The Mutahidda Majlise Amal (MMA) who opposed the Marathon had many of its workers in jail but marathon happened and all state machinery was involved in making the event a big success.

Armed policemen blocked all roads crossing the marathon route and no one was allowed to cross from morning till late evening.

The event had a political backlash and was made a big issue from religious parties. From public point of view it left a lot to be desired from the policy makers, as Masses inconvenience never mattered.

The event was held but did they consider the problems that came out of it as entire city was held hostage on the route with armed state officials.

Pakistan record in the last decade as in athletics are not that bright and they are at the lowest ebb with the bickering that goes on at the national sports scene how many Athletes were near to Asian record from Pakistan side, and the answer is not a single one.

When you have athletes that clock time poor than the international women standard that requires some serious thinking, which is missing. Having the event as in for the image of the country and not hearing the masses that were directly affected by the event is a very wrong policy. How many women actually run in the event and how many women athletes are there in Pakistan side that qualify the heats of international events.

If Government wished they could have made them athletes run around Jalo Park they could have breathed fresh air or on motor way which has so little of traffic but alternatives were not considered as it was a muscle match and government won without a resistance.

The masses and opposition have simply no say as they are only asked to adhere and that’s about all.

The iron hand tactics did a fair damage to the government ‘people friendly approach’ as with all the blockades for the people going to their daily work, as an ordinary Pakistani works seven days a week just to make ends meet which still doesn’t fulfill all his needs and he wishes for more hours in the day, a wish that can not be granted.

Relief is a word written and read only in papers but never actually seen or implemented, one doesn’t have to look far pick any government department and tales of unheard corruption details will be from every department not a single exception the answer to these why will never be answered. Public accounts committee reports are eye openers but who is reading them and who will punish the looters.

Yes this word ‘relief’ is repeated maximum by the government officials as they have linked development with this word, which somehow is only seen by them and not by the masses.

Pakistan agriculture based country has development in full swing as instead of growing wheat and vegetables the ‘voracious eaters’ in land of the pure are now eating the wheat and vegetables that come from Indian state of Punjab and that also includes Hindu goats.

This development indicator is very strong as it tells that people have the purchasing power and have a lot of money to spend on things that are imported.

Water issue has Pakistan having world maximum of water born diseases Hepatitis and one out of 10 suffers from that disease and magical wand from state wizards will make the clean drinking water possible for the people of land of pure in no time.

Justice well it’s an unheard phenomenon and quest for justice requires decades and never less as in speedy justice a favourite slogan of government is but heard and never implemented.

Taking any sector that deals with masses has tales that depict, revolutionary steps are needed to correct the system, which goes corrupt every passing day. Education system has many a parallel systems running where only elite schools have government patronage and none else while the government schools are in deplorable state where teachers are on low salaries and have varying commitment levels towards education.

Ghost schools, absent teachers, embezzlement and every crime under the sun happens in the educational institutes but what never happens is bringing the criminals to justice.

Health sector has medicines which have lost their efficacy and are adulterated and not a single person is punished as in for life sentence and how many people died due to these adulterated drugs no count is available as masses at the mercy of these killers and those who die they die without a word as once six feet under the law also stops.

The land of the pure has people that are still in the dark ages and one doesn’t have to look far just outside federal capital where Pakistan actually starts, donkeys are seen carrying water cans as water a scarce source is depleting with every passing day and people with their need for water, walk for miles to find it. Islamabad the beautiful has many sites on the very wide roads where people carry sticks on head for burning fire to cook and yes they are citizens of Pakistan and no development or relief has ever touched their lives. The very basic of amenities of education, health and water is a distant dream which is a 100 years later if they survive to live that long.

The week also witnessed the Royal Saudi visit and it was feather in government of Pakistan a VIP protocol and yes all roads leading to airport and Islamabad were closed.

The news generated beside the regular blockades was about the Children who were made to stay and wave at the delegation. It was just seven hours and nothing was done for the children who are made ‘forced prisoners’ when a dignitary visits Pakistan. How long this practice has been in the government ranks no one can tell but since children can be forced to asked from their educational institutes that presence that day is mandatory or else face the consequences.

What is always missed is that they need food and water and need to go back home and it was cold and they were hostage on the name of protocol.

This scribe spoke to a few parents and they were angry as their children were late and they were worried and they simply said, “We will pay the fine this doesn’t come in their educational curriculum to wave at these people who have nothing to do with them.”

We pay money to school for studies and they should do what they are supposed to do and that’s teaching not taking our children for these dignitaries who come late and in the process the innocent children suffer.”

The report of no water points for the marathon athletes have also been in the newspapers as the state machinery in order to make a befitting ‘Run Lahore Run’ made arrangement air tight and many runners fell down due to dehydration as there was simply no water for athletes who made a run or participated in the run or if there was it finished before real runners could drink it.

Needless to say Lahore after the marathon will have the spring festival in February this month and like all spring festivals in the past it will leave a score of dead and thousands injured with multiple fractures but Kite Flying must go on.

The Supreme Court has given a decision against the kite flying terming it a hazardous sport and a life threatening one and all roads in Lahore have been soaked in blood gushing from neck of innocent people, as they were victims of kite flying over the years.

The kite flying festival starts this month and how many people will die no count can be given but a rough estimate is the figure will be more than the last year as state policy makers considers the sport as economic activity which is banned by supreme court of Pakistan.

Two more incidents of train mishaps which cost human lives is also in the newspapers and the details coming from criminals gave a shocking statement that the train track was stolen to be sold as scrape in the junk market.

This state of mind depicts how overall moral standards have decayed that human life is of no value at all and for means people kill people to make ends meet as in the case of kite industry that makes the killer thread for enthusiasts who fly their kites in skies and people on road die as in from the thread.

No one is caught or apprehended as for one its need and for the other its sports.