Blogger Tazeen Javed returns to the Dawn Blog to provide a weekly dose of satire.
Sometime back, Newsweek named Pakistan the most dangerous place on earth. Now, the American magazine Foreign Policy has come up with its own most dangerous place. Surprisingly, it is not Pakistan. They name Somalia as the most dangerous country. In addition to a detailed article about the perils to life in Mogadishu, the Somalian capital, they came up with a chart of 60 countries that pass for failed states. They have graded the countries on indicators of instability that are as varied as human flight, human rights, economy and factionalized elite among others.
There are no marks for guessing that Pakistan gets an honourable mention in the top ten. It is the ninth most failed state after Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Chad, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Ivory Coast – all fairly failed states. What did get my goat, however, was that Pakistan is considered more failed than Central African Republic, which came in tenth. Central African Republic? No one would even know where the country is if its name were not so geographically specific.
But it’s not just the good ol’ Central African Republic – Pakistan is more failed a state than Ethiopia (16), Liberia (34), which is famous for its blood diamonds and child soldiers, and Malawi (29), a heaven for celebrities looking to adopt kids without much ado.
The chart is designed with the maximum point of 10 for any indicator – the more failed a state is, the higher the score would be on most indicators. According to the chart, out of the 12 indicators of instability, Pakistan’s least worrisome performance has been in economy and – believe it or not – public services. It is a known fact that electricity –rather, the lack thereof – has wreaked havoc with our lives and economy. If that’s come out smelling of roses, imagine how bad the score would be on other indicators.
Group grievances, security apparatus and external intervention were among the higher scoring indicators. I personally think the chart is biased and is part of an international conspiracy to besmirch the good name of Pakistan. For instance, it has been suggested that US Drones that are said to be flying from Afghanistan are actually taking off from our own airfields. If that’s the case, then the level of external intervention is not as high as has been indicated in the chart.
Similarly, if the number of times traffic is blocked in the main cities of Pakistan to clear passage for high-ranking officials is any indicator of our security apparatus at work, it seems to be working just fine – that is, for the government officials, if not for all Pakistanis. Pakistan may score high in group grievances, but that is to be expected in a multi-ethnic country. If Baloch people have any issues with the federal government about royalty of its resources and the fate of its missing persons, it’s not that big a deal. After all, they comprise only 4 percent of the population.
Pakistan also scored high on delegitimization of the state. This was perhaps correct in the past, but it has been taken care of since last month. We have officially signed deals with dissident groups in Swat and Bajaur Agency and handed over districts and cities to them. Now they are the ones who are officially administering those areas and government of Pakistan cannot be held responsible for the deligitimization of the state.
The highest scoring indicator for Pakistan is the curiously titled factionalized elites. Contrary to scoring in the chart, the Pakistani elite does not seem all that factionalized. The elite has been quite focused, coherent and persistent in evading the taxes while piling indirect ones on the poor people of Pakistan. It can also be thanked for upholding the flight of Pakistani capital out of the country, investing in the Middle East, signing over parts of the country to militants, selling public goods, and denying external intervention in matters of governance. If anything, they have proven to be the most consistently performing group of the country.
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Tazeen Javed has lived most of her life in Karachi; so far no one has asked her to leave. She has worked as a journalist, teacher, salesperson, activist, tour guide, election observer, fruit vendor, copy writer and television producer in the past. She has wizened up since then and now only works for a living. She blogs at http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com and can be contacted at http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com and can be contacted at 
Be it person of any religion, human dignity has same definition. If we make religion a way of Spirituality and Human Rights as way of life, the government is supposed to run, we will not have any confusion.
There have been several reports on how Pakistan is on the road to quickly become a failed state. No one has elaborated what exactly is a failed state. Does the Pakistani land disappear if Pakistan becomes a failed state? Do the Pakistani people disappear if Pakistan becomes a failed state? The answer to the previous qn is NO. Life goes on, although, the government’s authority is minimized. It is usually limited to a 10 mile radius around te capital city. Rest of the country is ruled by mobs. Law and Order gives way to anarchy. Curruption is rampant. Economy stagnates and inflation rises. Dont we see all the symtoms already?
