John F Kennedy once said, “Ask not what the country can do for you, Ask what YOU can do for your country” If you are Citizen: ...
John F Kennedy once said, “Ask not what the country can do for you,
Ask what YOU can do for your country”
If you are Citizen:
1.
Report Crimes/Corruptions and share Ideas on Citizen
Portal. Watch this YouTube video about Citizen Portal
2.
Prefer buying local products to promote local
economy.
3.
Create awareness by telling everyone around you
that each one of us has a role to play regardless of our financial, educational
or cast status.
4.
Know and obey the laws. Traffic laws, tax laws,
municipality laws, sale/purchase laws and so on. Those societies and countries
grow faster where obedience of laws is ensured.
5.
Ensure cleanliness in your home, office,
schools, parks, literally everywhere. Throw your waste only in the bins. All
great nations avoid littering. Be one of them.
6.
Do something good for society within your
capacity. Example: If you are doctor, provide free consultation to one patient
(daily). If you are working professional, help your street watchman speak English.
If you are a teacher, provide free education to one deserving child.
7.
Raise your voice when you see injustice,
wrongful acts in societies.
8.
Reduce plastic consumptions. When shopping, use
as less number of shopping bags as possible.
If you are an Expat:
9.
Send remittance to Pakistan via Pakistani
channels/exchanges/banks. Report hundi/havala systems to respective authorities.
10.
Promote Pakistan’s image in your residence
country. Join respective associations, groups and take active part in social
gatherings.
11.
Try to find jobs for Pakistani’s in your office
or business. Each Pakistani working outside Pakistan will contribute to the
economy of Pakistan via remittance.
12.
Create job-based WhatsApp Groups for Pakistani
people.
13.
Establish local monetary fund where each member
contributes $5 per month. This fund can be used to support those expats whose
families need urgent assistance (medical, educational or legal needs)
If you are Businessman/ Entrepreneur:
14.
A good leader with his/her effective business
acumen produces more leaders, not more followers. Expand your business with
the intention of creating more jobs to accommodating more people in your
business. You will not only get reward from Allah but also receive blessings in
your business.
15.
Encourage people to join startup Facebook group
for business. Check this awesome Facebook
inspiring thousands of young entrepreneurs
16.
Invest on new
business ventures
17.
Pay your taxes honestly. Check your Tax Profile information
which Govt of Pakistan has about you.
18.
Inspire and motivate international businessmen
to invest in Pakistan.
19.
Bring best practices from your industry and
implement in Pakistan. This improves the quality of services for consumer and
also uplifts the local industry to the international standards.
20.
Develop consultancy business (providing guidance
on business registrations, assistance for tax filing, legal counselling,
documentation management, IT services, professional trainings and so on). This
will open doors of new jobs.
21.
Hire internees and help them develop job-based
skills and provide them exposure to serve in international markets.
If you are a Web Enthusiast:
22.
Website Developer: Create websites to promote
image of Pakistan.
23.
Blogger: Write as many good articles as possible
on:
a. Pakistan
tourism
b. Pakistan’s
Role in the world
c. Pakistan
Trade
24.
Spread awareness about online jobs such as
graphics designers, blogging, app development, SEO, affiliate marketing. This
is multi-billion dollar industry and unfortunately Pakistan’s share is almost
nil.
If you are Educationalist:
25.
Work on increasing of IT certifications across
Pakistan
26.
Work on promoting vocational skills such as KPK
board
27.
Work with website developer to place all free /
paid certifications and promote it via local print media, social media and
electronic media.
28.
While Urdu defines our concreate foundation,
promote English as much as possible. Our neighboring countries are grabbing
much more services businesses in international markets due to better English
skills.
29.
Promote skill based domestic / national clubs
such as robotics, DIYs, ac repairing etc.
If you are a Project Manager:
30.
Work on Penetration of PMP, PRINCE2, SCRUM
Project Management Certifications in your respective cities. Try to create a
force of project managers in your localities who can apply professional
knowledge and best practices in what they do (even in small organizations)
31.
Work on Process
Enhancement. Write articles on process enhancement from your life
experience. Example: if you visited a restaurant, you might have noticed the
process of handling and serving customers. Process for customer handling at
bank etc.
If you are Web Developer:
32.
Promote games having pictures/videos of
Pakistan.
33.
Develop English apps containing books from
Pakistani philosophers, scientists etc.
34.
Establish websites where scholarships from
across the world are published. This will be helpful for our youth to go for
international universities for advance studies.
35.
Establish forums to promote online jobs across
Pakistani youth. (Graphics designing, editing, SEO, IT, app development, online
teaching and so on)
If you are Philanthropist:
36.
Feed a fish to fix the hunger for one day. Teach
how to catch fish to fix the hunger permanently. Instead of charity
consider working on job
creation
a. Buy a
rickshaw for someone
b. Open a shop
for jobless person
c. Buy sewing
machine for widows
d. Open
tandoor for someone.
37.
Genuine cause of charity should not be stopped
such as patient support, widows support, orphans support etc.
38.
Visit nearest school and take ownership of
educational fee for as many orphan kids as possible. This will ensure orphan
continues studying in the school.
39.
Sponsor a dialysis machine in nearest hospital.
Sponsor surgeries or medicine support.
If you are a Journalist:
40.
For God’s sake, stop writing on useless
political subjects (aaj Nawaz sharif nay jail main aam khaiy, asif
ali zardari nay namaz parhi) and political character assassinations (Maryam nay aisay bayan day dia kay Imran
Khan sharam kay maray doob gya ho ga).
41.
Start writing on great causes such as science,
IT, innovation, robotics, ideas, business, sports, certifications, skills,
entrepreneurship, leadership, career, jobs, parenting, social causes, poverty,
health, jobs, construction industry, new products, books review, affiliate
marketing, top 10 of everything, investment ideas and many others.
42.
Arrange TV shows on genuine causes such as:
a. how to
resolve electricity crisis,
b. how court
system works,
c. how to
digitize our Government processes and systems,
d. how to automate
driving licensing,
e. how to
start business registration process)
43.
Show innovative news from great countries on
youth, economy, business and technology, sports etc.
Miscellaneous Ideas:
44.
Establish registered NGOs to work on Poverty,
Health, Child abuse, under age work.
45.
Youth Development Program
46.
Eliminate begging
47.
Adopt an orphan
48.
Sponsor poor kids education
49.
Volunteer for cleaning your area park, market or
school
50.
Establish NGOs on child abuse, rural woman
health, drugs and tobacco eradication, nutritional deficiency
Final Thoughts:
Above all, please be honest on everything you do. A nation cannot grow
until we bring honesty and excellence in our day to day tasks. Don’t escape
from your responsibilities at work or home. Submit yourself to God and adapt
the ultimate principles of honesty, generosity, positivity and union.
Article Written by Junaid Tahir
