Global Competitiveness report 2015:

[Jolie]

Re: Global Competitiveness report 2015:

@LondonsFinest

People in rural areas voting for them - they simply don’t know better. The parties you mention have brought the country down to its knees, to the point so many are happy to vote for them if they can get them food once a day, as is the case with PML N Chowdary’s in villages. They’ll get them food once a day but rob them stupid the rest of the time, depriving them of healthcare, education, proper jobs and any chance of every breaking out from the generation cycle of poverty and political views based on idolism.

The real issue is people who are educated and well off, at least with access to media - like on this forum - who are standing up for and defending these looting and traitorous parties. People who have been abroad, seen what things SHOULD BE LIKE. What the governing parties have done to this country is right in front of them. Even if you ignore the facts, figures, foreign reports, media channels - like I said before, simply GO OUT AND LOOK IN THE STREETS. I absolutely stand by what I said, the loyalty of people like this should absolutely be questioned. You are being negligent to your country if you don’t raise this. No doubt it. Maybe if these sort of questions had been asked 15 or so years ago the country wouldn’t be in the dire straits it is today. The simple point and right of each individual having his views not being questioned, as in the western world, simply doesn’t and can’t apply in Pakistan because of the nature of our political parties. Like I said in another thread, in the west political parties aren’t traitorous and funded by foreign agencies, don’t have political leaders who pay little to no tax despite being billionaires and having properties & businesses all over the world despite having no education.

Pakistanis who have migrated to Western democracies still think that electoral rigging is a joke, a trivial matter and a political tease, you think people in rural areas know what their vote means? It is only recently that your urban population has started taking keen interest in electoral process and respecting the sanctity and importance of their vote, so I really don’t blame rural population for not knowing the importance of their votes, just like some so called educated folks have yet to come in terms with the damaging effect of rigging on the society.

If anyone really wants to know how rural politics work,. How the system of control, abuse, exploitation, harassment, intimidation and punishment work for any possible remote opposition/challenge to local leaders just look at the Kasur child sex abuse case.