ince the formation of this country, there has been complete consensus in its political, social, religious and cultural circles that this should happen, but to this day no one has been able to understand why we are not doing this. If the government takes this step, there will be applause everywhere, not a single voice will be raised in opposition, but it has been 75 years since any government has been able to do this and no government even knows why it is not doing this.

Here, those who took the name of Islam came, enlightened liberals came, right-wingers came, left-wingers came, martial law came, the democratic era came, but no one could do it, although if any of them had taken this step, his name would have been written in golden letters, none of them even has an idea why they could not do it. Nawaz Sharif came, Shehbaz Sharif came, Imran Khan came, Asif Zardari came, General Zia-ul-Haq and even General Musharraf came, each one did this here and there, changed the country’s policies, adopted new narratives, turned black into white in foreign policies, made constitutions, broke the constitution, imposed martial law, gave whipping sentences, people were thrown into jails and even opponents were hanged, but to end this deadly poison for the entire nation, has it not even been started to end it and no one has been able to find out till today why it was not done and why do they not all do this?

Tell me, can there be a bigger problem than adulteration in a country? If not, then the question is why don’t the rulers eliminate adulteration? Here, a government comes and chews the noses of the opponents, but why is no step taken against those who adulterate milk, medicines and food, the enemies of our children. Be it democratic governments of the world, military or authoritarian, there is no concept of adulteration there, but in the land of contradictions, there is no suspicion of adulteration without anything, here there is adulteration in honey, brick spice in chillies, lime in medicines and poisonous chemicals in milk, those who roam around in public.

Why don’t we, the people, our rulers, our generals, our politicians, put an end to adulteration?

Suppose today Shahbaz Sharif makes ending adulteration his first priority, will the PTI, which opposes his every move, be able to say a single word in opposition? No, no one in the country will oppose him in this matter. There will be appreciation everywhere, applause everywhere, his name will be in history, children will eat pure food, those coming from abroad will be able to use food and water without any doubts.

If anyone can be a little bit against the elimination of adulteration, then he can be an adulterer, but sometimes thieves and robbers have demonstrated to this day that they should be given a free hand in theft and robbery? Has any murderer ever had the courage to say that the death penalty should be removed from the law? However, in 75 years, despite being in the overwhelming majority, we are afraid of a few adulterers. Legislative assemblies have not been able to formulate laws like those in America, Europe, or even China and Saudi Arabia so that a few black sheep, fearing adulteration, stop doing this work.

Till date, has the courts given such punishment to any adulterator that he becomes an example to be followed? High Courts and Supreme Courts have even hanged Prime Ministers and disqualified them from the Prime Ministership, but have they ever brought to an end any disgusting person who adulterated milk? There is not a single such example. The most capable judges of this country have rejected the laws made by Parliament with a majority, but have they ever proposed a constitution regarding adulteration? Have hundreds of members of Parliament ever passed a law for the complete elimination of adulteration and the strictest punishments from Parliament? Of course, the answer is in the negative.

There will be laws against adulteration in this country and punishments will be prescribed. There is a police department, during the martial law era the army has been making arrests, there is a food department and now food authorities are also active, but it is unlikely that the monster of adulteration has made even the slightest difference. We are busy winning and losing political battles.

We participate vigorously in discussions about prosperity, hope, and despair, but we have never been able to prioritize the elimination of adulteration, the greatest sin, the worst social practice, and the most dangerous thing in terms of health from an Islamic perspective.

Even if dollars come from America, dirhams and riyals come from the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, and financial aid comes from China, but we continue to eat adulterated, poor quality food, what kind of prosperity will it be?

There was adulteration in America too. In the 1920s, such legislation was passed that made adulteration impossible, such severe punishments were given that no one could even think of committing adulteration. In the small countries of the Gulf, everything is free from adulteration. Despite the world’s first Islamic nuclear power, a powerful army, and an Islamic democratic constitution, we are helpless in the face of adulteration.

The reason for this is solely our priorities. Today, if any party raises the flag of ending adulteration from the country, Parliament makes the strictest laws against adulteration, judges give exemplary decisions, do not spare the accused under any circumstances, state institutions decide that adulteration should not be allowed, and we the people do not give any concessions to those who commit adulteration, then ending adulteration will become very easy. I wish someone would take the initiative.