Re: Taming the wild West (FATA): in American style
I think you are saying that Pashtuns in Tribal society do not deserve the law and order. That is like treating them as if they belong to a mentally lower level than the rest.
Tribals areas have been begging for the rights for a long time. They don't want to be governed by the draconian rules called FCR.
FCR has treated these tribals as wild animals that do not deserve a law abiding society.
Thanks to FCR and Jirga system, tribal society has become hotbed of criminals , terrorists, and recently suiciders.
Criminals have used tribal areas long before Talibans and pimped the innocent people there.
Few examples of criminality are:
Right now the electricity theft in the rest of the country is 30% at its worst while in tribal areas the theft is 100%.
Almost 90% of the settled areas pay customs and excise on cars. In tribal areas 100% of cars are unlicensed and without custom.
You can't eat drink and sleep Jirga. For real life you have to run businesses that bring development and prosperity. With the historically criminal element thanks to FCR, no sane businessman can go in tribal areas for investment.
This will surely result in the abject poverty and further degradation of the Pashtun tribes.
It is easy for people like SJ to live in comfy Mississauga, and give lectures on the virtues of FCR.
It is mighty difficult to talk about bread and butter issues.
Peace!
Nice try with the interpretation of my post. The tribal areas do not deserve to have any further interference from the corrupt and dirty politics of the unstable centralized government of Pakistan. I am not a supporter of the FCR but the Pakistani government is definetly backing it. The government has chosen not to integrate the people of the tribal areas into the rest of the country. They have done this on purpose because they have used these federally administered tribal areas as a place where they can breed criminals and use them in their favour. The government does not want development and integration of the tribals because for the last 60 years they have been a valuable asset to their corruption. We can start from the inception of Pakistan and the government bribing the tribals into capturing kashmir by letting them loot every major town they captured. From that day on the governent has exploited and used the tribals for their own dirty interests. Today they are freaking out because the mess that they have made is spilling over into the rest of the country and there is mounting international pressure and threats against the tribal areas.
As far as the statistics you provided, how exactly do you expect the people of FATA to pay for these things? And who will account for the natural resources that are being stolen from Balcohistan and the Frontier? If you want to speak of bread and water, first look into the source that is depriving these people of it.
BTW, not that my place of residence is any of your business but I live in the city of Toronto and my comfort has nothing to do with my level of awareness. Take the blindfolds off and refer to my first post regarding Pakistanis who do not know much about Pakistan outside of the comfort of PUNJAB and KARACHI.