Celebrating Pakistan Day with fervour

People from all parts of the country are celebrating Pakistan Day with usual fervor renewing the pledge to defend the solidarity and integrity of the country at this critical juncture. The Day is being celebrated as the founding father moved and passed the Pakistan Resolution demanding a separate Muslim State from undivided India.

The Pakistan Resolution was unanimously passed at a large public meeting in Manto Park of Lahore. It is also known as Republic Day as the country was supposed to be a Republic instead of a theocratic State accommodating the will of the people belonging to all other faith and religions. It is an important document making suggestion for new Constitution of Pakistan.

However, different political parties and political had different perception about the new nation and the constitutional framework keeping the issue open in a democratic way to accommodate new ideas and perception of the Constitutional arrangements. For the time being, Pakistan is not facing constitutional crisis or immediate constitutional challenges and the issues will be settled with the passage of time.

However, the day is very important in the backdrop of political history suggesting revolutionary steps in regard future constitutional arrangements of the country which included complete autonomy to the Federating Units joining Pakistan with minimum powers to the Central Government confined to Defence and foreign affairs.

Or some more effective powers for the Central Government to run the State affairs in a better way. The constitutional developments will continue in future also to pacify certain sections of the Pakistani people in a bid to regain their trust and confidence. It will be a good omen for the country and the people to consolidate the political gains of the nation over a period of time.

The more important issue is to take the country out from the present political mess and prepare the people to face the challenges in the entire region. We have to find ways and means to improve our relations with our immediate neighbours.

It is unfortunate that Afghanistan is raising the issue of Durand Line and retaining tension at the behest o others while India is still resisting all the moves to resolve the Kashmir dispute so that relations between India and Pakistan are normalized. There is no dispute with Iran and certain elements are afraid of developing better relations with the Islamic Republic.

The Government will have to explain why there is resistance to improve political and economic relations between Pakistan and Iran. Economic relations will be beneficial for both the countries as Iran is ready to sell natural gas and electricity at cheaper rates which will benefit the people. It suits the economy if we buy cheap electricity from Iran at our borders in four directions—Zahedan, Gabd (Gwadar), Jikigwar (Mand) and Panjgur. We can easily take the power transmission lines from Gwadar and Mand to Karachi providing electricity to Karachi and rest of Sindh and the Punjab.

If we improve our relations with Iran, then a score of our problems will be solved. In any case, there should be firm commitment that we will not join any regional grouping and resist onslaughts on the solidarity and integrity of Pakistan.

Kashmir is boiling and the Government should use this golden chance to settle the Kashmir dispute as 100 per cent Kashmiris are supporting Pakistan and opposed to India barbarism against the Kashmir people. For the past many months, the life is paralyzed in the occupied territories and Pakistan should take full advantage from the political upheaval in the occupied Karachi. Let us not to miss the chance and liberate Kashmir before the Kashmiri anger subsides.