Not even IK is proactive: after all, SK hospital is because of his mother. Namal is just an add on to existing philanthropy which if we start discussing education the citizens foundation in Pakistan has done great strides in just as the Aga Khan did too.
The simplest example of this was regarding staff cars being changed during 2006-7 when we actually had money available; the French were haraunging us on the Mirage and we did not want to stick with just the F-16. The PAF had the budget but to avoid it going back(as happens with government) over the federal year it was decided to just replace the staff cars since the surplus funds existed(suddenly the PAF was flooded with the reborn civics and The pricier cars for the chief)
Were there not other pressing defense projects that could have taken those funds? Why were hundreds of cars which are a creature comfort given priority over actual needs.
Then what right do these uniformed medal walas have to critique generally uneducated and unaware government political appontees who allocate billions of rupees to ptdc guest houses that are never used or fake government hospitals?
At the end of the day, the same lot exists.
Proactive folks do try to enter these organizations and others in the private sector. But while those in the private sector make some small impact, most of these government types either succumb to the system or be proactive and move onto better venues.
We are a nation in general of reactive people, we watch and wait on someone else to do something and then we emulate them or respond to them.
Being good or bad has nothing to do with proactive or reactive.
Tomorrow if a nuclear weapon does land near a large armoured formation of ours; the vehicles will stop rolling and electronics not work even if they put NBC on their brochures.
The T-90 wont because the Russians planned for that when they put NBC on their labelling.
Now if they all know this and still not react... what would call that? Criminal perhaps?
