The trends of nepotism, bribery, favoritism, discouragement of education and educated disposition are gaining strength across the country, and why not? Even in today’s modern age, we have not been able to get out of the clutches of hereditary politics.
If the father was the president, preparations are underway to make his son the prime minister, if the father becomes the foreign minister of the country, don’t forget to give the son a seat as a member of the assembly, and in the same way, this process goes beyond sons, daughters and brothers and sisters to daughters-in-law and in-laws.
Surprisingly, no province or region of Pakistan is safe from the tyranny and tyranny of hereditary politics. For example, the Bhutto-Zardari family in Sindh, the Sharif brothers of Punjab, Makhdoom and Qureshi of Multan, besides the Gilani family, the Wali family has become the ruler in similar PK.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, we have the example of the Fazlur Rahman family, who was infamous for making his place in the government of any political party. Apart from Bugti, Mengal and other tribes of Balochistan, tribal politics is also being smeared in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Here the question can be asked if the father was the prime minister, then what is wrong with making the son the foreign minister? So the simple answer is that democracy means government by the people. If only fathers, sons and uncles will remain in the field of politics, how can the dream of people’s rule be fulfilled?
If Pakistan had to adopt this Mughal style of government, then why false slogans of an independent judiciary and independent press were raised by establishing Election Commission? The cost of polling would also be saved and people would not have to bother standing in queues for voting. The President’s daughter would have taken the oath of the presidency herself. The Prime Minister also did not have to bother to make his son a member of the National Assembly.
In fact, the above points are very small and objective in nature for the poison of hereditary politics. The biggest question is whether the people got real justice. Has the government ever shown seriousness to fulfill basic human rights? Do people see themselves as successful in any field of life, including education, medicine, and employment, in the near future or even in the distant future?
Sadly, the answer to all these questions is no because the families ruling Pakistan for generations know very well that if the poor are allowed to come forward, they will change the destiny of the country and not us at all.
