http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3865&page=7
http://www.fundforpeace.org/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=229&Itemid=366
At least we beat North Korea but Haiti doing better than us, but its interesting that economic indicators are the best rated, but without democracy and freedom even that does not matter when the people are oppressed and extremism is encouraged by the state.
Re: Pakistan no 12 on Failed state index
the failed state index is high due to the Balochi turbulence
once that is under control, we should move up
last year we were like number 6 or something
so this is something positive
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We are pleased to present the third annual Failed States Index
hahaha...some great news haan!
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Mush is the best thing to have happened to Pakistan...
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We'll shoot to no1 if your favourite comes to office.
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^^ and we will be off to Mars if your favorite comes God for bid comes to the office... :D
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These are not official or meaningful rankings. They are the views of a think tank. The economic development taking place is not indictive of a failed state, although I will say now that the GoP has not enforced its writ effectively.
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They base this crap off news reports! We all know the yellow sensationalistic crap bull**** yellow journalism that we have in Pakistan.
These rankings mean NOTHING!
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The list must have been compiled by Keh-keh hassya jee in his drawing room.. Never heard of this web-site before.. interestingly, Bharats name is missing where half of the ppl sleep on the streets and other half is fighting for separate states in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Kashmir... baki bache log tech support kar rahey hain :D
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Vast parts of Balochistan and Sarhad are already no longer under army's control and nobody in rest of Pakistan respects army anymore, not even Punjab. Just look at the US firing missiles at terrorists whenever it feels like it.
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If this happened while BB or NS were in power, people would be yelling at the top of their lungs
After 8 years, some people just don’t want to admit Mush has been a failure:rolleyes:
Re: Pakistan no 12 on Failed state index
The list must have been compiled by Keh-keh hassya jee in his drawing room.. Never heard of this web-site before.. interestingly, Bharats name is missing where half of the ppl sleep on the streets and other half is fighting for separate states in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Kashmir... baki bache log tech support kar rahey hain :D
does any of your post goes without mentioning Bharat(i am glad you used that name!) in a negative way ??
and by the way,i am in Assam only and its only the Bangladesh backed ULFA who want to separate Assam from India. the Assamese folks are anyways opposed to them. they dont want to be separated from India.
and the Punjad thingy ??? they dropped it ages ago.
Kashmir ?? its a disputed area. Pakistan as well as India wants it.
one third Kashmiris want to be with India,one third with Pak and one third with no one-separte Kashmir nation.
Tamil Nadu ?? dont know of any major insurgency going on there.
Re: Pakistan no 12 on Failed state index
Based on the criteria, we deservedly got low marks for uneven development and political instability.
Perhaps human rights too, not being a true democracy and all.
Still, these are just the thoughts of a think tank, and are not reflective of any official standing.
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SAARC a bunch of ‘Failed States’ : Indian magazine
By Ramesh Ramachandran
New Delhi, June 19: Six of the eight member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) figure in the top 60 countries ranked in order of their vulnerability to violent internal conflict and societal deterioration, according to the 2007 Failed States Index published by the Foreign Policy magazine.
Afghanistan tops the list, followed by Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan, in that order. Pakistan and Afghanistan occupied the top two slots in the last Failed States Index too. India, which has most of these countries and Burma in her neighbourhood, has improved her position from 93 in 2006 to 110 this year.
The report says Pakistan, which presides over a lawless frontier country and a disenchanted Islamist opposition whose ranks grow by the day, is among the world’s 15 most vulnerable countries to become a member of the nuclear club. Pakistan also fares poorly on the “security apparatus” and “factionalised elites” indicators.
The authors of the report say that the indicator score for security apparatus remains high because the shadowy Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency continues to operate as a state within a state. They go on to observe that the questionable element is the ISI, which is believed to operate with near complete impunity.
According to Prof. Kalim Bahadur, formerly of the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, Pakistan helped the Taliban to reconstitute in Waziristan. “Stabilise Pakistan to stabilise Afghanistan,” he asserts, but hastens to add that as long as General Pervez Musharraf occupies power, stability cannot be restored in Afghanistan.
The report echoes Prof. Bahadur’s views. It suggests that fighting by a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan and in the lawless North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan has the potential to spread instability across the region. “In some of the world’s most dangerous regions, failure doesn’t stop at the border’s edge. It’s contagious. [It] is no coincidence that many of the world’s failing states tend to cluster together. Porous borders, cultural affinity, and widespread underdevelopment often bind populations. And when some live in a failing state, their woes can quickly spill over into a neighbour’s backyard,” the report adds.
For the second year in a row, Sudan tops the rankings as the state most at risk of failure. Norway remains the least vulnerable state. China and Russia improved their scores sufficiently to move out of the 60 worst states.
The Failed States Index was first introduced in 2005. It has expanded from 75 countries in 2005 and 146 countries in 2006 to 177 this year. The 2007 Failed States Index ranks the 177 countries based on their social, economic, and political pressures.
Re: Pakistan no 12 on Failed state index
The list must have been compiled by Keh-keh hassya jee in his drawing room.. Never heard of this web-site before.. interestingly, Bharats name is missing where half of the ppl sleep on the streets and other half is fighting for separate states in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Kashmir... baki bache log tech support kar rahey hain :D
have you been to india before
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have you been to india before
No.. I have never been to India
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The last time the criteria to declare Pak a failed state was the Kashmir earth quake then it was CJ tamasha, what is it this time?
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Yeh, we should bring back BB and Nawaz - they will make us such a “successful” state. 
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^^ 