Med911
April 30, 2015, 12:30am
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Re: The COLLAPSE of Pakistan…
Thanks OP for bringing this up. Sometimes its good to reflect back and analyze what others had predicted about us, what have they achieved and what have we accomplished.
I remember the article very well, especially the map cuz it circulated very widely. And If you remember right after 2005 the uncertainty was rampant, the conditions were deteriorating and nothing seemed to be going right. Especially later when the dictator on-seat imposed emergency and other nasty things were happening.
But I alway say Pakistan is highly under-estimated. Pakistanis as a nation are very resilient. On one side there is so much corruption and all other sorts of problems but on the other side there are hard working people who vow not to give up and continue their struggle. When Raymond Davis incident happened, it made everyone think that they should better correct themselves before external agents make them completely hollow. Similarly despite being so much religious, one peshawar incident was enough to unite entire nation against extremism.
And you may say as much bad as you can think of about Zardari but one thing he did was somehow managed to stay in power for 5 years without any dictator throwing him over and crushing the system as its been happening in pretty much every decade. Mind you that was the first ever democratic govt to complete its tenure. And once again NS can be further evil but let him complete his term and you’ll see much better things happening. And inshallah if the cycle of democratic govts keep on rotating, Pakistan will have a better democracy than India.
We still face a ton of challenges, corruption and extremism are the top of the list, which is actually too long. But every progressing country faces these issues. As long as we stay on track. What we need now is to have some self-sufficiency and decrease in relying on "foreign’ aid.
So yes, Pakistan is still here. And inshallah will remain on the map as it is right now. Just more progressive and strong and unified. Inshallah!!
Pakistan is full of surprises.
And Democracy seems to be doing just fine. And compared to much of the rest of the Muslim world, Pakistan is a model of efficiency. Fix the security and energy situation and Pakistan is poised to take off.