tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114544108364695281.post6306156844770334192..comments2024-03-14T21:15:31.328+05:00Comments on Spring of Autumn: "Roti, kapra aur makaan"ReeBzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15141463253362520942noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114544108364695281.post-4444905713812621172009-09-04T13:47:15.701+06:002009-09-04T13:47:15.701+06:00Like a quote goes: "Power tends to corrupt an...Like a quote goes: "Power tends to corrupt and absolutely power corrupts absolutely"<br /><br />Pakistan has not known a truly sincere and honest leader after Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah himself. It's a sad truth that our leaders are scarcely interested in solving the problems of the society, or atleast it seems to be. They enjoy having power and forget what their duties are and what the people chose them for. This happens due to lack of faith, the leader forgets the enormous duty he is supposed to perform: He has to consider himself Allah's representative and SERVE the people, considering his power as a gift and blessing from Allah, who has the absolute power. This idea can be easily understood from the example of Hazrat Umer. On being chosen a Caliph, he wept on being given this enormous burden, and said "In my reign, even if a dog dies on the bank of Euphrates River, i shall be held answerable for it before Allah"<br /><br />However, the problem is not only with the government, but also with the people. Sir Syed Ahmed khan wrote in one of his essays that it is the character of the people that determines the way they are governed. A good society is governed in a good manner, a bad one by strict and bad manner. He also quoted the example of Hajjaj bin Yousaf. a similar case goes on in our country, a majority of the people are unfeeling about whatever goes on in the country since they have their own axes to grind. They neither care for the people, nor feel their pain as they themselves are well off. Evils in our society have increased beyond count. If the people do not improve themselves, they will surely not get a good government as well.Hasaan Rafiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00220745490558672054noreply@blogger.com