I present thee..... INQALAAAB!!!

So for the last seven or eight days our favourite soap opera has been the Azadi and Inqalabi marches, led by Imran Khan (IK) and Tahir-ul-Qadri (TUQ) respectively. I don’t usually watch TV, but for the last week I have been watching TV almost daily. Not to mention following the latest on internet. I am a staunch fan of IK. We all love Imran Khan and respect him. And we all have this secret desire to see a change in Pakistan as we know it, or Inqalaab. But are we ready for it? Do we even understand what the term Inqalaab or revolution implies. Have we got the foggiest idea what nations had to go through while undergoing revolutions. The honest answer is no. we don’t have an inkling what revolution means. Did Ayotollah Khomeini just rise up from his sofa one day and decided he was not pleased with the Shah’s policies and set out to overthrow him? It was the making of decades of chaos and injustice that the Khomeini led to Shah’s overthrow. Did the masses rebel against the Shah for his faulty economic and governmental policies. Could the Iran Revolution have occurred if it were the wishes of a mere 1-2 lac of populace and a religious leader at their behest? I don’t mean to fault IK on his steps, protesting is his democratic right. Neither do I have anything against TUQ wanting an Inqalaab. But does either of them seriously think it’s enough to just lead 1-2 hundred thousand people toward the capital and demand the PM’s resignation? Had they entertained their mind with a little more foresight and had a larger perspective of national and international politics, they wouldn’t have done the things they have been doing since 13 august. With half the Middle East at war, a hostile neighbour with a new nationalist PM and an army operation against terrorists in our FATA region, does it seem tactful to call for the PM’s resignation? Can you blame the haters for calling the Inqalaab and Azadi marches diversionary tactics when our Wazeeristan brother need our (whole nation’s) support? I am a fan of IK but this move has made me suspicious. And what of the Azaadi and Inqalaab marches. Leave the layman aside. Are the persons in the Azadi and Inqalaab marches ready for what they are demanding . Strict accountability of everyone? Ask yourself this. When was the last time we paid the traffic challaan when the police officer rightly demanded us to. When was the last time we were willing to talk out a solution to our problems, instead of taking out guns and firing at all fronts? Do we even pay our bills on time? The Inqalaabis with the gas masks and riot equipment in their hands, are they honestly expecting that the turnout indicates a changing in Pakistan. No! I am sorry to say, IK and TUQ, we do not deserve leaders like you. Pakistani nation, as it happens, is not ready to get independence from their corrupt leaders. You can keep trying of course. Maybe even NS will tender his resignation tomorrow. But while the vast majority of business community is satisfied with whatever NS has thrown at them, we will not witness an Inqalaab. While Facebook users like me and whole of the middle class is satisfied to sit in their homes and watch the drama unfold in front of the parliament house, we will not witness an Inqalaab. Until the masses come out at their own will, until the enemy is clawing at our gates and threatening every common man, landlord, army officer, salaried person’s child, we will not witness an Inqalaab. “THEY GUILLOTUINED EVERY PERSON WHOSE HOME HAD A LIGHT ON AFTER EVENING”. Every last one of them. Until internet users like me and your Facebook supporters are satisfied to sit in front of our screens and click “like” and “share” on every troll post we find about a respected politician like you, Imran Khan, we will not witness an Inqalaab. So stop wasting your time and energies demanding the PM’s resignation and focus instead on making the most of your KPK government. You may have a popular party, favourite segment of society and a revolutionary slogan, but it is not enough. This nation doesn’t deserve people like you. It still needs a dozen NS and AZ for squeezing out the last drop of their blood. Maybe fifty years on, we WILL witness an Inqalaab. Then we won’t need people like you bringing an Inqalaab for us, WE WILL bring the Inqalaab ourselves. But for now, go home, take a break you have earned and keep working on the Pakistani youth and society. They’ll remember you fifty years later, not now. Now is not the moment.