“As you rise, you lose touch with bottom.” This might be a definition of Leadership in today’s
time. There are many examples of such leaders on different ground who misuse
their position, violate laws and rules. The hunger of power and fame has given
birth to new level of anxiety for being socially arrogant and materialistic. All
this is due to such so-called advancement in this modern era and this causes
the Leadership to constrict into one man’s ego.
Leadership is about influencing
the masses to follow the ideology and examples set by the leader practically to
achieve the certain goals. This influencing phenomenon basically helps to align
the people with the vision of the Leader. Some might get attract with the
personality & character, charisma and ideology. If following the ideology,
then followers may get themselves for intense hard-work in difficulties and
with patience sustained in a long run. Despite of that, if one follows the fast
track route for fame and power, then he might get early good times with fame
and luxury but who knows the rest?
Talking about Pakistan,
keeping Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah aside, there has been still a
prominent leadership lapses till the date as there is really not a single
person, whom people could admire, trust, love and respect with heart. Here, people
choose their leader on the basis of cast, nation, language and race. This is
the major factor of such huge descend. People are simply unaware of that person
who claims to be their leader because he has not been among them. A true leader
is the person who rises from the depth of the grass-root and empowers the
nation rather than himself.
We often compares our
progress with other countries like India, Bangladesh etc, however we don’t look
where we are lapsing. Are we choosing our Leaders on Merit? Are they well
educated and they keep the faith of serving humanity? Probably not! The obsession
with materialism has blurred the line between moral and immoral.
It’s true that leadership
plays an important part in developing and organizing a nation of the state but
change is not always initiated from top. There are always few committed people
whose passion, vision and integration becomes a model for others to follow. Today,
what we need is to devote our self to the ideology of realism and practicalism,
if we really want to empower and prosper the state.
Written By:
Salman Ahmed
Salman Ahmed
