By: Faizan Ali " Essay no. 1" (589 Words) Before we discuss what a good citizen owes...
By: Faizan Ali
"Essay no. 1" (589 Words)
Before we discuss what a good citizen owes to society, let us see, what society does for him. Thousands of years ago, men lived in caves like animals. Each one of them lived by himself and for himself. They hunted for their food and lived hard lives. We now call them savages. At first, they began to live in families and then in tribes. Later, they settled along the banks of rivers where, in time, grew towns, large and small. Life became easier. Some men began farming the land. Some became weavers, some masons, some cobblers and some soldiers. They all worked for one another.
As societies grew larger and as men became more civilized, many more professions and occupations developed. Laws were made to make life safer and happier. Today we have doctors, teachers engineers, artists, writers, policemen and a host of other workers, who all do something for their fellow men.
If we just think for a few minutes, how many things and services we use in one day, we shall realize how much we owe to society. The milkman brings milk for us and keeps cattle for the benefit of us all; the driver drives the bus in which we go to school or our place of work; and the workers and the engineers run the mill, which weaves the cloth we wear. The teacher teaches the pupils at the school, the doctors treats the sick and the shopkeeper sells articles of daily use. Public parks are maintained for the benefit of a citizen. The traffic police regulates the traffic so that we may travel without any fear of accident.
We just turn on the tap and fresh water flows out. We press a switch and light comes on. The cleaning of a streets and the removal of filth and garbage are possible, only in an organized society. The telegraph, the telephone and the trains are all benefits of collective efforts. Then, the radio and the television gives us both enjoyment and instruction.
We must repay society for all these gifts. If a milkman mixes water in milk, how can he expect other members of society to treat him fearly? If a shopkeeper gives short measure or sell sub-standard goods, he must be prepared to get the same kind of treatment from others. If we ignore traffic rules, we not only endanger the lives of others but our own as well.
It is also the duty of every citizen to understand the problems facing his country. He must co-operate with the government in solving them. Problems facing Pakistan are poverty, illiteracy and population growth. For the establishment of a better society, these problems have to be solved though education and hard work.
The government of Pakistan has started many programmes to solve these problems. These are, for example, programmes for rural development, literacy and adult education, health, sanitation and social welfare, and population planning. Education counters, family and social welfare and population centre have been set up throughout the country.
Many benefits we enjoy are provided by our own country and society. It is, therefore, our duty to be loyal and patriotic to Pakistan. We should pay our taxes promptly, fully and honestly, so that we may continue to enjoy all social benefits.
Islam lays great stress on our duties as citizens. The Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) once said,”GOD lays so much stress on the rights of inheritance in our property.” In short, we cannot be good Muslims without being good and dutiful citizens.
"Essay no. 2" (802 Words)
A citizen is a person who lives in a particular country for a long time. He may be born in the country or not but, by virtue of his long stay in the country he earns the right to the citizenship of the country and starts being so called.
The basic difference in the acquired citizenship after stay and that of being a citizen by birth is that, when a person acquires it, it is to be by an application for the same. When a person is born in a place, he is automatically a citizen of it, and does not have to apply for it.
Now, as we all know that man, no matter where he stays, in the family, in the society, in the office or in the country, he has some obligations towards them. These obligations of an individual are called duties.
Thus, in all his activities, man has some duties, and so as a citizen also man has some obligations to the country of his citizenship. In this Essay we will discuss the duties of a man as a citizen of a country.
When a person belongs to a particular country whether the country of his birth or the country that he has adopted due to a long stay, it is to be remembered that, the country has nurtured him.
He has grown there, avails of all facilities and advantages that accrue to the people of the country and has been granted all kinds of rights of the citizens of that country.
This is given to an individual because it is all necessary for the healthy growth of the individual. If he was not to be given that, he may not have been able to grow to his full bloom. This much is fine, but, this is only one side of the coin of citizenship.
When on the one hand an individual is given so much, the other side of the coin would obviously be to clarify and express his duties. For, let us never forget that, all rights have their corresponding duties.
Every right that a human being enjoys in any sphere of life, there are his corresponding duties that go hand in hand with these rights. Thus, on the one hand are the rights of the citizen and the other side are his duties.
