Pakistan: Youth Responsibilities

Youth Responsibilities 
Pakistan Observer

8/9/2013

Pakistan is comprised of 180 million population out of which 70 percent people come under the category of youth.  Youth is a powerful force of a country. In fact, it was the youth that played pivotal role during the independence struggle of our country. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan knew that a separate Muslim state could not be created unless Students keep themselves away from the Politics. He emphatically said that student should focus on education rather than taking part in any political or revolutionary activity.  Unfortunately, after creating a separate Muslim state, we as a youth forgot our responsibilities and role. It is the reason that our 46 percent population is either illiterate or least educated. The prime responsibility of a youth is to acquire education and use it for the perpetual growth of the country. But, in our country, after acquiring education , most of the youngsters start finding jobs in other continents.Pakistan is passing through testing times and jobs are not available for talented youth and therefore the incidence of brain drain is rampant in the present state of affairs. We should use our talent for Pakistan not for our personal vested interests and repeat the history of pre-independence youth. John F. Kennedy has rightly said that “Do not ask what your country has done for you , ask what you have done for your country”.
-Karachi