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RIGHT TO DO A THING DOES NOT MEAN IT IS RIGHT TO DO THAT THING
1. Introduction
2. Misuse of rights at the International level
3. Misuse of rights at the national level
4. Misuse of rights at the individual level
5. Misuse of rights by media
6. Misuse of rights by clerics
7. Conclusion
1. Introduction
It is indeed a fact that rights are blessing only if exercised in a way that other’s rights are not violated. There is no constitution or creed that doesn’t ensure people to exercise their legitimate rights. Islam too, puts a lot of emphasis on the fulfilment of basic human rights. But, this doesn’t sanction a person to exercise his rights in order to violate other’s freedom. Israel may deserve the security of her people but not at the cost of the blood of innocent Palestinians. Likewise, people cannot resort to violence in pursuance of achieving their legitimate goals. Therefore, it is incumbent upon all and sundry to exercise their rights only if they have right to do it so.
As mentioned above, Israel cannot trample the peace of Palestine for the sake of the security of her people. But the persistent violation of human rights at the hands of a theocratic belligerent state has not compelled international community to condemn her in the forefront. Ironically, the Secretary-General of the United Nations justified the aggression of Israel by saying “Israel has the right to protect its people”. The question arises here that if Israel can enjoy this right of mutilating innocent children and women, then, is it not the right of Palestinians to fire rockets at the encroachers of their land? If the rights are left on the discretion of nations, there will be no rights at all. The international community must dissect the legitimate rights from illegitimate ones, so that the belligerent nations do not exercise their rights to subjugate others.
At the national level, the governments suppress the fundamental rights of their citizens while citing the powers endowed to them by the constitution. The use of state machinery is the prerogative of those at the helm of affairs, but they cannot use it for suppressing citizen’s democratic rights. The crackdown at the headquarters of Pakistan Awami Tehrik is a case in point. The eight hour drama, with the chief antagonist Gulu butt, and the brutal deportment of police, got blockbuster success in the local and international media. The eighty innocent citizens-including pregnant women and elderly- got bullets in the body and around twelve precious lives succumbed to wounds .The officials of the government of Punjab kept defending the action in the name of state’s prerogative to uphold order. This brings to light the fact that rights are valid only if they adhere to the rules of forbearance and justice.
Many people exercise their rights in a way that it is better if they never use them at all. It is the right of every citizen to ventilate their grievances through protests unless these protests are meant to spread violence. The energy crises in Pakistan has brought people to streets, who burn tyres, break glasses and damage public and private property in the most shameful manner. There is no denying the fact that it is their fundamental right to resort to protests, but there is no law that permits them to harm peace and order. This kind of right if sanctioned, will lead to the worst form of anarchy which the country can never recover from.
Media is the most vibrant tool in the modern age that ventilates the grievances of the masses to the men in power. Its main function is to produce honest reports and present events as they are. It is the right of media to enjoy freedom so that the honest reporting keep masses in touch with the state affairs. But, when in the name of freedom of media, media personals cross their jurisdiction and start interfering into the personal lives of the people, they do not promote freedom but despotism of media. The competition among different media groups has forced them to devise cheap methods of attracting viewers, engendering the culture of breaking news and the lack of credible reporting. Moreover, by hiding under the shadow of freedom, the media houses have been busy in pursuing the policy of setting the public opinion according to the ideology of their owners. The mud-slinging between Geo and Ary and their support for particular political blocks suggests the fact that the right of doing things does not justify its legibility. The independent reporting, unarguably, is a fundamental right but maneuvering of facts is not.
The custodians of religion-self-made scholars- are also in forefront in propagating wrong teachings in the guise of religion. They quote Hadith and Ayahs to justify their support for violence but little they realize that they interpret Holy Quran out of context. If they are to be left with the right that they boast of, the result will be sheer anarchy. Talban justify violence saying that they are entitled by God to fight heresy, though the religion forbids the killing of innocents. It is indeed not their right but mere a choice to kill innocents since the right no more remains a right if it bulldozes the very human rights.
To sum it up, it is crystal clear that mere rights do not entitle a man to do whatever he wants to, as the moral and humane considerations are to decide how legible a right is. No right is valid unless it adheres to the context, because one man’s right can be another man’s curse, just as the right of a country to protect her citizens doesn’t allow her to torment the people of the enemy nation. The real prosperty at international, national, local and individual levels is possible only if all the stakeholders can vye for achieving and enjoying their rights with respect for other’s freedom. This is the only way that can bring order in the nations and happiness in the lives of the people.
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