electricity from coal instead of oil, as we have got vast reserves of it in the Thar deserts. We should focus on alternative sources of energy, as our country has got a rich supply of bright sunlight, and winds in our coastal areas. We should focus n finding oil and other gifts of nature buried beneath our soils. We should focus on improving our health and education to prosper and break the begging bowl.
Yesterday PPP announced listed 43 points of the success stories of President Asif Ali Zardari’s govt. among the top ones were few that I would like to mention as quoted in the newspaper(Daily Times).
· Success in getting IMF loan and minimizing the effects of economic recession.
· An increase in the American non-military aid on a yearly basis.
· Urging the international community to offer help instead of demanding ‘more’.
· Promises of $5 billion in aid from the Friends of Democratic Pakistan.
Any government represents its people, and its acts reflect those of the nation as a whole. As you can see from the above mentioned points that the success of our govt is being denoted by the fact that how well it can beg and succeed in getting aid. So this means that now our nation is officially beggar.
This is a time to think again what we are supposed to be and where we are heading. Pakistan came into existence on the name of Islam, but Islam always discourages begging and always insists upon utilizing the resources available, and to keep our needs contained according to the present resources.
Why is it that whenever our leaders visit the developed countries, everyone asks them, upon their return, what have they got in the begging bowl. Why can’t our leaders focus their attention towards finding ways to exploit the present resources, instead of thinking which country of ‘friend of Pakistan’ to beg for aid. This way other nations will have to see us with a different eye and even our own people will start thinking differently.
We should focus on building dams to exploit the surplus water of our rivers for producing electricity and irrigation instead of being wasted into the oceans. We should focus on ways to increase the yield of our crops and stop illegal smuggling of essential commodities like sugar and flour, to end the food crisis. We should pay attention to producing electricity from coal instead of oil, as we have got vast reserves of it in the Thar deserts. We should focus on alternative sources of energy, as our country has got a rich supply of bright sunlight, and winds in our coastal areas. We should focus n finding oil and other gifts of nature buried beneath our soils. We should focus on improving our health and education to prosper and break the begging bowl.
