I chose to call this site Pakistani Samaj [communities] because I believe that the unique structure of communities in Pakistan makes us a unique nation. A nation that has survived mismanagement of resources by those who had the power to interfere in the affairs of our government and state because of the communal matrix that we were born with. The communal network binds each Pakistani to a variety of interdependent communities but which are also working at cross-purposes. The topics of my posts will thus frequently be related to the fascinating aspects of Pakistan’s various Samaj and how they collectively make the Pakistani moashra [society].
In the text, I chose to use the term “Pakistani Samaj Tehreek” because, as I mentioned, one of my objectives is that this initiative should lead to some activity and perhaps a proactive tehreek [movement]. It is possible that in the process we can integrate any initiative [also termed a tehreek in Urdu] that may exist in a community. Naturally we will need to discuss any initiative that emerges from the discourse that I hope will take place between my readers. I am primarily interested in targeting those who wish to serve some samaj of their choice or the society as a whole.
The title of the content on the home page: Pakistani Kaun/Qaum was chosen because of the question regarding whether we are a nation or not. This question, like the matter of the samaji form of our moashra [communal construct of our society] is likely to be a recurrent theme in the posts that I put up from time to time because in one sense they are two sides of the same coin. You see, the implication of the question was that “because the people who inhabit Pakistan see themselves as members of their communities not as members of a society, a state or a nation, therefore they do not constitute a nation and consequently they are alienated with their state and society.” Now if that is the case, then we might ask: Am I an anomaly? Are those, who, like me, believe that they are Pakistanis, the only members of the “Pakistani Qaum”? If there are others who are entitled to being called Pakistani, who are they. In order to identify them, you must ask “kaun hai Pakistani” [who is a Pakistani] and I must explain what my idea of the composition of the Pakistani Qaum is.
I hope that you will try to think of your response to the first question. Insha-Allah I will try and answer the second question in my post.