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Why I Wanted To Leave Pakistan

This Article is writing by Awais Rehman in his blog http://www.pakpositive.com .  I just want to share his thoughts here in my blog:

The main reason why I always wanted to leave Pakistan was that I didn't like the way daily life moved. In Fact, I was trying to find excuses to speak bad things. I was a famous unpatriotic person among my friends. I used to get annoyed by the honking bikes and polluted traffic. 

I remember clearly that I never thought for a single moment to improve things, at least to keep a positive attitude and optimistic approach towards things. All I did was I ran away. 

Today I realize that the efforts that I put and the money that I spent in order to get aboard and leave the country; If I could just spend a half of it over making something better, I would have been something. At least I would have been able to visualize the future, which I can't see it here in Kuala Lumpur. 

It's been 64 years since Pakistan got freedom. Wait a minute: What is Freedom? I don't know. They never taught me in school. All I remember from school is that Pakistan was freed by Jinnah on 14th August 1947 from The Great Britain via dialogues. 

So what is freedom? When Pakistan was a part of India, still things would've been the same. People with families trying to find work to feed them. Parents would be thinking about their children's future and education. 

Ambitious people would have been running after