English Shorthand Passage | Dawn Editorial with Shorthand Outlines by M Junaid Khan

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There were in the Constituent Assembly quite a few speakers from both wings of the country, non-Muslims as well as Muslims, who were recognized for the breadth of their vision and persuasive logic. There were occasions in the West Pakistan Assembly when a tiny opposition could engage far more numerous members on the treasury benches in lively and often meaningful thrust and counterthrust. The difference from the present-day standards was that except for the period when politics was debased by the commandments of the men on horseback, criticism of governments was not equated with rebellion against the state and the label of treason could not be wantonly applied.   2.         What needs to be understood is a simple fact that ascent to authority does not automatically invest any party with a higher rank on the patriotic scale than the opposition. Matters would improve considerably if the treasury and opposition benches accepted each other`s rights and respected them.  Besides, the party in power and the party in opposition share a responsibility to educate the people in the evolution of democratic processes, for no society can aspire to a system of governance higher than the common citizens` level of appreciation.   3.         Unfortunately, Pakistani politics has become violent beyond any justification. The ruling party suffers from a surfeit of self-righteousness and makes the mistake of not only denouncing the opposition members for the sins, real and imagined, of their past leaderships but also insulting their electors. These members, regardless of the labels put on them by the ruling party, are as much entitled to respect as their counterparts belonging to the treasury benches are, as both owe their places in the chamber to a single shared process.

4.         This state of heightened hostility displayed by the ruling coalition against the opposition is replicated in society, because as an Arabic saying goes, the people adopt the ways of their rulers; the state of hostility between political parties is transferred to the people at the societal level, and mutual goodwill and tolerance are undermined. But it seems the government doesn`t think much of such time tested words, otherwise it would not have ignored the prohibition against trivializing anyone`s names and titles as that is considered as horrible an act as eating the flesh of a deceased brother.  But here we are primarily concerned with the impact of political polarization on social relationships. The values of mutual respect and fraternal ties are undermined, facts are unnecessarily challenged and everybody becomes suspicious of everybody else. Some of these unhealthy trends are already visible and the social fabric has become more tenuous than ever. If these fissiparous tendencies are not checked in time a disaster of unimaginable magnitude could overtake Pakistan.