Father of the Nation, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, always wanted to see a prosperous Pakistan — a country that could be a shining example for all the Muslim nations in the world. Unfortunately, we have not been able to achieve his dream despite 64 years of independence.

Since the day I was born, I long to see any sign of improvement in any aspect of life in my country — there is corruption, unemployment, poor health facilities and a very low literacy rate! But I have not given up hope. Pakistan can become a very fine place to live if we utilise the God gifted resources we have in our land.

We have coal mines, rivers, thermal power, nuclear energy and what not! If we can utilise these resources to the fullest, we too, can become a successful nation. Unity is any nation’s strength and if we work as one nation with an aim to ‘build Pakistan’, we can become an ideal country to live in.

Education is the key to success. But our country lacks educated people — one major reason why we lag behind in many fields. Illiteracy eventually leads to unemployment and thus crime in society; of course when people will not get their basic needs fulfilled, they will try to get it the ‘wrong way’!

In order to solve all these problems, we need to work together to build our country and for that the foremost requirement is to get rid of corrupt people. Once eligible and honest people replace the corrupt ones, the system of our country will automatically be on the right track.

However, as children we can also play our part in building our nation. The first step is to study well and help those who are less fortunate than us, like poor children, to gain education too. This can be done by teaching, or urging adults to teach, poor kids free of cost, thus spreading the light of education to every nook and corner of our country. Each single effort matters a lot and I am sure my words will create awareness among children and one day, my dream of a prosperous Pakistan will definitely come true.