On 25th
of December, 2016 PTCL launched an admirable advertisement pertaining to their services
and attempting to pay homage to the leader of the nation: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad
Ali Jinnah. They say little knowledge is a dangerous thing and without a doubt,
they are right. PTCL exhibited how dangerous it can be. In their attempt to
impress or be unique or whatever they aimed for, they actually spread the
message that you don’t have to change the world all you need to do is secure
your future. Quite brilliant isn’t it? Mind you, the day they launched this ad
campaign was the birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. They man who had
so much and yet he sacrificed it all for the greater good of millions. The man
who aspired to change the world and did it. I suggest that we should pay homage
to the content writer of the ad and the ‘educated, experienced and knowledgeable’
individuals of PTCL who approved it.
Our
national poet, philosopher, dreamer and thinker motivated the young ones to
dream big, aim higher and aspire for more. It is in our ideology, it is the
thought process that we should be cultivating. Our young ones should be
motivated, encouraged to dream. Selflessness is what should be taught and
cultivated into young minds. Instead, we’re actually telling them that “You don’t
need to change the world, just make your own future” ? Did they not even sit
and think about this? What kind of a message is that? Don’t dream because the
country is too corrupt anyways, you won’t get a chance so why waste your
thoughts on dreams? Are we being realistic? No, we’re being cruel. The
education system is quite capable of crushing talent and dreams, we don’t need
to advertise our internal thoughts so clearly.
As an
individual, dreamer, thinker; I for one was highly insulted with what PTCL
advertised. If they can’t get a sensible content writer to write their ads,
they should get a child to do it for them. Even a child would do a better job
at it. At least, he won’t be promoting non-sense like this. There are moments
where people and nation need to stand firm and put their foot down. This is one
of those moments. We will not accept any attempts at limiting the young minds
of our nation. We will not agree that we cannot change the world because we
know we can. There are no such limitations, the only limitations that are
there; are the ones we decide for ourselves.
“While
some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are
crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do”
- Steve
Jobs
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