Pakistan was supposed to be a modern and progressive state responsive to the imperatives of consistant change. It was to promote economic development and social welfare. It was to be built on the basis of the Holy, Quran, Sunnah and the guide lines given by the Father of the Nation, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. It was to enforce principles of UNITY, FAITH and DISCIPLINE and translate the very ideological raison d etre of Pakistan into concrete material reality. But it has failed to create an egalitrian state. The 2% wealthy, rich, filthy rich, influential and corrupt in power and authority have exploited, suppressed and subjugated the ninety eight percent of the masses.

Economic mismanagement and exploitation, rampant corruption and tax evasion have bankrupted the state. Outstanding debts threaten the future of coming generations. Pakistan is at the mercy of international donors and lenders and is vulnerable to their dictation and blackmail on issues vital to Pakistan's survival. There is unemployment with an ever-increasing number of people falling into absolute poverty and destitution. The country is riven with ethnic divisions, sectarian strife and violence. People are victims of abuse of authority by the ruling elite and excesses, yearning for liberation. The people are cynical about politics and distrustful of political promises because they know that Pakistan politics is not working and that their politicians have betrayed them.

Today every citizen is in a state of despondency and uncertainity, There is no confidence in the institutions, if they exist at all, because most of them have been destroyed over a period of time through attrition. An average individual, because of existing economical, social and apolitical environment, has become disinterested in the well being of the country and is unconcerned to constructive participation in national affairs.

Creation of Pakistan as a welfare state has remained a mirage. The deprived massive majority, both civil and military, have become more impoverished through lack of attention. It is victim of political melee and violence in ethnic and and sectarian furore.

It is time to acknowledge the enemy from with in overselves which must be dealt with as resolutely as the enemy from without. It is the Quiad-e-Azam's vision of Pakistan to which we must be faithful, no matter how distasteful that vision may be to the obscurantist forces pervading our polity. Personal belief systems not withstanding, the democratic leadership of the country must follow the path charted by Mr. Jinnah because that was the foundation of the country. Leadership of Pakistan must steer the state and the nation according to the principles on which it was founded.

We believe in Pakistan. It is blessed with gererous human and natural resources. It has the potential to provide for its people a fulfilling life of sufficiency free from poverty and want. Pakistanis are a great people. Pakistan can and must be better - better schools, better hospitals, better ways of tackling crime and building a modern Islamic welfare state. We must move towards national reconciliation, institutional reforms, economic break through social land cultural flowering and equal opportunities in the economic, social, cultural and political rights to all concerned irrespect of gender, caste and creed. Every body should have the right to go about his or her life free from the threat of intimidation.