AOA
Pen bring revolution in any state.it is real drawback of our country that our young genration like to spend more time on internet with use less activites(chat etc).
inspite of reading books even the trend of outdoor games is no more and this is common words of youngs "thori dair internet use kar lian fresh ho jian ga".
is internet is source of freshness?
i remember in my school ther is 1 class in week as a library class and every student is bound to take book and read it and write it in his or her own words. i think very good trend. but alas after my masters i visted few days befor my school and teach there for 1 day. now this trend finish. instead of library class now that is computer class for computer practical. i feel sorry at that time and think that some old trends are good which must be kept as it is.
as book in hand is worth reading. us ka tu maza hi alag hota ha.
but there is also 1 drawback that some books are just for earning money there is no knowledge in them. puri book parhna ka bad pata chalta ha khuda phar nikla chuha.
regards

By the way, i am coming back to books.
The reason is loadshedding. As one can atleast read a book/newspaper in the light of a rechargeable light and time is spent in good and constructive way. If u have books at home you have easy access to them and can read them again and again as Jia said and every time you enjoy. Further, the books can be read by other family members as well and promote reading culture in the family. Kids develop their interest of reading only if they found books at home.

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I am agree with you but its not only literary revolutionist, we are deteriorated in every aspect of Fine Art. Look into the situation of literature, movies, theater, dramas, T.V, everything department is plunging towards a deep abyss. Today, on one side we don't have any Sir Syed, Iqbal, Haali, Jalib, Faiz and on other side we don't have any Waheed Murad, Muhammad Ali, Rushddi, Noor Jahan, Nusrat, Alamgir, Tariq and a list of legends we had in the past.

What are the factors which brought us to this situation of haplessness. In my opinion the Zia era of stereotypical Islamism was a turning point.

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“There is no God but You (Allah Almighty), You are far exalted and above all weaknesses, and I was indeed the wrongdoer”. AL-QURAN

You have already named several literary revolutionaries. Arent they enough to bring forth a mental revolution? But the problem is darling, we dont read even these so it doesnt provide any impetus or encouragement for any more to come out of closet. How many of us have tried reading Iqbal or Faiz, let alone understand it? Whatever these poets or philosophers have said a 100 or 200 years ago still rings true today because basic human nature and response remains unchanged. We need to ensure that our kids read these philosophers at school early on to induce their spirit.

I am agreed with aphordite.She mentioned one cause.But that is very valid.How many of us know about Iqbal philosophy.For example who know the real philosophy behind this ;

kabe Ae! Haqaqite muntazir,
nazar Aa Libas e Majaz me,
key hazaroon sajdey tarap rae he mairy jab'aein i niaz me,...
To bacha bacha ke na rakh key tera A'aina he wo a'aina

key Shikasta ho to Azir tar he Nigha e A'aina saz me.

But youth like Shezad Roy and Arar ul Haq are alluding,imitating these great poets.Problem is not about books and Net,but we need persons to write the books,which will serve the pakistani nation as served by Iqbal to Muslims in sub continet.

Literary revolution needs intellectuals.The intellect is hybrid of genius,knowledge,and observation.Creativity comes from thinking.And from thought new ideas sprung. @Ai ,HE rightly said that we need artist too.These artist if represent true culture than our whole society will becom revolutionary.

Now pakistan leadrship lack vision because they have no innovative ideas.They have'nt read the books.But they are born kings of Pak dynasty.

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well,the reasons for me are.

(1)media expansion & population explosion:

media:entertainment round the clock.
population:if we have 5-6 children per family in a small house,how can they read or develop reading?

(2)Media giving less importance to the literary figures:how many of us know about AQ Khan,samar Mubarak,Engr Farooq and the likes as much as we know shahrukh and co?

(3)Wrong execution of Zia's Islamization process(as said by ali ahmed syed)

(4)Teaching in our country is (mostly)served by those who have remained mediocre/weak students in their times.they make our youngsters emulate them(buy short notes,rot them,disgorge them in exam and that's it).

yeah u are right. we don't bother reading these poets. in fact i got this thinking when i was reading about the "ADABI TEHREEKEIN" when people specially youth was motivated to listen to the poets and authors live at some JALSA etc. now with the passage of time we are let alone with the books with an option to read them ore put them in our closets and whenever we need, to boost off the COLLECTION we have.
@SADIA
you rightly said that most of us don't even know about the philosophy of many of our leading poets and writers. i wonder when youngsters say that "HMAIN TOU IQBAL SAMAJH E NAI ATTA" i want to ask whether anyone has ever bothered to open the books of such writers? only literature students read them and perhaps... just for the sake of passing the exams...

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Literary personalities instead of taking extra pains are themselves in pain. So, it would be quite difficult for them to make their life more painful and go for a better future. if we really want practical solutions of our predicaments then we should turn to our culture and 1st and second generation of Pakistan. Think of the corruption your father, mother, brother, sister or son has done-and most of you will say that your father is incorruptible. Now you are enjoying luxury and thinking of improving the lives of people. The first thing is to report on your relatives and get them arrested. then the whole talk of solving the grievances of the population will hold water. The ideology of Pakistan is not Islam it is "Hypocrisy".
Thank you.

This is true our desensitized society is in dire need of literary revolutionists. Because we do have competitive youth. The competition is harder, smarter than ever. Youth is more aware than ever. But they hardly think on a broader level of making a contribution to the betterment of community and country.
Plus trending also has majority individual types who are either totally selfless, hopeless romantics or the one's who are totally materialistic, progressive and hurtfully selfish. There needs to be a balance. Competence and integrity should go hand in hand. Existence of one without the other makes little difference, if any, on a broader level.