Friendship is a great bonding and should be valued. No one can disagree with the fact that friends are asset. In any odd occasion, the lucid discussion can turn into shaggy dog story and friends can end up parting ways wishing good luck to each other. Such sort of encounter must be avoided.

Khirad ko ghulami say aazad kar
Jawanon ko peeron ka ustad kar

Jigar say wohi teer phir par kar
Tamanna ko seenon main bedar kar

Jawanon ko sozi jigar bakhsh de
Mera ishq meri nazar bakhsh de

Pila de mujhe woh may pardah soz
Keh aati nahin fasl-e-gul roz roz

Woh may jis say roshan hai zameer-i-hayaat
Woh may jis say hai mastee-e-kainaat

By: Illama Iqbal

(GHALIB)
Zahid Sharab Peene Dy Masjid Mein Beth Kar,
Ya Wo Jagah Bata Jahan Per Khuda Na Ho

(IQBAL)
Masjid Khuda Ka Ghar Hai Peene Ki Jagah Nahi,
Kafir K Dil Mein Ja Wahan Khuda Nahi

(FARAZ)
Kafir K Dil Se Aaya Hoon Mein Ye Dekh Kar,
Khuda Mojood Hai Wahan, Magar Usay Pata Nahi

Hope provides fuel to looking forward to good things. In absence of it, a nation can crumble and hit disaster. Energy and water crisis, limited health facilities, exorbitant price hike, war in our own country, corruption and civil disobedience are few challenges we face today and add to our anxiety level. Going through tough times we are a nation. A world ‘hope’ no matter how little can mend hearts, boost up energies and let us fix all the evil we are living with.

I read somewhere that many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working. I find this quote relevant to us. We are working but probably not in the right direction with right frame of mind and with right magnitude of energy. What is missing here is ‘honesty’ and ‘unity’. If we inculcate these two things in our minds and start representing through our actions we can sort out most of the problems.

We are a nation which produces best sports goods, fabric, food & surgical instruments. We have minerals in abundance, cheap labor if not the cheapest & praiseworthy skill set. We have all what it demands to succeed. In presence of such great attributes, we should never disgruntle ourselves. We just need to portray and practice good side of ours to spread hope across the nation. Have faith in yourself and Allah. All the best!

The human nature has the tendency to feel possessive about certain things like: relationships, material objects, places etc. Most of the human care about such things. In our society, a father has all the right to punish its offspring for mistakes they commit, a mother has all the right to pamper her children, a brother cares about his younger siblings and has all the right to guide them to the safe path and a sister has all the right to take favors from brothers. Younger look up to their elders. Friends help a friend when he/ she is needy. This happens all around us. This all comes to us and happens to us.

Being Pakistani, I feel all the right to talk good and bad of my country. I have all the right to pin point areas where we are better and where we can be. I can take the liberty to unveil faces of people/ nations those want our people/ nation to fall down. I have a strong bond with my country and nobody can break this association. Nobody can dare to hinder since it’s a very personal connection.

I feel heartbreaking when told that each Pakistani is aware of the fact that our government is dictated by USA, economy is controlled by IMF, ministers are chosen on the instructions of foreign officials, land is allotted to people those have connections with political leaders, tax is exempted for VIPs etc. The only institute with dignity is Pakistan Armed Forces. The western lobby is behind it to segment the unity, competence, might and confidence. This is the only institute which can play a major role in order to shape up the bright future of Islamic world. I feel sad when see our politicians fighting with each other on the mere issues and to blow triumph of democracy. I feel bad when I see price hike and energy crisis. I feel worried when come to know that there is no roadmap with the leadership to assure us a safer and better tomorrow. I feel ashamed when drones are done by USA and our P.A.F doesn’t respond. I feel gloomy about innocent souls of Lahore, Karachi, Multan and all other cities who died in suicidal attacks for no reason. I feel depressing when soldiers of armed forces are slaughtered by so called Sharia reformers. I feel disgrace when our media portrays Indian and Western cultures as our own one. I feel embarrassment when our commercial tv channels only talk about negative side of the picture and claim as if they have all the right to capture anything (for meager commercials reasons only to prove that they are the most viewed channel).

I see my country in a mess which is created by our very own people and people across the border. But I’m not hopeless. We must realize our true potential which is the core reason for all the international pressure and interest. We have fertile land, human resource, coal reservoirs, wealth of minerals, crude oil, gold, uranium, hot sea and what not. With having faith in Allah and ourselves we can lead the world. Wake up my people… Wake up my nation…