Pakieland.

We are on our road to progress. I know of no nation state that has achieved in five or six decades of its birth as much as Pakistan has achieved in all fields of human endeavour. When it burst forth on the world's map on I4th August 1947, it had no federal government, which was quickly created in large Euro tents under a cabinet of six ministers. Shortage of pen, ink, paper was made up by using copying pencils. Minister of Foreign Affairs had only one type writer and secretaries of various grades carried files to each other till peons could be employed. Slowly but surely, we moved on. We are facing the consequences bravely as before. We have not lagged behind in other fields We have been world champions in four sports; cricket, hockey, squash and snooker.




In agriculture we have developed new varieties of rice and wheat. We have developed a new brand of citrus fruit 'Kino'. We are world's fifth largest producer of milk which we are now marketing abroad. We have not lagged behind in the academic and intellectual world. Our scholars have been awarded the Noble Prize, the Lenin Peace Prize, the highest award of the Arab world and the highest award of the Catholic world.



Our boys and girls have topped in the Cambridge schools exams world wide. Pakistan has a rich and unique culture that has preserved established traditions throughout history. Many cultural practices, foods, monuments, and shrines were inherited from the rule of Muslim Mughal and Afghan emperors including the national dress of Shalwar Qameez. Women wear brightly coloured shalwar qameez, while men often wear solid-coloured ones, usually with a sherwani or achkan (long coat) that is worn over the garment.

Us Pakistanis, whether within the country or outside of it, are an emotionally heightened group of people. Whether it is protesting on the cold streets of Toronto and New York to plead the U.S government to cease drone attacks on our beloved country or advocating within the country against violence toward women, we do it with a passion and zeal that is unmatched. The result of this dedication is that the undaunted women of our nation are finally raising their voices and being heard. Our country is an open book and is constantly in the eyes of the mainstream media. Not a day goes by without Pakistan’s name being uttered by a news anchor, followed by graphic images of explosions and bloodshed. Female doctors, lawyers, activists and peacemakers are taking to the streets, demanding change and progress.



Children like Malala Yousufzai and Arfa Karim (RIP) have impacted the world’s sentiments towards the constantly torn country bringing to light a major aspect that is largely ignored on an international level: We, the women of Pakistan, are in no way a reflection of the fundamental, violent and corrupt forces of our country. When given the opportunity to advance through education and career, instead of having our rights violated, the possibilities of what we are capable of achieving are endless and infinite.



Not to forget, Pakistan may not have brought home any medals from the 2012-2013 Olympics, but it can now lay claim to world records in chapati-making, plug-wiring and chessboard-arranging.



We have poets like Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Anwar Maqsood and Alamgir Hashim. Doctor’s like Hasnat Khan, Arif Alvi and Shahzad Shams. Architects like Yasmeen Lari and Hammad Husain. Fashion designers like Amir Adnan and Hasan Sheharyar. Vocal artists like Ali Zafar and Atif Aslam. If I keep going on, it’s going to take me hours to write in the names of talented Pakistani’s. The point is, what field do we lack in? And if there is any, we are sure to be progressing! Just one, deep thought and you have millions of reasons to be a proud Pakistani!



Some say 64 years are too less for nations to develop and show character. But Pakistan has certainly proved this wrong. We have gained achievements that are unique in this world. Achievements that make other countries envy of us. Achievements that provide leadership and motivation to other countries. Achievements that we as Pakistanis should be proud of. Achievements that can continue to motivate current and coming generations of Pakistanis to do better and even better. Everyone, everything has a good phase. Long prosper my Pakieland!