Re: Where is the so called Progress?
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*Originally posted by Spock: *
No, I am not going to quote some stupid newspaper article claiming how Pakistan has become an economic power and achieved this and that much balance and all...
I came to Pakistan after one and a half years, and quite frankly, the situation here is getting worse, and out of control.
'Mehengai' is at its worst right now. Look at the petrol prices. What in the world is the Government doing? Commodities like Chicken, Daal etc are beyond the reach of a common man in Pakistan.
Look at the law and order situation. I thought by now the Government would have curtailed all these religious parties who thrive on sectarian instability. But all they did was ban them on paper, and the militants still roam around free. The situation is so bad that if you try to go to a restaurant which has a western outlook, there are idiot mollahs waiting outside, to stop you from going in an boosting the American economy.
And yes, the general public hates what Pervaiz Musharraf is doing. He may have a devout following amongst educated and offshore Pakistan, but by no means he is popular in Pakistan. That recent self planned bomb ploy of his didnt work, and failed to make headlines around the world because of the capture of Saddam. Does this mean he has failed to get more aid from the US to counter terrorism? I am sure he will come up with a better plan to get some $$$$.
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Your comments are quiet interesting, in one sentence your talk to Pakistan's economic failure or so I presume. But at the same time your comments are of "mehengai" or inflation. The root cause of inflation is an overstreched enomomy, where people have lots of money and they buy quiet a bit, therefore pushing up prices. So just by reading your comments regarding daal, chicken etx it seems that people in Pakistan in general seem to have more money. Then we get to the housing sector, which is still booming, although somewhat artificially, but nevertheless the demand for new houses in Pakistan is up. This translates into 40 other industries getting lots of orders, hence the common man has more places of employment. I can go on and on, about individual sectors, but all this means in Pakistan is experiencing a boom.
Then we get to your second paragraph in which you allude to mullah's in front of foreign restrauants. Although there are some problems within your comments as professors from Quaid-e-Azam University are also involved so its not just the religious "extremeist", nevertheless what this points to is that in Pakistan there is democracy,the people have a right to point out there views. I thought you being a big fan of Bhutto are a strong believer in this basic tenent of democracy. Our fight is not with those who voice there opinions in non violent ways, but the ones who bomb and kill innocent to enforce there opinion.
Then the third paragraph, your protraying that everyone in Pakistan hates Musharraf. Interesting Pakistani's have been known in particular Lahori's have been known to start there protests or atleast be highliy opiniated but we are not saying any mass demonstrations. Because the Masses support Musharraf, your probaby in the middle of hardline PPP supporters giving you a biased image.
Then you go on to allude to the bomb attack. This is really interesting. Has the mind of a Pakistani turned into a beggar is the question that popped into my head. I mean it seems that is all that we expect from our leaders that they be able to fill the biggest begging bowl possible. Or have you simply fallen into the trap of an indian newspaper story, but nevertheless this really goes to the heart of the problem of whats wrong with Pakistan. Conspiracy theories are ripe, men have transformed themselves into the old gossiping women. Rather then being productive and working to strengthen the country, we look for the interest of our petty political views, and in the process spread such consipracy theories which undermine us in the world.