Tomorrow

Tomorrow

1991 3 March 6 Tomorrow (329) Mrs. Benazir Bhutto had been Prime Minister of Pakistan for only twenty months when, on August 6, 1990, she was removed from the premiership by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan with the help of the Pakistan army.

It was said that, during her rule, corruption had reached its zenith. Many stories on the subject were carried by the daily newspapers at that time, one of which was a detailed account published by the Hindustan Times on August 20, 1990. It was based on a report sent in by its Lahore-based correspondent, Mr. B. Venkat Narain. Citing many instances, the report said that cash and property worth millions of rupees had been misappropriated by the party members and relatives of Benazir Bhutto throughout her rule. “Friends and relatives of the lady’s and those of her controversial husband, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, were busy enriching themselves as though there would be no tomorrow.” (p.12).

What has been said about Benazir Bhutto by this reporter in this English-language newspaper is equally true of the entire human race, particularly when viewed in the context of the life hereafter Man is excessively involved in his “today”. Consciously, or unconsciously, he takes it for granted that his “tomorrow” or his “6th of August” will never come.

People refuse to acknowledge the truth, just as if they are never going to be questioned about it. People mindlessly utter falsehoods, as if they will never be taken to task for them. They consider it legitimate to take another’s life, usurp another’s property and assail another’s honour, just as if they are never to be held accountable for having tried to turn the unlawful into the lawful.

People transgress moral codes for their own personal benefit, as if the day will never come when they shall have to explain why they saw fit to break God’s eternal law. Will they have the courage to stand up in the divine court, and say that it was only for temporary gain?