Mythology
is a fanciful scheme carved to render the meanings to the phenomena around us.
It is mostly concerned with those things remain outside the ambit of mental
understanding. Ideas about the creation of universe and man, place of god and
goddess in it, relation of man to such gods and goddess is the product of
mythology. The revelation is mental ultima
Thule and divine reward is conditioned with blind, unseen faith. But
surprisingly some mythologies have taken the form incarnate within the
political scenario. When analysed the unimaginable luxurious life style of the
ruling aristocrats in Pakistan, then the state looks transforming into the real
El Dorado which have been assumed to exist in legendary fables. El Dorado is a
mythical place in the story considered to be the mine of tremendous gold and
wealth. For those distressed peoples destined to lead hapless life in the last
two decades of social and political milieu, the wish for having such life style
will always remain El Dorado.
The
ruling elite of Pakistan has set the minimum wage of Rupees 9000 ($84) per
month for an ordinary person. The person
with such wage will not only have to pay daily groceries, utility bills and
educating his children at time when the price of one kg tomatoes is exceeding
three dollars. As per statistics, more than 45 % of the population lives below
the poverty line whereas 80 % of population lives in rural area which is
deprived even from the very basic life facilities. The peoples, instead of
becoming an organised social political group, are like factions showing
affinity to particular religious sectarian as well as political parties who has
sown the seed of internecine hostility on the basis of provincial and linguistic
differences. If the religious demagogues have divided the peoples into sects on
the basis of theological differences, the political
cliques have not been lagged behind
in fragmenting the peoples by branding them the name of Punjabis, Sindhis,
Pakhtuns and Balochis restricting the name “Pakistani” to the papers of passport
only. By allocating the meagre and modicum sum of financial budget for
education, the ruling class has greatly strangulated the political
consciousness from cropping up; resultantly; the Haris (Financial slaves of feudal lords) are unable to change their
lives and their subsistence counts upon the dictates of their feudal lords. This
can be seen from the discovery of the personal prisons and torture cells by the
electronic media which have been built by the tyrannical rulers who continue
singing sweet songs of democracy, rule of law and justice on the floor of the
parliament.
Another
effective tool of the denizens of this political El Dorado is to keep the rein
of power within the family members. The cursory glance on the political history
of Pakistan shows the continuous presence of kith and ken not only on the floor
of the parliament but their retention on the fabric of political parties as
well. Even the military and civil bureaucracy is not immune from this fester;
the dark side of which is that when the military toppled down the civil
political set-up, it compromised with those representatives ousted by the
military entirely bypassing the peoples at the grassroots levels thus developed
the symbiotic nexus between two parasites living on the blood of the poor.
Whatever is the nature of the crisis in the country, institutional break-up,
price-hike or declining economy, these magnates always remain unaffected.
Irony
is the whole structure of the three pillars of the state i.e. legislature,
executive and judiciary is built on such constitutional and administrative
pattern which is conducive to protecting the interests of these magnates. The
legislation is directed towards strengthening the particular designations,
personalities and their acquittal from the crimes and corruption. In this El
Dorado, the peoples of Pakistan have seen the supreme court of the country
vesting the powers in the hands of the military general along with giving him
the right to amend the constitution which couldn’t be amended without two-third
majority in the parliament. It’s not the new phenomenon in Pakistani politics;
it has actually provided the legal protection to the acts of autocratic rulers
which can be seen in the case of Chaudhari Tameez-u-Deen, General Zia-ul-Haq
and the protection of General Musharraf’s fabricated LFO. Whatever the nature
of the constitution might have been under any political set-up, the peoples at
grassroots level never reap the reward.
In
Pakistan, politics is a game played for trade and trade is a profession for
political control. The criterion of good politics is that how much money the
government invests to better the public services and welfare, while in business
the main motive is always the pursuit of profit. This is what going on under
the regimen of the incumbent political elite who can truly be called
the political dodder on the state.
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