Dr. Adnan Khan Says:
“heres an advice to the ANP Government of NWFP and to the authorities including the PRESIDENT of PAKISTAN and the Chief of Army Staff, kindly leave the country to us , we YOUTH would deal with it in a more effective way”
Seconded!
i would rather be astonished if somebody says NOT REALLY to the phrase FAILED STATE. I got the news today from ma village sultanwas in Buner that my uncles are yet again busy building and organizing a national army a.k.a qaumi lashkar against the TALIBAN who have captured Gohkand and are threatenin to tread on rest of buner despite the warning projected from the people of buner to evacuate.The deadline has long passed in the morning and the people of Buner will now have to tackle with the taliban with whatever resources they have. its indeed a momment of great shame for the Government of Pakistan that even knowin this all is happening there right now, they are not doing anythin stickin to their embarassing surrender a.k.a the peace pact with taliban
not really a failed state eh ..laugh it loud!! heres an advice to the ANP Government of NWFP and to the authorities including the PRESIDENT of PAKISTAN and the Chief of Army Staff, kindly leave the country to us , we YOUTH would deal with it in a more effective way
The latest deadly bomb attack wherein twenty-six people were killed and more than 40 others injured at Chakwal is a stark reminder of what the future holds for Pakistan. Added to this, the threat by Pakistan Taliban of Mehsud to conduct minimum two suicide attacks per week is too chilling to think of.
The wheel seems to have come full circle and its here the poor and hapless Pakistan people suffer the most. I pity them for they have to traverse between the devil and the deep sea. The devils are running amuck, creating havoc and tearing apart the very fabric of Pakistan
It is the Pakistani government’s fault for all these suicide bombs. Had they not supported American bombing of indigenous tribes in NWFP, those tribes would not be retaliating against urban Pakistan. Zardari and Musharraf are responsible for these crimes, not the tribes. The tribes have been there for thousands of years, while Zardari/Musharraf ceding sovereignty to American bombing began in 2001.
it pains me very much to read that so much killing is going on in pakistan. i wonder it is so. pakistanis have few languages, one religion so they can achieve progress very easily. in india we have several religions, their sub casts, we have hundreds of languages, thousands of gods and still we have muslim population which is more than the total population of pakistan and other muslim countries. our president was a muslim, we have several muslim ministers in governments. there are hundreds of muslim scholars, engineers, and hundreds of muslims in army,navey and airforce and police. thre are thousands of muslim traders and industrialists. bollywood is full of muslims.
can some one find out and suggest a remedy to pull pakistan out of present lawlessness?
everyday bomb blast in Pakistan. It is a supersonic road-race to self destruction, civil war, martial law, talibinization, disintegration, economic disaster, disarmament, enslavement, etc . It is a speedless superhighway to the ruins as American drones and a few Pakistani extremists turn ordinary pakistanis dream into nightmare. Pakistan had almost no suicide bombers before 2002.
Kya zulm ko mabood piye betha hai,insaaf kay hoto ko siye betha hai,
Adam nay bana dalay jhannum lakho tu ek jahnum ko liye betha hai
pakisthan’s future is in ts people’s hands,raise against the elements of hatred and terror,then victory will be yours,of the entire world of peace loving personnel…….please use this blog to find out some creative ideas to turn around the situation at ground realities,fnning indo-american hatred is of no use to you…thats what your govt have been doing all along for last 62 years…….let me put 3 suggestions that i think will be of some use….
a)there are no good and bad terrorists,treat them all as one and same,do not offer them a peace deal.
b)get rid of all corrupt politicans like zardari,gilani& shariffs
c)At ground make schools for women,educate your people in right sence,deploy your army there for real protection of people and not at borders…no body is going to conquer you as such they wont be required to go in to turmoil….
d)make judiciary independent of govt
e)attack the suply route of arms to militants…..
Where is the long march to protest terrorism? Where’s Mr. Sharif? Where are the lawyers? Good to see Pakistanis have their priorities right.
