A tragedy greater than the accident

In Pakistan today, the frenzy of self-interest has reached its peak. Every person seems troubled by the current situation and tries to vent their frustration in one way or another.

It has become a tragic norm in Pakistan that everyone turns into a judge when it comes to their own mistakes and a lawyer when defending the mistakes of others.

A similar debate is currently ongoing on social media in Pakistan. After the Karsaz incident, people are making judgments online without proper investigation.

Often, these judgments are emotional and ideological. Remember, ideologies are shaped by what society has ingrained in our minds. Without proper investigation, we rush to prove others wrong, which is why today, injustices have victimized everyone.

The spread of evil has reached a point where we suspect people from every field, and then we label entire professions as corrupt, leading us to consider everyone in that field as bad.

Today, we label every politician as a thief, every policeman as corrupt, every government institution as subservient to power, and we fail to recognize the value of every working individual.

We have created a trend that has spread unrest and distrust in society. We keep calling everyone thieves while ignoring and undervaluing the good and righteous among us.

Today, every sensational news story is one that highlights wrongdoing. On social media, everyone follows trends, which are driven by a particular ideology and spread without proper investigation.

Sometimes, political figures turn public opinion against institutions, or they justify their own shortcomings, but they never focus on solving the real issues.

People’s problems will never be solved as long as they share information with each other without thinking it through, which brings no benefit but only wastes time on trivial matters.

Today, during routine checks, policemen unnecessarily harass motorcyclists, who, in turn, develop a hatred for those same policemen.

If the police conducted similar investigations on Land Cruisers, political vehicles, and public transport buses as they do on motorcyclists, the scooter rider would have no objection and wouldn’t criticize the police.

Similarly, when politicians understand an individual’s hardships, they won’t focus solely on their own interests; instead, they will think beyond themselves and consider the public’s welfare. This issue isn’t limited to politicians and police officers.

Everyone is only thinking about their own interests and is quick to criticize others. The way the media portrays situations influences everyone. If each person understands their responsibility and thinks independently before speaking about others, rather than relying on the narratives created by the media or a crowd, we could see change.

If we talk about the Karsaz incident today, everyone is discussing the oppression of the poor by the rich. What happened in Karsaz is not being understood as an accident because people are focused on the sight of an innocent poor person’s lifeless body.

But that body is not just a corpse; it carries many reasons that we never investigate. While we all discuss this accident, there are people under bridges daily, using drugs, yet institutions fail to notice.

We despise drug users but never think about how drugs are spreading in Pakistan. Many mothers have lost their children, whether rich or poor, to this menace.

For God’s sake, change yourselves and think from every perspective. The person who died was someone’s child, someone’s father. If we care about that, we should work to prevent drug abuse, or else another truck, car, bus, or dumper will crush another innocent life. This isn’t about rich or poor; it’s about a cancer that we fail to address.