Re: HOW WELL HAS PAKISTAN DONE?
^^ Gentlemen, Calm down.
It is my country's birthday. Let's celebrate what we have first, before whining and shedding tears about the stuff we should have.
Nowhere in the original essay, that I claimed Pakistan to be model for anyone else. I don't want to see Pakistan paraded at the catwalks of show-shaw-list fashion competition.
Sure the Georgio Armanis of economic systems would rather have Chavez the "Qatil Hussina". Well the news is that we do not want to compete in socialist fashion shows.
If you go read it again, scope of the essay is limited to our region.
So quoting international figures is meaningless. These global figures are nice, but they ignore the soil we till, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. As the soil, the water, and the air changes from region to region.
We started off in 1947 just like many countries in our region. So it makes sense to bring the reality check based on our peers.
May be we lack the buzz of India, the industriousness of China, the petroleum reserves of Iran and CAS, the tribalism of Afghanistan, and the beauty of Bangla people.
May be! May be Not!
I just want to take a pause and say, phew! we did all right. We proved wrong all those dire predictions, and survived.
Let me ask you all just one simple question. When you meet someone, do you say "Man you look so sick!", or "God is not with you", or "your skin is falling off".
You on the other hand, follow the proper etiquette and say "May peace be with you", May you get bigger and better, and you look great, and May Allah bless you with more.
Why then you want to treat Pakistan any different? Why do you throw away all your commonsense, all your etiquettes, all your respect, when you "meet Pakistan"?
Why? The only thing that comes to mind is that you the "Nookta Cheen" Cheen ba Cheen" harbor deep hatred, utter disgust, and total lack of respect for my country.