On the news of teenage girl 17 wipped in Swat, Shame on you all, who can not save their women. Such incidents bring shame to the country and Islam.
The most amazing thing I noticed, while watching the end of the seige was the slogan raising and firing in the air. Perhaps these soldiers failed to note that there were about 10 ppeople dead and about 90 injured at that time. There were hundreds of people mouring or anxious about the victims.
It sad that Pakistan has nosedived into an abyss it is now finding difficult to shrug off. It is itself only to blame.
If Pakistan wants to progress, its people needs to shed its blind hatred for India and fight as one force against terror and see to it that the terror infrastructure is wiped out from its soil forever. Else it risks being tagged as a FAILED STATE by the whole world, lampooned by the whole world and shunned by everyone. Hope it does not happen for its talented people can be an asset to the world.
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Obviously, the blogger’s patehtic attempt to be satirical has failed on some people. By the way, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan: Largest in heart, and largest in its love for Pakistan, with which it shares its unique syllable, the “tan”.
Pakistan a failed state for many reasons. But the biggest reason is that Pakistani Army is not subservient to the Pakistani civilian government.
If the civilian government of Pakistan was allowed to make foreign policies, Pakistan would not have come to current state.
I agree with Bushy, the notion that baloch population is small in camparison to the punjabis or the sindhis, hence that justifies discrimination against them is beyond me. Keep in mind if allowed balochistan can be an economically sound province, that is if allowed.
The police academy is fallen pray to terror. What more one can expect from the beggers, kick out all the filthy politicians. They only ask money but do not deliver security to there country and creat menace for others.
Every word of this author is refutable, but then, neither this article commands that respect, nor am I going to write a long analysis.
So, I point out a small part of this passage to show what it reflects.
“Pakistan may score high in group grievances, but that is to be expected in a multi-ethnic country. If Baloch people have any issues with the federal government about royalty of its resources and the fate of its missing persons, it
We in last one year have taken over 8 billion dollars of new debt. The spiralling down effect of economy has progressed appreciably now with billions of dollars of additional debt.
With pakistan under extreme law and order situation, i wonder what would be the effects ?It is evident now the war on terror is only limited to pakistan. The war which started in USA, has never touched US territory again. It is not being seen in middle east or far east.It is only limited to pakistan now. It has truely shaped as a sole war of pakistan. No doubt, the international world is now directly pointing its fingers on pakistan.Pakistan in the middle of a political tussle, with an independent and unruly civil and military administraton, pakistan is truely fighting for survival. It is certainly a doomsday scenario for any country. They will really have to come out with a magic plan to get them out of this hole, which they have dug up for themselves.
Speculation, complete ignorance and arrogance are important elements of posts by Indians here. “Mulla Umar in an ac bunke watching TV and laughing”? How do you know? There are clear differences between situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Afghanistan: splintered resistance against foreign forces; carried out by small groups of enraged Afghans (hence they ‘blend’ so easily with local poulation); targets are occupation forces and their local allies; these are typical features of Afghan resistance against foreign occupiers since time immemorial. In Pakistan: Highly trained, well armed and well backed terrorists, possibly funded by foreign elements, attacks are highly organized. Pakistani people (not the Govt.) are at war, imposed on them by ‘big’ powers, their motives are all too clear to go into details here. My advice to Indians: Stop acting like Americans. You are not there yet.
The discussion here should be about the real reasons why pak is named as a failed state.Pakisthan cannot walk the lines of peace unless they stop blame games,for what ever mishaps in the country.The real enemies of pakisthan are mullas who are just using the religion for their intrests.I wanted to ask 3 questions to mr.ansari,
1)There had been 3 wars with india waged by generals and not the people,and who lost their lives?i think musharaf is still around there!
2)there are terror attacks every now and then in pakisthan as well as in india(only 1% of what in pak i believe)waged by terrorists?who loses life,common people and terrorist himself,neither mukthar abbas naqvi nor mullah omar loses his life,they are in ac bunkers living a royal life watching all these drama in tv laughing at all of us!
