We , The pakistanis have been bestowed with enormous capacity of self delusion...Al mighty obviously knew where we will take the country and how badly we will need it.
I want to share my opinion about pakistan's current situation, and possible future...please prove me wrong , cause I love this country.
Before we start judging pakistan's current state , lets first decide what A ocuntry should be...
Its a very broad question and an equally broad answer would be that, The primary measure of the sucess of a country would be satisfaction of her ppl. What do humans need to lead a satified life...well, we all need protection of our lives , property and dignity...And once these bases are secure , we need an atmosphere , where our talents can be shrpened , and then used for the benefit of the whole society, and inreturn for that each individual gets his basic needs met.
Country takes up the responsibility, to shape the future of the ocuntry so that it continues to meet these basic goals, and prosper as much as it can.
Human beings are different genetically and developmentally from one another...their aspirations , goals and talents are different, and so are their doubts and fears...given that it becomes important , that each individual gets the space he/she needs to express,and pursue what is happiness for him. Thats where freedom comes in....
So , a country , needs to provide security, justice( standardized), freedom , and opportunity to first develop( through , education and training) and then utilize talents...( through , provision of policies that favour growth)..In addition it is responsible to develop longterm policies aimed at continuation and improvement of above....It also has to develop a foreign policy , again aimed atmeeting the above mentioned goals...
Now where do we stand today...
Pakistan does not provide security, as evindenced by extremely corrupt police force , and a decaying judicial syatem. Lack of freedom and poor foreign policies have caused development of armed mobs , on surface belonging to ideological groups and involved in pure terrorism. Further compromising security.
Lack of freedom , does not allow any outlet of frustration or platform for early recognition of brewing problems, with resulting regression of ppl , resulting in emergence of ethnic and religious groups..Not to mention blocking the avenues for pursuit of individual happiness..
Sharpening of Talents needs education , and training...We are all aware of the extremely poor standard of education available to average pakistani....and this goes all the way up to professional colleges and universities...When we cant train someone , we have an poorly skilled individuals good for nothing but with all the human needs....and when pushed enough , ready to break laws, as evidenced by the crime rate ...
we have not done any longterm planning...at present 40% of pakistani population is under 20 , uneducated and unskilled for teh most part, with no hope of a fair life.....Our foreign policies have led to isolation and economic deterioration..
There is no reason to believe that things wont keep on deteriorating as they are...We havnt even accepted that somehting is wrong...let alone recognizing and changing policies..
Pakistan today is a failing state...I would hate to speculate where it would go in 50 yrs..
I want to share my opinion about pakistan's current situation, and possible future...please prove me wrong , cause I love this country.
Before we start judging pakistan's current state , lets first decide what A ocuntry should be...
Its a very broad question and an equally broad answer would be that, The primary measure of the sucess of a country would be satisfaction of her ppl. What do humans need to lead a satified life...well, we all need protection of our lives , property and dignity...And once these bases are secure , we need an atmosphere , where our talents can be shrpened , and then used for the benefit of the whole society, and inreturn for that each individual gets his basic needs met.
Country takes up the responsibility, to shape the future of the ocuntry so that it continues to meet these basic goals, and prosper as much as it can.
Human beings are different genetically and developmentally from one another...their aspirations , goals and talents are different, and so are their doubts and fears...given that it becomes important , that each individual gets the space he/she needs to express,and pursue what is happiness for him. Thats where freedom comes in....
So , a country , needs to provide security, justice( standardized), freedom , and opportunity to first develop( through , education and training) and then utilize talents...( through , provision of policies that favour growth)..In addition it is responsible to develop longterm policies aimed at continuation and improvement of above....It also has to develop a foreign policy , again aimed atmeeting the above mentioned goals...
Now where do we stand today...
Pakistan does not provide security, as evindenced by extremely corrupt police force , and a decaying judicial syatem. Lack of freedom and poor foreign policies have caused development of armed mobs , on surface belonging to ideological groups and involved in pure terrorism. Further compromising security.
Lack of freedom , does not allow any outlet of frustration or platform for early recognition of brewing problems, with resulting regression of ppl , resulting in emergence of ethnic and religious groups..Not to mention blocking the avenues for pursuit of individual happiness..
Sharpening of Talents needs education , and training...We are all aware of the extremely poor standard of education available to average pakistani....and this goes all the way up to professional colleges and universities...When we cant train someone , we have an poorly skilled individuals good for nothing but with all the human needs....and when pushed enough , ready to break laws, as evidenced by the crime rate ...
we have not done any longterm planning...at present 40% of pakistani population is under 20 , uneducated and unskilled for teh most part, with no hope of a fair life.....Our foreign policies have led to isolation and economic deterioration..
There is no reason to believe that things wont keep on deteriorating as they are...We havnt even accepted that somehting is wrong...let alone recognizing and changing policies..
Pakistan today is a failing state...I would hate to speculate where it would go in 50 yrs..
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