If this is another one of those jab-Pakistan flame threads, then I suppose the ridiculous insinuations are understandable.
If on the other hand, the friend who posted this article suffers from the delusion that somehow Pakistan is a world apart or that India is heads and shoulders above, then he really needs to open his eyes to reality.
There are hundreds of threads on this forum comparing economic performance, per capita income, development indicators, infrastructure, images of projects going on in both India and Pakistan... and none of them leave you with the impression that India is far ahead and Pakistan is far behind. Many of them leave you with an impression quite to the contrary.
As has been pointed out, for 50 of the 60 years we have been independent, Pakistan has been doing far better than India. Yes, in the last 10 years we have been afflicted with this WoT menace, which hopefully will subside post NATO withdrawal in 2011/12. And of these 10 years, the last 4 have been bad for us economically. It is only now that there is a paltry difference between per capita income between the two countries, and even that is apparently at the cost of poorer income distribution in India; a metric which is far more critical to a developing nation. By the way, I also don't know of many economies that could grow at 4+% in 2010 while simultaneously dealing with all the challenges Pakistan has been faced with.
My Indian friends are welcome to play the dhol and dance in celebration of their self-perceived greatness, but they should do so with imagined comparisons that stand up to at least an initial level of scrutiny. Otherwise we will have to introduce you to reality, and unfortunately, that will end your festivity.