Re: Corruption …
Pakistan has been standing on do or die situation since 1948.
Education system that we have is ‘next to none’. This is true. That is why I differentiate ‘education’ and ‘schooling’. My father used to tell me to cross red lights (if there is no police wala watching) while driving back from Jummah Prayers! I have heard ‘Shukar al Hamdullilah’ when someone manages to get illegal immigration to a kafir country. This is the type of education we get from our parents, neighbors, teachers, bosses and so forth.
It is up to us to do something about it. I cannot emphasize much that our education system has to change drastically, otherwise, we’ll continue to be in a rut. One solution is to force ministers, members of parliament, bureaucrats (above grade 19), officers of the armed forces (above, say Lt. Col), etc. to have their children educated in Pakistan (unless receiving scholarships from abroad). They should be made to resign their posts if they want to send their children abroad for studies. I am sure they would do their utmost to improve standards in Pakistan on emergency basis and educate our ‘elite’.
I don’t foresee ‘parhay likhay jahil’ that we produce now doing anything to curb corruption, which would eventually hurt them.