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30%? I might as well die now!
What do you expect from an Indian author
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30%? I might as well die now!
How true! Over dependence on foreign aid and freebies has been the bane of Pakistan's progress.
Which Malam Jabba?
The way it was:
Or what it has become:
In many ways, that is emblematic of the way we imagine Pakistan to be, compared to what it actually has become.
Sometimes it takes a book like this to show us the mirror. But only if we open our eyes.
Today, Pakistan faces some of the toughest challenges of its existence. It has to deal with the Taliban insurgency and a weak economy. It has to solve its deepening energy crisis. It has to address growing water scarcity. While I believe Pakistanis are a very resilient and determined people, the difficult challenges they face will test them, particularly their leaders who have been falling short of their expectations in recent years.
You are the one facetiously claiming all of swat valley in under Tali influence even after I showed you a video of people skiing this year in Malam jabba.Any Military professional of pakistan or a resident of swat valley will agree with me not with some author who probably never visited pakistan or with some self-hating **** who thinks he's more American than Betsy Ross.
so yeah it symbolizes Pakistan; despite fuckups and destructive behaviour of a small handful of criminals and terrorists - and despite the fuckups of the government - Pakistan is still a resilient nation and not one that can be put into submission
Isn't it ironic that after spending all those words and graphs trying to prove just how well Pakistan has done, the concluding paragraph concedes the poor law and order and economic situation, as well as the huge and mounting problems of power and water shortages. A country that ends up like this after 65 years cannot be expected to magically improve.
Nay, the downhill slide will continue.
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The fvckups are pervasive in Pakistan, from top to bottom, not just the government.
My assessment is based on real credible data that refutes the basic thrust and assertions of TV Paul. It's far more balanced in recognizing real problems that Pakistan has (every nation has problems) while exposing Paul's falsehoods.
As to the talk of the 65 years, I suggest Paul (and you) look at the fact that Paul's country of origin is home to the world;s largest population of poor, hungry, illiterates where majority of population still defecates in the open and a farmer commits suicide every 30 minutes.
Haq's Musings: 63 Years After Independence, India Remains Home to World's Largest Population of Poor, Hungry and Illiterates
Any comments on this article Sir:
Rising poverty in Pakistan
Rising poverty in Pakistan
Pakistan’s progress on achieving the MDGs is disappointing. Reports prepared by national and international bodies show that Pakistan will not be able to reach the MDGs by 2015, as it is short of almost all its targets on the time scale
Salman Ali
June 14, 2014
Does Pakistan have poverty? Yes it does.
Does poverty make a country a failed state?
Sorry Sir, but the book under discussion makes no claims about a "failed state". It is about the "warrior state" that Pakistan has become, with all its consequences, including poverty.
Sorry Sir, but the book under discussion makes no claims about a "failed state". It is about the "warrior state" that Pakistan has become, with all its consequences, including poverty.
It's obvious you are defending the book without reading it.
What do you expect from an Indian author
I simply do not agree that Pakistan is a failed state.
Yet.
So you agree that Pakistan is not a "conspicuous failure" as TV Paul claims? If you do disagree with the author's conclusion, then why do agree with him on the assertions which I have clearly refuted with evidence and data in my post?
Haq's Musings: Pakistan: Warrior State? Conspicuous Failure?
Where Pakistan has failed conspicuously, as the author concludes, supported by data, is in social development indices as it continues to dream of itself as the warrior state. Your cherry-picked data lead only to wrong conclusions.
First, it's obvious that you are continuing to defend TV Paul's book without first reading it.
Second, I have responded directly to the author's own assertion with data and evidence, not "cherry picked data" as you accuse me of.
Third, Pakistan is no warrior state. Its military spending is less than the world average of 3% of GDP even though it has suffered an invasion from its hostile neighbor and is currently engaged in battling a serious terrorist threat that has claimed over 50,000 Pakistani lives.
Fourth, Pakistan's defense budget is a tiny fraction of its hostile neighbor India, the birthplace of the author which is now the biggest buyer in the international arms bazaar in spite of its world's largest population of poor and hungry citizens.
Haq's Musings: India's Arms Buildup: Guns Versus Bread