THE POWER OF VOTE IS STILL UNDISCOVER

What is a vote? “It’s a piece of paper. It has several pictures printed on it. One picture has to be selected and marked by people and then they put it in ballet-box. After this those marked pictures are counted and finally a government is established.” Is this definition enough of a vote. No, definitely not. Rather than a piece of paper it is the most powerful weapon which is made only for common people. Although, it is much lighter than a bullet but much powerful than an atomic bomb. And most of us are unaware of its correct use. What we only know is that how to criticize our leaders, how to protest, how to give “DHARNA”, how to destroy our own properties etc. But, did we ever think that who gave those leaders the authority to do whatever they want? Who allowed them to play with our and Pakistan’s future? No, we never thought that it was our mistake that we didn’t cast our vote. George Jean Nathan said:

“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”


If we look into our history, we will find that Muslims succeeded in achieving Pakistan just because they knew that what were their rights and how to exercise their powers. In General Elections 1945, when Muslim League won with flying colors, Quaid-e-Azam said:

“I HAVE NO DOUBT NOW IN ACHIEVING PAKISTAN. THE MUSLIMS OF INDIA HAS SHOWN THE WORLD WHAT THEY WANT. NO POWER OF WORLD CAN TOPPLE THE OPINION OF 10 CRORE MUSLIMS.”


Now, the time has come to bring revolution. Those who have courage to raise their voice for their rights and those who don’t, vote are equally powerful for everyone. I think awareness should be developed in people about the power of vote. They should understand that their vote will decide their budget of upcoming 5 years. Their vote will decide that how many strikes will be observed. Their vote will decide that which type of news they will watch on TV, whether they will watch the countdown of people dying in Karachi and at the end of month or a year a report of total score of dead bodies will be the main news of all channels and newspapers, or they will watch that our currency left behind the dollar. Their vote will be responsible that how many times breaking news of bomb blasts will be flashed, how many times they will hear that roads are blocked due to protest and because of which schools will remain closed tomorrow. Hence, collectively it all depends on us that which type of Pakistan we want. So, come out on 11th May and vote for Pakistan and for yourself.

By:Hamza Zafar