3)u say India is a failed state,majority of indians in thse blog say pakisthan is a failed state?One and only quetion will give the answer,where can a person get justice properly?is it possible that a colonel of ur army to be tried in court by a civil judge for terror crime?Long march is an answer.
I believe it is pointless that we carry on with these mud slugging,let us be one thing very clear………there are war hawks in both countries.But common people are not for war but for peace because they are the ones who loses at all times……..
well,failed state or no failed state …their is no justice here.
laws are not implemented how can they think of improving them with modern times and situations.they can make a good start by giving provincail autonomy…and only punjab can do it ,as it controls majority in NA thus it controls federal gov ,lets keep the issue of party away for a moment ,anybody who wins from punjab makes the gov in centre….
and the politacain from punjab dont want provincail autonomy thats for sure,they want to control the budget,revenues and spendings.(well does anyone have an idea when was gas supplied first from balochistan….multan and rawalpindi(in 60s) and when did it come in(quetta) balochidtan 1986)…YY..where has the cluase of provincail autonomy gone which was stated in pakistan resolution.smaller provinces feel betrayed.
seriuosly.their is only concurrent list of subjects .whats has happened to provincail list…or a separate federal list .india has minded this matter.
all indicators will improve …if their is justice …thats our problem..
Recently 2 journaist were killed in lahore just within days of each other. This has happened jut after the success of long march, where media played a vital role. I do not want to imply anything but it does show the state is not in control of law and order. They are just unable to act and manifest their will and resolve. Either it is because that the lawless elements are too powerful or their exsists a state within state, which has its own agenda and do not want govt. to succeed. In anycase, it is a sign of a failing government. I pray for the integrity of pakistan.
What options Pakistan have now?
Look like between devil and deep sea
One side USA another Taiban
Who created the monster Taliban?
Every body knows funded by USA and executed by Pakistan
Misplaced trust by Pakistan has put the country in this situation
Who are the beneficiary?
USA,The generals and Some politicians
Where does the people of Pakistan figure?
No where!!!!
The generals and the politicians left very little option for the citizens
Can they have independent policy apart from west and USA?
Certainly not at the current financial situation of the country
What choices they have?
Have a no war pact with India
Improve trade with India
If the animosities are cleared India will
Step in with economic aid,which is in her own interest to do
Pakistan relation ship can be independent of the relation ship with China
The relation ship between India and china are moving up
Could any one believed of Joint military exercise,decades ago?
We don’t need to carry for rest of our lives
On the happenings of the past
This sets the stage for occupation of Pakistan by US and British. This was their goal and all this business of NWF and Afghanistan was a cover. The British having experience in handling Pakistanis during colonial times are advising Americans how to go about taking over Pakistan. Long term will be very bad for muslims as US will run Pakistan like a colony. Tragedy of muslims is repeating as muslims are to blame themselves for being greedy and falling for 1.5 billion dollar US aid.
Ya Allah! Ek Ullu kafi tha Gulistan ko barbad karne ke liye,
Yahain to sare ulemma ullu hai to kya anjam Pakistan ka hoga,
Ab wahi hoga jo manzure Amrika hoga.
There are very strong indications that Pakistan is failing as a State but I hope tht it does not come to that.
Pakistanis, and I am one of them should look across at their neighbour, India and learn a few lessons. Despite its manifold problems India has progressed well over the years which is due to consistent plociies by different goverments. Rather than write a long essay, I will summarise my thoughts by saying that Indians that I meet and there are many, Indians that I see on Indian TV channels come across to me as “Proud to be Indians”. This cannot be said about Pakistanis and till they feel proud of Pakistan for the right reasons, Pakistan will not progress and instead will continue to fail but I still hope that it will not happen. And to my fellow Pakistanis I would say that when you read my thoughts do not label me as unpatriotic. It is quite the contracy, I write these words becuasue of my patriotism but I am also a realist and not a day dreamer.
Who is this Moin Ansari to talk about Indian Muslims????? He is talking as if he is staying in India and living like an Indian when he is in reality living in a country called Pakistan that truth be told is a complete FAILED STATE in all respects.
