If you became the leader of pakistan tomorrow.....

[Rabiya19]

Re: If you became the leader of pakistan tomorrow…

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sorry you missed the point.. I am not saying the leaders are not to blame…they get their share of the blame, the point was that a nation where the overwhelming majority of people dont bother to pay their taxes to the nation can look in the mirror as they pass the blame. They have a pretty big hand in what is wrong in the nation.

..and yes I fully realize there are people who get taxes deducted from their salaries, but that is a tiny portion of the total population. There is a significantly larger group which does not pay taxes. When we add people stealing power, water, telecom services etc, taking shortcuts by paying ppl off, being active promoters and participants in corruption, then while it may feel good to point to the leaders and say they are bad, but it does not absolve the nation of its own misdeeds

Nit just a vision, but a plan and that basically means showing the nation what they will do and how. once the nation gets beyond sloganeering and ethnic politics, even those that claim to have solutions need to be asked to provide more concrete direction. maybe not to the nth level of detail but what will they do, where, when, how. everyone talks about improving healthcare or education, okay great..so if its education, where will the schools be opened, when, who will staff the where will teachers come from, how will they be trained, where will funding come from. A ‘vision’ of improving education is all good, motherhood and apple pie stuff.. but how that vision will be realized is a whole diff ball game

I agree with all your points, however I do think that a leader just needs a good team of experts who make these plans. I’m sure Obama’s health care reforms were not thought out by him personally being a lawyer himself, he just had the vision and a good team of experts from that field. As far as education is concerned I propose a very simple idea: Every little place in pakistan does not have a school, but they always seem to have a masjid. Just provide these masjids with computers and internet. So education can be through distance learning. I would give this mammoth task to Sal from the KHAN ACADEMY.. no Im not advertising on his behalf but do think he is a hero of sorts…

Anyway, you have been the devil’s advocate up until now but still haven’t answered the original question. what would you do if you were the leader???