Though most of us are either too ignorant, or too "liberal" to accept this, I don't like the looks of where Pakistans youth is heading towards, specially the higher class teenagers. What do I have against them? Nothing really, except they don't seem very Pakistani to me. One cannot deny that we are adapting the culture of the West. There is nothing typically wrong with that on one hand, but on the other, it is absurd to me that this is happening. I am not a conservative, I don't want people to go around constantly wearing shalwar-kamiz or what not, but my point is beyond that.
Seriously..dance parties? Drugs and slcohol? Pre-marital relationships? C'mon..these are all normal...why do you have to be so locked up. We have to compete with the rest of the world! Okaaay. I'm sorry, but I don't know how competing with the world has anything to do with wearing mini-skirts nad getting knocked up and having extreme dance parties in universities. I'm sorry, but this is the 'ISLAMIC' Republic of Pakistan, and where in the world are those things Islamic?!
I'm not an extremist, once again, but oh my gosh, we are losing all sense of our noble culture. And the sad part is, we don't think that htere's anything wrong with that. I classify the youth today in the following types: Wannabe burgers and Wannabe westerners. So, there are the teenagers who want to be like the high class "posh" teenagers, and there are the "posch' teenagers who want to be like the teenagers of the west. We all are impressed if a person has amazing English skills, but don't take it as a high regard if a person has Urdu skills. And yes, I am a person who believes that it is not necessary to have the most amazing English speaking skills to be able to be successful. And the country I IDOLIZE for proving this right is Iran.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Iran is also a developing country at the moment. But if you look at it, you will be amazed at how well they've developed. And they DON'T use English. They have their own products. They do not rely on the west. Specially on the culture of the west, as they are proud of their own. And I have yet to see a country who isn't funded from outside to develop the madressahs in it's state. (Ofcourse, you would know all about Saudi Arabia being funded by America if you read up on your historical facts). I am blunt, I am not carefree about my principles. I am a Muslim. And I only support what makes sense to me. And Iran has progressed waaaaayyyyy more than Pakistan without adapting their culture.
Are we really so insecure with our own identity that we easily are willing to give up our principles for what the world says is "right" as opposed to what truly IS right? It's perhaps not only our government which is so blatantly said to be "corrupted", the truth is, we are too.
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