Muslims in India are any day in better shape and living and doing very well in all fields except of course terrorism. Does this chap Moin Bhai knows that Shahrukh Khan and A R Rehman are top notchers in their domains. Then u have Amir Khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Johny LEVER, Zaheer Khan, Irfan and Yusuf Pathan, Sania Mirza, and so many, all of whom are tops in their fields.
I have Muslim pals both boys and girls who are doing well and pursuing their careers with happiness. In fact, in my office, my best pals are Muslim girls who are proud of their country called India. We get along well and are happy folks. I know of so many couples who are happily married, inter-related, that is, Muslim boy and Hindu girl and vice versa. Shahrukh and Aamir have Hindu wives.
India offers all freedom to people of all religions. It is only that the same freedom must be leveraged and exploited to get to the top of one
India is abiding by the water agreement.
But at the same time, how long it should continue to do so, under so much terrorism which is emanating from Pakistan.
This terrorism is not happening out of a vaccum, it is helped from the highest sources.
So India is under attack.
When you are under attack, you dont need to honor agreements made during peace time.
Tell me where I am wrong.
India exports water to Pakistan and pakistan in return exports terrorism.
Reg the comments of one prominent India-hater,all I would like to tell him is to watch the re-run of Oscar speeches of the two Indians..
1. A R Rahman is a Indian, Muslim and a Tamilian. He spoke in English, spoke in Hindi and then a few words in Tamil praising Allah. His identity as a proud Indian, proud Muslim and a proud Tamilian…they are not mutually exclusive to each other..such kind of men are majority in India..
2. Resul is also a Muslim but in his acceptance speech,he was large hearted enough to talk about OM when the whole world was watching.
Both the men took the opportunity to make a point to the world that the pluralism in India is thriving and flourishing.
Whereas in Pakistan, majority of your civil society consist of people like Moin Ansari…No wonder your country is going down the barrel and India is growing high in esteem….
my suggestion is that pak should take care of the states they already have,rather than trying to get kashmeer.
if they’re behaving like ostritch,as in case of kasab,they are going to be a failed state.
learn from saudi arabia.even being a heart of islam,the mullas,imams are controlled by government,while in pak mullas,imams,and extremists defy and bully pakistani govt.
Batool, as recently acknowledged by the Chief of the Pakistan Irrigation Committee, India has benefited from the Indus Water Treaty & Pakistan hasn’t because while India, keeping in mind it’s future needs, legally & legitimately, built dams & irrigation panels over the years, the Pakistani rulers were busy filling up their own personal coffers, internal squabbling & Kashmir, to care about building any dams and that’s exactly the reason why Pakistan has water shortage today. If anyone should be blamed for Pakistan’s water problems, it should be Pakistani rulers & not India.
Yet another suicide blast in Jamrud region -in Khyber agency – where 70 worshippers are killed and scores injured and that too inside a Mosque – where is the sanctity of a Mosque? This incident was preceded by yet another suicide blast, some few days back, outside a Police Station in Islamabad killing few and injuring scores. Honestly, is this the face of Islam that Pakistanis want us to us around the world? I’m really lost at words to describe such horrific crimes against humanity and that too by one Muslim upon another Muslim. A “Muslim” is one who is obiedient to the will of God. Pakistanis can keep on blaming the US, India and Israel for their own ineptitude. This cycle of violence will continue for so long as the Pakistani government – be it civilian or Military – is not willing to take on these Islamic militants. During the flowering period of Islam in Baghdad and Cairo during the reign of Harun al-Rashid and his son Mamun al-Rashid, and Imam al-Muizz, Islamic scholars led the world from the front – when Europe was still in the dark ages – and grew it by leaps and bounds. There are so many Islamic scholars to name them all here and they were encouraged by these Caliphs of Islam to pursue their works in Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Geology, al-chemy and so much ore. Where are the Islamic scholars today? Are they being brainwashed and trained by Islamic clerics – Mullah Fazlullah – in the Madrassas of Pakistan? By bombing Schools in Pakistan and by blowing up Mosques, which are considered places of refuge, shelter and sanctity, you Pakistanis are doing a great dis-service to Islam and to its image. By allowing Chechens, Arabs, Uzbeks, Afghans, Nigerians to operate from your territory for their evil ideology, the Pakistani government is infact giving a tacit approval to these militants further their evil cause. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime minister Syed Yousuf Gilani are always engaged in a political tussle with PML-N Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz thus causing a major distraction and weakining the internal situation in Pakistan. These militants then want to take advantage of the situation by perceiving this as a sign of weaknesses. Every Pakistani Muslim man should stand up and say enough is enough and start confronting this menace with their own hands. For as long as this is not happen, these evil militants are going to view Pakistanis as weaklings and continuing on killing and wipe you off the face of this earth. The fate of Pakistan is in your hands.
