Pakistan's True Story on 64th National Independence Day

[fd24]

Why not go for it, then? I'll point out, however, that Olson's "stationary bandit leads to good government" principle doesn't work when large amounts of loot are available from external sources such as bribes, foreign trade from state enterprises (such as mining and weapons manufacture), and transit fees. It isn't for nothing that the rulers of medieval Germany's constellation of mini-states were referred to by their countrymen as robber barons.

Look at the title mr zion lova. Why o why do you specialize going off topic solo man 2? Please stick to the thread. If you want to go off topic then start another thread.

Long live pakistan its army/isi its people thats the true story of pakistans 64th nat indep day

 

[TARIQ BN ZIYAAD]

Assalam alaikum

A nice article and yes pakistan have progressed a lot

TARIQ

 

[fd24]

What would it be like to be a pro-Israel Pakistani politician? I imagine you'd be under verbal attack all the time. Your deeds would be under continuous scrutiny. You'd be compelled to defend your actions and thus perform your office properly - or else.

Tough for the politician but not a bad deal for Pakistanis, yes?

Yes cos zionism is anti pakistani

 

[Solomon2]

Yes cos zionism is anti pakistani

How do you propose to prove that?

 

[Dalai Lama]

Don't cry over it, troll.

Troll fatwa? Okay.

He is just comparing, and that's needed because apparently, alot of Indians have had this superiority complex where they think that their country is in any way or form better or much more progressed than Pakistan is.

Please come back when you decide what complex it is that we have. I've seen Pakistanis tell us that we have an "inferiority" complex. Consistency would be helpful here.

As for the rest. It can be argued using a few parameters (none of which I'm very knowledgeable in):
- Economically
- Communal harmony
- Scientific output

etc etc.

As for HDI, I think I've argued with you on another thread and I'll repeat what I said: Neither side has the right to feel smug. Both rank abysmally low. (Even though India is actually ahead... but not by much).

I like your articles mr. RiazHaq.
It's great to have people like you around to promote the good side of our nation, instead of the biased western media which only shows the negativities surrounding our country.

Keep it up man, your blog sure sets some of our Indian friends on fire.

If that's your reason for liking his blogs then good luck!

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Don't cry over it, troll.
He is just comparing, and that's needed because apparently, alot of Indians have had this superiority complex where they think that their country is in any way or form better or much more progressed than Pakistan is.

I like your articles mr. RiazHaq.
It's great to have people like you around to promote the good side of our nation, instead of the biased western media which only shows the negativities surrounding our country.

Keep it up man, your blog sure sets some of our Indian friends on fire.

You can use Mr. Haq's blog as your source of knowledge . The rest of the world has better sources to judge which country is doing better . Anyways please try and keep this about Pakistan . No need to put down India to feel good .

 

[VelocuR]

Great articles Riaz! Worthy to read it.

Keep it up, please ignore Indians pathetics!

This is true quote!

While the worst 5% of the Pakistan story gets all the headlines, the reality of Pakistan today as vibrant society and a strong nation gets ignored by the mainstream media. The real story of Pakistan is the resilience of its 180 million citizens who continue to strive to make it better and stronger.

 

[Dalai Lama]

Keep it up, please ignore Indians pathetics!

If his article had had the courtesy to do the same for us then I promise you, I wouldn't be here.

 

[VelocuR]

If his article had had the courtesy to do the same for us then I promise you, I wouldn't be here.

Please ask your another RiazHaq (Indian) to do create the similar true story. Again, this is intention great news for Pakistanis especially Independence day annually. There is nothing wrong to compare all neighbors positives vs negatives. Don't necessary to be upset at this article.

At least you try praise at Pakistan's efforts in order to make stable situations which is good for India.

 

[Dalai Lama]

Please ask your another RiazHaq (Indian) to do create the similar true story. Again, this is intention great news for Pakistanis especially Independence day annually. There is nothing wrong to compare all neighbors positives vs negatives. Don't necessary to be upset at this article.

At least you try praise at Pakistan's efforts in order to make stable situations which is good for India.

I'm not sure I understand your post.

