24/06/2026
For more than a decade, I have been trying to build a team that could work selflessly for the people without seeking personal gain, publicity, or power. Along this journey, many individuals revealed their true colours, teaching me difficult but valuable lessons about loyalty, conviction, and what it truly means to stand on the right side of history.
I often contemplated joining a political party, believing that collective action could bring meaningful change. However, over time, I witnessed political platforms increasingly becoming centres of personal ambitions rather than instruments of public service. What have political parties offered the people, other than a growing trust deficit?
The irony of our times is striking. Those who once raised the slogan of Autonomy are now in power. Those who championed Self Rule sit in opposition. Those who spoke of Referendum appear confused. Those who advocated Self-Determination are either behind bars, in exile, or resting in their graves. Many who promised to safeguard special status have fallen silent or have been politically decimated. Yet very few have remained steadfast to the promises contained in their own manifestos.
Speaking the truth has become dangerous because truth challenges comfort, exposes hypocrisy, and bruises the egos of those occupying positions of authority. In such an environment, silence is often rewarded while honesty is viewed as a threat.
The most dangerous consequence of all this is not political disagreement, it is hopelessness. A society can survive differences of opinion, but it struggles to survive when people lose faith in the possibility of justice and accountability.
There are moments when speaking the truth feels like a journey into the unknown. Yet surrendering one's conscience is a far greater loss than facing uncertainty.
As the sacred month of Muharram approaches, I find myself reflecting upon purpose, sacrifice, and moral responsibility. The tragedy of Karbala continues to remind humanity that dignity is greater than submission, principle is greater than power, and truth is greater than expediency.
I pray that the lessons of Karbala guide my future conduct and messaging not towards hatred or humiliation, but towards courage, justice, patience, and integrity.
Ultimately, every individual must decide what is right and what is wrong. We may disagree with others, challenge institutions, or question leaders, but at the end of the day, we are accountable for our own actions and our own conscience.
History will judge many things, but before history does, each of us must answer to ourselves.
Never to humiliation. Never to hopelessness. Never to surrendering the truth.