Sindh thinkers said electing good people to assemblies is only way out to bring positive change in the society. "If educated people continued rejecting politics bad people will fill the vacuum, they said in a programme organised by Indus Dialogue. "Irony is that 90 percent, including high society people, hate the country politics without giving solid reason and believe that everybody in the politics is disagreeable. This approach is regrettable," said Nooruddin Sarki, Supreme Court attorney and a political analyst, while talking in the programme.
"Majority of professionals, advocates, engineers, doctors and other proficient people avoid taking part in the politics - that is the main reason, which always attracts bad people to fill the vacuum," Sarki said.
"It is a joint responsibility of all to elect good people for the assemblies in future," he said.
Sarki said: "Parliament, judiciary and bureaucracy are pillars of the society and if parliament will not function properly, judiciary as well as bureaucracy will not play its due role." "In the prevailing scenario neither assemblies are playing their role, nor the Constitution is being respected," he said.
JIRGA SYSTEM: Comrade Rochi Ram, also a lawyer and human rights activist hailing from Mirpurkhas, while criticising the role of Jirga system in Sindh said, "tribal courts are in practice because judiciary is not functioning properly to provide quick justice to the victims of the society."
In fact, these tribal courts have been functioning through the British era but in the past they were state controlled and now the chieftains themselves are completely authorised and are seen above the state laws, Rochi Ram said.
Talking about the law and order situation he said, "nobody is safe on roads as well as at their court yards and in this situation it needs giving serious thought to it. We have to take step forward to organise an effective forum to sensitise the policy-making authorities to control the disorder in Sindh."
Renowned poet and playwright Aga Saleem, socio-political analyst Rauf Nizamani, Peer Mohammed Kelash, Haider Bux Gul Hakro, Aftab Abro, Chander Keswani, Liaquat Rajpar, Anwer Abro, Amir Abro and others took part in the discussion.
A reception was organised in the honour of Peer Mohammed Kelash, renowned poet and storywriter, who has come to Karachi recently from Dubai.
Chander Keswani, secretary of Indus Dialogue said, the government-run schools are being neglected by the concerned authorities deliberately to stop the way of future leadership from the lower class populace.
"Ruling communities know very well that the children belonging to poor families are very creative and they may replace the existing upper class leadership in the parliament as well as in provincial assembly, he said.
Speakers were of the view that Sindh is not the same that is being shown through TV channel's programmes and print media. Contrary to this, Sindh has a rich culture, creativity, art and literature that must be focused by the concerned channels as well as the print media.
"It is important to educate political cadre from new generation," they said, adding, "at this juncture, we cannot decide which class is a true revolutionary class and which is not and we believe that the present political class is witnessed coward and unsuitable in assemblies that is why Sindh is being neglected at every level and now even media channels are misleading the world through showing wrong picture of Sindh once having the richest and civilised society."
The speakers urged the professionals, writers and media personnel to come forward to portray the real picture before the world as well as neighbouring provinces.
Ameer Abro, President of Indus Dialogue, announced to continue organising certain programmes to share views to make a consensus on the core issues.
In the last Kelash recited his fresh poetry, which was applauded widely by the audience.