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Integrity of struggle When the United States decided to negotiate with the Vietnamese revolutionaries, it asked them to send a delegation to Paris to negotiate a ceasefire. At that time, the Vietnamese mujahideen had already carried out effective strikes on American soldiers and had also treated them harshly. So the Vietnamese revolutionaries sent a delegation of four people—two women and two men. American intelligence agencies arranged for the delegation to stay and eat in the most luxurious hotels in Paris, providing all kinds of comforts, conveniences, and pleasures. But when the delegation landed at the Paris airport, American cars were waiting to take them to the hotel, but the Vietnamese delegation refused to get in them and said that they would stay of their own free will and would reach the meeting on time. The American delegation was surprised to hear this. They asked: “Where will you stay?” The head of the delegation replied: “We will stay in the house of a Vietnamese student...

  The Jackal’s Story and the Pakistani Nation They say, “A jackal never builds a den.” It wanders in the fields and farmlands. Behind this is a famous folk tale: in summer, the jackal feels no need for a den. But in winter, when the cold bites, he promises himself every night, “Tomorrow I will build one.” Yet when morning comes, he spends the day roaming and playing in the forests. By nightfall, shivering again, he repeats the same promise: “Tomorrow.” And so, the den is never built. The Pakistani nation shares the same psychology. In times of crisis, they suddenly see every possible solution. But once the disaster passes, they return to their games and distractions. Floods are not divine punishment in themselves. It is our mismanagement and negligence that turn them into disasters. There are thousands of ways to prevent them, but because those solutions don’t promise profit to the ruling elite, they have no interest in adopting them. After all, the blood of the common people...