A reader recently drew the attention of our nation towards a photograph published in our dailies on 17.10.2004 of the newly elected Indonesian president kneeling and respectfully kissing his mother’s hand and seeking her blessings. The reader says the photograph is indeed moving and a person who can show such love, respect and obedience to his mother indicates that he is going to lead his nation likewise. He hopes that we in Pakistan can show such respect to our parents and elders which according to him at present is a brazen manner.Yes we too can respect same way our mothers as did the Indonesian President. But we would do more better if we first ourselves start respecting mothers and fathers of others and as a first step we immediately make a law prohibiting terming and making topics the mothers and fathers of others in our articles and columns using sarcastically the words “Abbaji and Amanji”. The word Abbaji in 1997 and 1998 was extensively daily used and those who did not stop this disrespect then they themselves saw the start of word “Amanji” first in the weekly South Asian Tribune of Shaheen Sehbai. Had Shaheen Sehbai really learnt a lesson from unnecessary harassment and mal treatment of his family in Pakistan particularly of his college student nephew, I am sure Sehbai would never had used the word “Amanji” as topic of his magazine article. One who does not take note of disrespect to father of others one day himself face disrespectfully using name of his honourable mother in articles. But those who respect their own fathers and mothers, on death of father of other they do not make the burial of the other’s father as a matter of politics or an administration issue on advices from people like Nazir Najees and Sheikh Rashid etc. On the contrary just on hearing news about death of father of other they immediately phone directly leaving all hates apart “come brother, come to your country to bury your father in his native place as per the will, come I will be at airport as one of four to carry the coffin”. Those who did not do this, wait in a pure stone heart bureaucratic manner a permission seeking begging application to come can not in real term do any service to Pakistan. Great Abaji was lucky enough he came back to motherland for burial but it should not be forgotten that in the history people like Shah of Iran could not even find 2 yards in the homeland for burial and history is very cruel as it can anytime repeat it itself. Govt stated immediately on the news of death of Abaji, its Ambassador in Saudi Arabia immediately contacted Nawaz Sharif to facilitate repatriation of body but Nawaz Sharif was sleeping. I hate Nawaz Sharif and Bhutto. Both destroyed the country. But I cannot even a second believe Nawaz family which from elder to child respected their great Abaji was just sleep when only a four five hours before his father was dead and he was just worrying what to do.
well the whole Mian family was doing a number on the nation and Pakistan was a family affair.. so Abbaji was a natural phenomena... so if you want to blame anyone for disrespect blame the Mian family...
as far as Nawaz Sharif sleeping 4 hours after his father's death.. I don't see anything wrong in that... you don't know the context of that event, who knows what was going on in a son's head and life after losing his beloved father. He might have been on medication to calm himself down, who knows.