Re: Recent violence and Foreign Investment [split from: Pakistan plans all-out war]
I'm no analyst, and i agree with almost all of you in one sense or the other. However, i think the first and foremost thing that has to change is the MENTALITY. People living outside of Pak seem to be more patriotic of the country from the heart, than ppl living there. This is sad. I think the foundation is still there and intact but people (leaders) need to stop taking short cuts and follow procedure and quit amending constitution to their benefit for the time being. Once we have people that truly want to serve the country and cater to the public, all else will fix itself and follow. It's like the murphy's law, one mistake led to another and another, now pakistan's a mountain of misdeeds. it can still be reverted and regain the prime it was founded for, only if we get people moving in the right direction with the true mindset.....
Some things that can help this are: Education, social work, jobs on merit and not reference, and a few other things. Poverty leads to terrorism because people lose hope in the 'right' path and have to seek other ways to scrape the dollar to feed the family. At this point the desperation rules the logic, and that one wrong turn....one mistake....leads to the mess the paki society is in now. Cure the illness from within!
I don't mean to contradict any of you....i just thought i'd toss in my two cents because i feel for the nation too...i hope and pray it can diminish this menace of internal terror. amen!