The Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution banningconcerts in institutions. During the debate they added the word ‘objectionable’to the resolution. However, no one was bothered to define the termobjectionable. So with a lot of crazy things going around in our country, thePA has given one more front to the nut cases (& we have a lot of them) touse as an excuse for doing as they please.
Suffocating the people is what seems to be theobjective of this assembly & the irony is that they are paid for it by thetax payers’ money. No matter how much we want to forget the horrors of the Ziaera, they keep coming back in one form or the other. Like always, they usedreligion to back their mindless ideas. I wonder why they don’t find anythingmentioned in Islam, about liars, hoarders, hierocracy, rapist, poverty etc,real issues of the people, so that they can pass laws for them too. Not that theseissues are not mentioned in the religion, they are but they choose to ignorethem as they will be at the receiving end then.
This is the same assembly that was discussing polygamy& trying to justify it. The same day I met a school kid whose tuition feewas due & he was out on the road trying to sell stationary to be able toraise the money. Another gem that is credited to the PA, is the lota foot ballmatch that the members performed in the grounds of the premises.
The fact that the issues of the people are neverdiscussed in the assembly, drain out hope for democracy. Institutions need timeto establish themselves, but when people responsible for them don’t show thatthey mean serious business, their survival is at stake. This is especially truefor a country like Pakistan, where a large majority is deprived of the basicneeds of their lives.
p.s Zoo & the Punjab Assembly are located in the same area, merging them won’t be that bad an idea, keeping in mind the direction in which the PA is headed.
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