Fall of National Pride
Fall of National Pride
National pride is best understood in the inflated sense that one’s nation is the best, often because it is more consecrated and superior than other nations. Somehow our concept of national pride got warped with the early demise of our Founding Father and the inept leadership that followed the notion of collective pride in being Pakistanis and set about developing individual vanity. A conflict of identity, multitude corruption scandals, politics infested with corrupt politicians, frequent spells of marshal laws, numerous shackles on judiciary and gags on media, nuclear proliferation, unending episodes of match fixing , myriad incidents linked to “Pakistan based terrorist”, target killings and sectarianism, a nation riddled with economic woes et al, all this has wounded the national pride of Pakistan to a new low.
The results of a latest Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan has indicated that the proportion of Pakistanis who feel pride in their nation dropped drastically since the time of the country’s 50th anniversary.
Ever since the great country of Pakistan was formed, it has been going through its ideological and identity crisis which dented the national pride to a great extent. Agreed, that the vision of the forefathers was to create a separate land for the Muslims of the Sub Continent. The Quaid was unequivocally clear about his vision. He saw a land which was for the Muslims, yet a land which followed the great tradition of Muslims living in harmony with their Non Muslim brethren. A common thread binding them, called the nation of Pakistan.
The second case of this crisis in the chronology is the crisis of East and West Pakistan. At the time of inception, Pakistan inherited East and West Pakistan with one and four provinces respectively. Population of East Pakistan alone was more than that of the total population of the four provinces of West Pakistan. The seeds of identity crisis were sown with the
National pride is best understood in the inflated sense that one’s nation is the best, often because it is more consecrated and superior than other nations. Somehow our concept of national pride got warped with the early demise of our Founding Father and the inept leadership that followed the notion of collective pride in being Pakistanis and set about developing individual vanity. A conflict of identity, multitude corruption scandals, politics infested with corrupt politicians, frequent spells of marshal laws, numerous shackles on judiciary and gags on media, nuclear proliferation, unending episodes of match fixing , myriad incidents linked to “Pakistan based terrorist”, target killings and sectarianism, a nation riddled with economic woes et al, all this has wounded the national pride of Pakistan to a new low.
The results of a latest Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan has indicated that the proportion of Pakistanis who feel pride in their nation dropped drastically since the time of the country’s 50th anniversary.
Ever since the great country of Pakistan was formed, it has been going through its ideological and identity crisis which dented the national pride to a great extent. Agreed, that the vision of the forefathers was to create a separate land for the Muslims of the Sub Continent. The Quaid was unequivocally clear about his vision. He saw a land which was for the Muslims, yet a land which followed the great tradition of Muslims living in harmony with their Non Muslim brethren. A common thread binding them, called the nation of Pakistan.
The second case of this crisis in the chronology is the crisis of East and West Pakistan. At the time of inception, Pakistan inherited East and West Pakistan with one and four provinces respectively. Population of East Pakistan alone was more than that of the total population of the four provinces of West Pakistan. The seeds of identity crisis were sown with the