To Batool:
The Indus Water issue is largely misunderstood in Pakistan. According to the water-sharing agreement, India has the right to reduce water supply if the rains fail in catchment areas, as compared to average annual rainfall. The agreement states that India is required to release the equivalent amount of water relating to the percentage of that year’s rainfall, compared to long-term annual average rainfall in the affected areas.
This is exactly what happened, but was perceived as an aggressive move by India.
The real problem is that the Agreement itself is deeply flawed, and needs to be reworked.
The agreement does not take into account Pakistan’s overwhelming dependence on the Punjab bread-basket for domestic food production. On the other hand, India is not similarly dependent on this water. Food production in other parts of India can mitigate this effect. So the treaty itself needs to be renegotiated.
The second factor is economic and largely ignored. Last year (I think) the rains failed and India made up the shortfall by importing wheat. Pakistan’s credit status was junk in international markets, and the government was unable import foodstuffs.
Thus it really did not affect India, but caused flour-riots in Karachi. Instead of acknowledging the real issues, the Pakistani Govt and Media blamed India, and told the people that India was the source of all their troubles.
India desperately wants a stable and moderate Pakistan, in line with Jinnah’s vision of a progressive state. The recent Talibanization of the country is giving them nightmares — from the Indian govt to even the local people.
Deep1
Deep1: “What baffles me is the fact that India does not threaten Pakistan, yet the Pak govt. treats India as a threat.”
The Pakistani military wants it’s citizens to keep believing that they are under constant threat from India so that it can stay the most powerful institution in the country. You have to understand that in Pakistan, the military is not just a defense arm of the Government (like in most other countries) but it is rather the epicenter or power & consumes almost 70% of the country’s budget. The moment, it’s population realizes that it has no threat from India, the military’s power is greatly diminished and that’s exactly why it keeps the Pakistani population brain-washed with a constant propaganda against India laced with falsehoods, hatred & misinformation. I hope the Pakistani people wake up and realize that they are being duped.
Deep1
you wrote that “India does not threaten Pakistan, yet the Pak govt. treats India as a threat.”
Indian government has stopped water coming in to Pakistan even though it is granted in Indus Water basin treaty signed between the two countries and threats the very existence of Pakistan, not to mention its agriculture and hydroelectricity output.
What fool’s paradise do you live in?
Why do you not refer Pakistan as Islamic republic of Pakistan? Any thoughts and commnets
To Ajay Mishra:
Agreed. Chinese expansionism in places like Arunachal Pradesh is a bigger threat to India than Pakistan.
What baffles me is the fact that India does not threaten Pakistan, yet the Pak govt. treats India as a threat.
I don’t understand the logic, because there is none there. Kashmir is not the issue, the real issue is the official Pakistani paranoid mindset.
It’s unfortunate but Pakistan is most certainly DOOMED. Since it’s inception and more so since the reign if Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistanis have been fed with a constant diet of hatered, falsehoods & conspiracy theories. It’s illiterate populace has been brain-washed by it’s military to such an extent that they completely believe the fictitious nonsense that is fed to them.
