Muhammad Asif Raza (PAS)

“One of lessons of history is that you cannot take any civilization for granted. Its permanency is never assured. There is always a dark age waiting for you around the corner if you play your cards badly and make sufficient mistakes.” Richard M. Nixon Today Pakistan is grappling with economic, power, and political crisis whereas, on the other hand it faces mammoth existential threat in the form of terrorism and nationwide insurgency. The impotency of political leadership and its inability to cope with these challenges have tagged Pakistan as a failed state. Despite all this, the situation is further compounding from bad to worse. International media has left no stone unturned to fish in the troubled waters. It is an extremely perplexing situation for Pakistan. According to a US-based Foreign Policy journal, Pakistan is contending Somalia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central African Republic, and Guinea for topping the list of failed states. T

Dear Readers, First, in the prelude of my previous post i stated that the creation of a new province is a constitutional, legitimate and democratic right. But it is a high time and this demand would surely open pandora's box and our country can ill afford at this juncture. Second, our honourable Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and some other renowned ministers are from the southern Punjab. If the creation of a new province is purely based upon the agendum of development as per the aspirations of the people, why don't the aboriginals press hard upon the said stakeholders to expedite the matter of development there? The locals must seize this opportunity to get the panjandrums focus on the development of infrastructure, education, health care etc. Some development projects have been initiated at the behest of the PM. Third, you have impulsively quoted and compared the present circumstances with that of united India. Both scenarios have different aspects and paradigms. But alarmi

The creation of new provinces is a constitutional and legitimate right as enshrined in the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Srikistan has become a buzz word and it is being exploited by the native politicians. Though poverty persists and there are rare good health and educational facilities in southern Punjab yet the creation of new province cannot solve this problem alone. It is a matter of poor governance, and only good governance can ameliorate the grudges of those living in southern Punjab. Therefore, i have following reservations over the creation of new provinces. • Who will guarantee that the poor will get their share after the creation of new provinces? • Who will ensure that there will be better educational and health facilities, and improved infrastructure? • Who will hold the onus to shrug off the rampant feudal system in the new province? These feudals? • Why should the simpletons believe that the political leaders will safeguard their interests? • Presently, most MNAs from s