HOW WELL HAS PAKISTAN DONE?

[Captain1]

Re: 60 Years of Pakistan: Guiding Light, Hope and Inspiration

@antiobl

Also important to remember that area now Pakistan was not exactly and industrial hub before partition. Fast forward to current times and Pak is now one of the biggest cotton, wheat and dairy producers in the world. And given the poverty in the rural areas and population dependent on agriculture, its very important for Pak to pay attention to this sector rather then getting caught in some sort of phony economic competition with India.

“cotton, wheat and dairy” come under “agricultural products” not under “industrial products”, right?

BTW, according to thisdocument Pakistan is in top 6 importers of wheat, no? Where does Pakistan stand in dairy production globally?

I don’t want to sound pessimist, Pakistan has progressed a lot in last 60 years, there is no doubt. A lot of damage has been done by both civilian and military governments which hampered the growth, we might have been in really good shape had we not nationalised industries/institutes in 1970s (thank you Bhutto for shooting the nation in foot), then the exponential growth of corruption and militancy in 80s, then again corrupt regimes in 90s and still continuing.

If we can contain corruption, lawlessness then I don’t think Pakistan is far behind in its progress, but these two elements sort of define the social/moral strength and make or break someone’s belief in the nation IMO. Of course there are many other elements which account for the overall downfall of the governance, society but these two are at the top I think.