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Well,
the Government of Punjab has taken a revolutionary step, as it seems in
the first look, for celebration of merit in the province because it has
announced to give free laptops to 100,000 students who have scored at
least 70% marks in their last semesters of MA, MSc, BS Hons or LLB.
Besides, the students of PhD, LLM, MS and M.Phil will get the free
laptops regardless of their marks, whereas the top 100 students of every
Matriculation and Intermediate board will also get the free laptops in
prize from the provincial government. The registration of eligible
students for this offer will continue till the 31st December, and the
eligible students are being informed to register their names through
proper channels before the last date for registration expires.
I
highly regard this initiative of government but I have serious concerns
over it. Actually, the fault in our system, due to which the democracy
failed in Pakistan every time in past, was the lack of wisdom in our
politicians and civil society. Our leaders promised to bring revolution
and introduce reforms every time they stood in elections, but we did not
bother to ask them about their roadmaps to fulfill their promises. If
we compare ourselves with the public of world’s leading countries, like
UK, USA, Germany and France, the people of these countries always ask
about the roadmaps whenever their politicians promise to do something
after coming in power.
So
I am sure that Mian Shahbaz Sharif, whose photo besides his Facebook
and Twitter addresses is being published in advertisments of subjected
offer, understands the price of 100,000 laptops. The message which is
conveyed in the advertisement is directly giving the sense that only
Mian Shahbaz Sharif deserves the whole appreciation for this initiative.
Currently there are 33000 Facebook fans of Mian Shahbaz Sharif, if only
100,000 more students become his Facebook fan in the hope of getting
free laptops, his Facebook fans’ number will increase to at least four
times than present. And if the government changes, as the rumors are
circulating in Pakistan, then there is no warranty that the laptops will
be delivered to the deserving students, because the fulfillment of
promise lies in the continuity of the present punjab administration.
Actually,
this is the tragedy of Pakistan that our leaders as well as our people
always look for the short-cut way to success. We have never thought
about building new technologies in Pakistan, we are the maker of nuclear
bombs, tanks and missiles, but we have not been able to build the daily
life accessories. These good are produced in other countries and we
spend our precious foreign currency reserves to get them. I think if
Mian Shahbaz Sharif had spent the money to bring the technology of
building up new laptops in Pakistan, instead of purchasing 100,000 new
laptops from other countries, then the laptops would have been become
cheaper enough to be affordable to the public of Pakistan. We must not
forget that Bangladesh has started to produce laptops. And if we still
insist on to buy these goods from other countries, then we will do
injustice with our coming generations because we will keep them back
technologically.
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