Who represents the public?
Monday, April 9, 2012 2:02Pakistani society is type of primitive society in this modern age. Still we will have to go a long way to learn various concepts about how to live in this modern world. But the difficulty is that we don’t feel that we are deficient in many areas and there is a want for learning to rise above this hollow self-righteousness. Every 1 considers is opinion to be the ultimate and accurate. And each and every one claims that he represents the real public opinion. Of course any one can express his or her views but the situation gets worsened when no one is accepting the other’s point of view even on the matters of national security. It is not called a public debate but rather it is stubbornness.
Concerning our present government performance a lot has been said and still electronic media hawks, civil society, hidden hands, opposition, pressure groups and even terrorist groups are in search of any episode when government loses its balance and they start taking advantage of the scenario. All these concerned parties claim to be a symbol of public opinion. But what is the criterion to get exact glimpse of the public opinion?