Here is an idea, tell me you love it, hate it, are indifferent.
by and large we have active people here, people who care, people who want to do something.
would it make sense for us to pick up a couple of topics, and not just on some short term basis, but look at them from more of an actionable perspective, in a non partisan way. forget musharraf, forget benazir, forget nawaz. Lets look beyond personalities, lets look at the bigger picture, on some specific challenges where we think we can make a difference somehow.
and we dont have to go out like cowboys, we can reach out to other groups, thinktanks etc that have done some work on the topic we have picked up. maybe we dont need to do much to develop a perspective but can support the socializing of the findings among ourselves and among Pakistanis at large
would it not be nice to have atleast some sort of joint proposal that we then send to our political partes, newspapers etc, and again constructive, fact based, practical ideas and not just empty rhetoric.
just an idea that has been in my head for somtime and wanted for the usual clouds on this section to clear a little before I shared it.
Lets not bite off more than we can chew, lets identify one area where we think there is not enough thought being put into, or that it can use some additional perspective and assessment.
A cyber think-tank of sorts tackling specific issues, and then at minimum promoting and socializing them, or even rolling up sleeves and doing something.
I know this is all vague and abstract right now, but I just wanted to test the concept. I dont even want to tae ownership of it, but just wanted to bounce off the whole group.