A good citizen has to fulfill several duties in order to honestly enjoy all his rights. The first duty of a good citizen is to understand his rights and enjoy them but, with wisdom and an analytical mind. He must be loyal to the country that gives him all that it has, to enjoy and grow.
He must consider the country of his living, as his own mother, for, just like the mother helps a child to grow, so does the country provide for him all that he needs to grow in every way, physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Then when a country gives so much, is it not its right to demand loyalty from the individual? How can the country ever expect or accept disloyalty from a man it helps live and grow.
How can disloyalty to a mother be accepted? Such breach of faith and loyalty, to my mind should be considered as a grave offence. Besides, can we ever disown a mother? Thus a good citizen is one who is always found to be proud of belonging to his country - whether of birth or after living.
The second quality of a good citizen is that he should always follow all the laws of the land meticulously with the greatest of caution. He should never be found breaking or flouting any law.
He must love and respect all his fellow citizens who are to him like his brothers and sisters. The society in which the good citizen lives, must feel his presence as a good person, a reliable person and as a loving and helpful person. He himself must be a good brother/sister to the others living in that country.
Besides being good, a duty of a good citizen also extends to his helping in the development of the country of his residence, because of the simple reason that, it is his, it belongs to him. Respect for all that belongs to that country is also one great quality expected from a good citizen.
Thus, a good citizen is one who adjusts with his environment, lives up to the expectations of his fellowmen, according to all norms and rules of the country. He does not act in any way that brings any sort of dishonor to the country. With all these essential qualities, any individual belonging to any country can be called a good citizen. A citizen fulfilling these norms will be termed as a good citizen in any country.
"Essay no. 3" (589 Words)
Before we discuss what a good citizen owes to society, let us see, what society does for him. Thousands of years ago, men lived in caves like animals. Each one of them lived by himself and for himself. They hunted for their food and lived hard lives. We now call them savages. At first, they began to live in families and then in tribes. Later, they settled along the banks of rivers where, in time, grew towns, large and small. Life became easier. Some
men began farming the land. Some became weavers, some masons, some cobblers and some soldiers. They all worked for one another.
As societies grew larger and as men became more civilized, many more professions and occupations developed. Laws were made to make life safer and happier. Today we have doctors, teachers engineers, artists, writers, policemen and a host of other workers, who all do something for their fellow men.
If we just think for a few minutes, how many things and services we use in one day, we shall realize how much we owe to society. The milkman brings milk for us and keeps cattle for the benefit of us all; the driver drives the bus in which we go to school or our place of work; and the workers and the engineers run the mill, which weaves the cloth we wear. The teacher teaches the pupils at the school, the doctors treats the sick and the shopkeeper sells articles of daily use. Public parks are maintained for the benefit of a citizen. The traffic police regulates the traffic so that we may travel without any fear of accident.
We just turn on the tap and fresh water flows out. We press a switch and light comes on. The cleaning of a streets and the removal of filth and garbage are possible, only in an organized society. The telegraph, the telephone and the trains are all benefits of collective efforts. Then, the radio and the television gives us both enjoyment and instruction.
We must repay society for all these gifts. If a milkman mixes water in milk, how can he expect other members of society to treat him fearly? If a shopkeeper gives short measure or sell sub-standard goods, he must be prepared to get the same kind of treatment from others. If we ignore traffic rules, we not only endanger the lives of others but our own as well.
It is also the duty of every citizen to understand the problems facing his country. He must co-operate with the government in solving them. Problems facing Pakistan are poverty, illiteracy and population growth. For the establishment of a better society, these problems have to be solved though education and hard work.
The government of Pakistan has started many programmes to solve these problems. These are, for example, programmes for rural development, literacy and adult education, health, sanitation and social welfare, and population planning. Education counters, family and social welfare and population centre have been set up throughout the country.
Many benefits we enjoy are provided by our own country and society. It is, therefore, our duty to be loyal and patriotic to Pakistan. We should pay our taxes promptly, fully and honestly, so that we may continue to enjoy all social benefits.
Islam lays great stress on our duties as citizens. The Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) once said,”GOD lays so much stress on the rights of inheritance in our property.” In short, we cannot be good Muslims without being good and dutiful citizens.
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