 

[Thorough Pro]

Very nice, keep the good work. Spread the good news, spread hope.

 

[RiazHaq]

Great articles Riaz! Worthy to read it.

Keep it up, please ignore Indians pathetics!

This is true quote!

If the world media focused on the worst 5% of the India story 95% of the time as they do for Pakistan, their narrative would go something like this:

"After 64 years of independence, India remains home to the world's largest population of poor, hungry, illiterate and sick people."

And this narrative is very easily supported by facts and data from multiple credible sources which I have written about at

Haq's Musings: 63 Years After Independence, India Remains Home to World's Largest Population of Poor, Hungry and Illiterates

 

[jbond197]

^^^
Riaz, there are some reasons world media focus on Pakistan and not India.. Do write something up on the possible causes? It will be good to know your views/thoughts regarding the same...

 

[RiazHaq]

^^^
Riaz, there are some reasons world media focus on Pakistan and not India.. Do write something up on the possible causes? It will be good to know your views/thoughts regarding the same...

Mainstream US media dominate the world because of their size and their power.

And they are known to follow their preferred narrative inspired by Washington's agenda....the best example of such narrative and resulting biased coverage is their reporting on Arab-Israel conflict.

Anything that does not fit their narrative simply gets ignored, or put in small print on the inside pages, never making the headlines.

Here are very few examples of those who sometimes question this western narrative and the resulting coverage.

William Dalrymple on Aug 14, 2007:

In the world's media, never has the contrast between the two
countries appeared so stark: one is widely perceived as the next great
superpower; the other written off as a failed state, a world centre of
Islamic radicalism, the hiding place of Osama bin Laden and the only
US ally that Washington appears ready to bomb.

On the ground, of course, the reality is different and first-time
visitors to Pakistan are almost always surprised by the country's
visible prosperity. There is far less poverty on show in Pakistan than
in India, fewer beggars, and much less desperation. In many ways the
infrastructure of Pakistan is much more advanced: there are better
roads and airports, and more reliable electricity. Middle-class
Pakistani houses are often bigger and better appointed than their
equivalents in India.

Alaistair Scrutton, Reuters, 2010:

At times foreign reporters need to a give a nation a rest from their
instinctive cynicism. I feel like that with Pakistan each time I whizz
along the M2 between Islamabad and Lahore, the only motorway I know
that inspires me to write.

And this is Pakistan, for many a "failed state." Here, blandness can
inspire almost heady optimism.

Built in the 1990s at a cost of around $1 billion, the 228-mile
(367-km) motorway -- which continues to Peshawar as the M1 -- is like
a six-lane highway to paradise in a country that usually makes
headlines for suicide bombers, army offensives and political mayhem.

Indeed, for sheer spotlessness, efficiency and emptiness there is
nothing like the M2 in the rest of South Asia.

It puts paid to what's on offer in Pakistan's traditional foe and
emerging economic giant India, where village culture stubbornly
refuses to cede to even the most modern motorways, making them
battlegrounds of rickshaws, lorries and cows.

There are many things in Pakistan that don't get into the news. Daily
life, for one. Pakistani hospitality to strangers, foreigners like
myself included, is another. The M2 is another sign that all is not
what it appears in Pakistan, that much lies hidden behind the bad
news.

NPR's Madhulika Sikka 2010

..But one thing I do want to talk about in the, you know, what is our
vision of Pakistan, which often is one dimensional because of the way
the news coverage drives it.

But, you know, we went to visit a park in the capital, Islamabad,
which is just on the outskirts, up in the hills, and we blogged about
it, and there are photos on our website. You could have been in
suburban Virginia.

There were families, picnics, picnic tables, you know, kids playing,
stores selling stuff, music playing. It was actually very revealing, I
think for us and for people who saw that posting, because there's a
lot that's similar that wouldn't surprise you, let's put it that way."

 

[Quick MIK]

^^^
Riaz, there are some reasons world media focus on Pakistan and not India.. Do write something up on the possible causes? It will be good to know your views/thoughts regarding the same...

Dont you know that its india usa media propaganda.ohh sorry israel too.........