Political divide & its solution

Came across my post of 19 May 2021 at Facebook today and it got me thinking why it has become so difficult to be an unbiased Pakistani. 

Probably because political divide and polarisation is at its peak. Most difficult thing is engaging in a rational dialogue with anyone. Whereas, dialogue is our only option. It will settle an inhouse problem, not violence or use of power. Two types of approaches are fueling opinionated wildfire. One is preconceived mindset that 'this person is tuned to a particular frequency' so he/ she is biased or compromised. Two, the moment you engage in a conversation to build any argument, you are labeled pro XYZ, due to cherry picked lines, words and rationale from the discourse. Hence, dialogue turns into heated debate affecting relations, at times causing permanent damage. Such is the power of access to information particularly disinfornation. Never seen so much hatred among people on opinions as prevalent in society right now. 

It has come to a point where one has to give proofs of his unbiasesness and Pakistaniat. Unless we start from the point that all of us are responsible for where Pakistan stands today, we cannot move forward. For starters, I'm resposible in my individual capacity for not contributing or paying back enough to the society to make significant difference. Likewise, every person and institution has to take stock of its past mistakes. Stereotype politics has failed us under patronage of establishment or at least last 15 months have proven so. If there is hope, it is establishment and PTI joining hands by establishing common grounds. Funny enough, for my forces' background, whenever I'm critical of PTI, I'm tagged agencies' mole. For my frank opinion of establishments' mistakes, I'm labelled pro PTI. Now take a look at the post (shared below) at the peak of IK rule. I've shared its screenshot and it's available on Facebook along with numerous other posts. Was it not IK's mistake to fall for the trap of electables? Did he not compromise on certain value system for his parachute entry into PM House. Did it not come back to haunt him. Pakistaniat demands pointing out what is wrong at the right time irrespective of affiliations and personal interests. For example, violence of 9 May is higy condemnable. What I witnessed on ground was that protest was organic but violence was not, hence, without proper investigation and justification, indiscriminate violence against people may create temporary ‘fright’ but its byproduct will be deep rooted hatred. Hatred breeds divide. There are two instigators; PDM & US and two parties to this dispute; establishment & PTI. No one is lesser or better than the other. Everyone is a patriot. People are suffering. Please engage in talks everyone. In order to be heard, you will have to listen. 

For people in general, stop forwarding hateful posts. Stop mocking those you think are opponents. Your posts will not help change people's minds. But holding these posts to your handset may prevent further damage to Pakistan.

May Allah protect Pakistan. Ameen.