For all their problems, Pakistanis blame India, US & Israel. Every terrorist attack that takes place in Pakistan is done by RAW, CIA & Mossad. Every terrorist attack, for which Pakistan is blamed, is actually done by the secret services of that country itself, so that they can blame Pakistan. Pakistanis have gone so far away from reality that they’ve lost the ability to differentiate between fact & fiction. Unless Pakistanis wake up right now & see the truth, Pakistan is DOOMED!
How does the fighting over the labels of “failed state”, “troubled state” etc make any difference in the reality on the ground. I would go out and make an assumption that most Pakistanis believe in their heart that as a nation they are in trouble from fundamentalist elements and from the national “leaders” with no vision. In the end the solution will have to come from inside (the ordinary people) and not from outside (US, China). I also believe that success can be really accelerated if folks get out of the unhealthy obsession with India or Israel or US. The most favorite argument seems to be that if Pakistan has problems, so does India, hence it is ok. But India’s problems or successes should not have any bearing on the process of national introspection and determination and implementation of solutions for Pakistan. The house needs some cleaning and it can be done only through internal will.
Good satire.
As the foreign media have always been hostile towards pakistan, the American have also been not good with Pakistan, they just used Pakistan as launching pad for their ulterior motives.we are bearing the burn of Talibanization is the product of America.
the so called three pronged strategy, is to kill the innocent pakhtuns in tribal areas. look if they are extremist how can they give mandate to liberal political party in NWFP.
Pakistan was achieved on the basis of democratic norms, the recent struggle of lawyers ans civil society following the restitution of November judiciary depicts that we are not fail state but having the euphoria of struggle towards democracy.
Dear Pakistani brothers and sisters, I for one feel that you dont need India’s help in destroying your country, you and your leaders are doing a very good job of it yourselves.
How can you call a failed state ?
It is a highly organized and very effective state.
Stop thinking about failed state.
This is a highly organized state which built a nuclear weapon and highly capable one.
They can organize the attack on SriLankan team in just a matter of few days.
Location of the attack: Heart of the city.
Distance from police station: less than 1000yards.
Inform the Pakistan team : Is it just a coincidence that Pakistan’s cricket team by was delayed by 5 minutes to start only on this day ?
Who informed them ? and how ? and why ?
Time of gun battle : 30 minutes
Attackers: Cooly walked away, no hurry, did not even run.
Will they be caught : Never
People on the street : No one in the street in the TV footage. Is it just a coincidence or all the nearby people are informed not to be there ?
Intention: Take the attention away from Mumbai headlines and claim they are also victims
Goal: Diversionary tactics
Secondary goal : Kill Kafir’s ( I will only beleive that i am wrong, if they attack a muslim nations cricket team).
So if someone is able to do this, and walk away and never get caught so far, isn’t this highly effective and organized state ?
Deep1 what you have mentioned on 23rd March are exactly my thoughts. A vibrant democratic moderate Pak with one power centre is in interest of India. Nothing affects India’s progress more than cross border terrorism. And Talibansation of Pak is our worst nightmare. A failed neighbor means halt in our progress. Many ppl in India consider China a major threat than Pak.
Every religion has two versions one pure version written in holy books and another version is doctored by the stakeholders of religion. Follow the true islam not the one presented by mullah.
Mr. K Qureshi is very correct and every paksistani should read his views with no bias and political leaders if at all they have interest in common man’s thoughts.
Haider, either you dont live in Pak or stay in some durrr gaanv (which is not possible bcos u cant have net thr) that u pass such an comment that 95% of population is not bothered with terrorism when there are news weekly from your country about bombs being blasted and killing ppl. If what u say has an iota of truth then its a sorry state that people dont realise the impact of terrorism on our/your daily life!
Coming to ur 2 points.
1. Your banking sector being 6th best. I agree to this. As the ranking was given last year when recession has started, Pak banks didnt have any money to lend (since decades) bcos all money has been taken by politicians. SO how can it impact on general public. So ya in that case it is unharmed by economic slowdown and is best.
2. Telecom sector was awarded best in Spain. I agree here too. Their madrassas and terrorist are known to invent new codes every day to pass messages, use of satellite phones by them is increasing. So ya its growing tremendously.
Haider! Wake up and participate in well being of your country.