March 16. A little more worth added to the already worth-living life! I say a little, because this is the beginning, the idea. The implementation would need more effort, more time and more sacrifice. Yes, it has been a long long march, indeed! Given our collective moral discrepancies, it was kind of a far cry that we could actually make a bit of a difference. But one should never be completely hopeless. No, never! The much-awaited announcement has given a boost to the flickering flame of hope, no matter what the cynics say or feel or assert or try to do so. Yes, people do still have reservations; they still are sceptical about the issue, but at least this is a historic moment: a change finally has taken place in Pakistan, no matter what the ifs and buts and ohs are.

Fondly do I remember Aadil’s coming a little before the expected date, and my Father saying: “Aadil has arrived early because he knows Pakistan is in dire need of ‘Adal’”! Thankyou Allah, for Aadil, and thankyou for the restoration of ‘Adliya’. Here’s to hoping we can be better humans and better Pakistanis in the days to come, leaving our always-critical-n-cynical-n-loser-like argumentations aside, and learning to be positive at least for once. Here’s to hoping we can actually leave differences aside, and unite to weave a strong socio-political fabric where injustice and corruption find no gap to seep in.

Long live Pakistan!