Political awareness

Writer: Fasiha Khan

“Why political awareness is important for youth”

It is often said that man by nature is political animal. It’s true that nature have talented the elements of political germs in every individual …

How the nature has contributed political intelligence in every human …?

Let’s understand the view in detail!

Politics is about the norms and principles; a foundation of ideology over which Government rules. It is the way of public officials who make decisions about public policy. This concept reveals that politics is actually a direct relation of people and their rights with the public. Now, when it comes to the context of local people, means the treatment to rights, they get sensitive and concerned to political matters; as any political decision will in return effect the community as a whole.

Having the political sense in mature age is a wrong sense of actualization. Political awareness basically gives you the realization of your fundamental rights. Now the question comes, if you are unaware of your basic rights then would you claim them? Means you would like to be affected from injustice, as u do not know what rights you sustain. Similarly, you welcome to spend your life with compromises instead of making the things in your way! You are only able to exercise your rights when you basically know about them, such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, equal protection under common law and the essential rights prevailing with democracy and its essence…

It is necessary for youth to be aware of political affairs, they are the possession of the country where the expected brighten future is in their hands. They are required to be responsive to the activities of politics, the concept about law and power and the practices it is having, from an early age... keeping in touch with political affairs from young age will help to drive the best political sense among the individuals which further involves two enormous advantages. First that the individuals will know the grounds on which they prefer to vote the specific leader/political party.  Unfortunately most of the people give their vote having no political knowledge and by fake and worthless influence which gives no benefit of representation and hence ultimately results in harm to the interests of country. The political familiarity will give logical reasons to judge and so prefer the best deserving leaders to come forward and take the responsibility on the country’s behalf. Secondly they can have the opportunity to organize and participate fully in political, economic and cultural lives of society. This’ll become possible by remaining in tune to political understanding from history as well as presence. This will help the individuals to raise their observation and hence ability to distinguish between right and wrong and to give political opinion.

Not only this, if we view the importance with regards to our basic responsibility, i.e. given by our religion in terms of our faith, is that we share the responsibility to make our land peaceful and growing all in terms of social, economical & civil lives. We are blessed by the sound history as a role model to follow with practical solutions for us. Quran and lives of our Prophets are here to teach and influence us to work for the growing justice, peace, prosperity and healthy disciplinary values based on the secular vision. Thus, it is our duty to make our land peaceful by all means of political, social and economical richness, to make the flaws in our system better and hence corrected by following the successful code of life, i.e. principles stated in Quran, and by all our efforts and determination to do so, like our Prophets did.

To end up with, that politics exists to serve the people, for the better outcome and welfare, people specially youngsters must remain involved to the matters and intends to have active participation and contribution.