Session 24: Is state  our protector?

In political science, state defined as an organization aims to wok for the well being of the commons with proper implementation of laws. But the question arises that does state really cares about the prosperity and the protection of society?

The main objective of the state is to promote freedom of speech .  However, in reality, state restricts this freedom  by secretly silencing the people like in case of Pakistan. Although, Paksitan’s constitution allows freedom of speech but in reality people are not allowed to talk on certain issues like on Baluchistan crises. Our media and judiciary are silenced on this critical problem and people are not allowed to talk or hear the Baluchi nationalists views and any attempts leads to dearth of the person like Sabeen Mahmud’s death. Sabeen held a talk on unsilencing the Baluchistan, which was censored from LUMS by some anonymous state actors and she was shot to death right after the talk. Death of Sabeen  gave indirect message to others about the restriction of ideas and freedom of speech.

State is also responsible for the safety of life but the systematic genocide and dreadful cases of massacre and rapes in 1971,  realized me that state is not our protector and just wants to maintain its power and authority by hook or crook.