- A lot of 'middle or lower class' (as they call it) people do not get their daughters married, only out of the complex of not having enough dowry to sell off their girls to add to the socially acceptable reproductive process of life.
- A lot of similar categories of parents have their daughters sitting at home, delaying wedding dates only because they do not have enough money to arrange big marriage functions (most of which is extravagance and materialistic pomp).
You say this is the "Islamic Republic of Pakistan'??! Honestly, I think it's a whole lot of nonsense. If you look at Islam, the Prophet Mohammad P.B.U.H. wed off his daughter only with 2 dresses and a bowl and maybe one more utensil (ans yes, there were no extravagant Mehndi or Baraat functions).
- A lot of married women are tolerating unworthy and despicable 'husbands' only because they don't want to 'disgrace' their parents, or leave with their kids with no father (and in many cases, thus no income).
- A lot of girls, who have taken over competitive seats of some other guys, do not work even after graduating from professional universities, mostly after getting married. If they could not commit themselves to the careers they chose and in fact fought for, they had no right to kill employment opportunities otherwise utilized by those deserving boy candidates in the first place.
- A lot of the social, professional, personal and other activities are planned according to the timings when there would be electricity available, with electric failures happening after every hour, or every few hours.
- A lot of people are scared of leaving home even for work when it's raining, because our WASA (Water and Sewerage Association) is basically and functionally so non-existent that there would be scenes of floods on the roads even and thus secondary problems even after a normal monsoon shower.
etc., etc.,
AND...
- A HELL lot of people (Pakistanis) are definitely scared to raise their voices against all this anti-human anarchy (anarchy, NOT democracy), only out of fear of any dire consequences, or due to passivity because they're sure it won't have any sort of impact. But even if on an individual basis, we become aware of what we have and what we are letting ourselves get deprived of, for someone else's baseless ulterior motives, a change IS possible.
We all very well know what's going on around us, and what delusions we are made to believe in, when both the encoders AND decoders of those beliefs are aware that the latter are not actual fools to accept those lies in their heads. Still, if we do not speak up, only because of some stupid fears, then they are definitely right to take you as their fools. If the so-called leader is sold out, we are not. It is also your duty by your religion of Islam to rebel against tyranny. You could only start by standing up for your values and rights, and respecting those of others rather than trying to pull them down with you as well, which has unfortunately turned into our 'national trait' (disgusting!).
And then you also have the guts to raise fingers at others without getting to know their prerogative first, just because they're at least trying to act out of their conscience and integrity!
Giving up is easy; carrying the torch forward is the challenge. And once we unite, it won't be so much of an uphill task anymore, anyway. Just awaken from your slumber, and climb out of your dark shells of self-imposed mental blockages, Pakistanis!! If we are not one today, then it's high time we felt shameful and morally obligated enough to start now.
