@Burger_King
We had a leader who gave us all the answers. We ignored him at our peril and consequences are for all to see.
That's what my great pal Yasser Latif Hamdani has been saying for close to two decades, but to no avail.
Regards
Sorry to be blunt, but your friend only says things which supports his own mindset - a mindset that makes him look good in front of goras.
Jinnah had many things to say about backwardness of the people - religious bigotry being only one of them.
His infamous Aug 11 speech highlighted many problematic aspects of Pakistani society. All these things still exist today perhaps in even greater magnitude than during his day. In fact, ironically, one area where there has been progress is that religion plays a very limited role in determining state policy. This is in contrast to eighties and nineties. But little progress has been made on other fronts:
..The second thing that occurs to me is this: One of the biggest curses from which India is suffering -- I do not say that other countries are free from it, but I think our condition is much worse -- is bribery and corruption. That really is a poison. We must put that down with an iron hand, and I hope that you will take adequate measures as soon as it is possible for this Assembly to do so.
Black-marketing is another curse. Well, I know that black-marketeers are frequently caught and punished. Judicial sentences are passed, or sometimes fines only are imposed. Now you have to tackle this monster, which today is a colossal crime against society, in our distressed conditions, when we constantly face shortage of food and other essential commodities of life. A citizen who does black-marketing commits, I think, a greater crime than the biggest and most grievous of crimes. These black-marketeers are really knowing, intelligent, and ordinarily responsible people, and when they indulge in black-marketing, I think they ought to be very severely punished, because they undermine the entire system of control and regulation of foodstuffs and essential commodities, and cause wholesale starvation and want and even death.
[[5]] The next thing that strikes me is this: Here again it is a legacy which has been passed on to us. Along with many other things, good and bad, has arrived this great evil -- the evil of nepotism and jobbery. I want to make it quite clear that I shall never tolerate any kind of jobbery [=corrupt employment practices], nepotism, or any any influence directly or indirectly brought to bear upon me. Whenever I will find that such a practice is in vogue or is continuing anywhere, low or high, I shall certainly not countenance it...."
What the great man highlighted above are exactly the things IK is fighting against. Misgovernment/malgovernment impacts average Pakistani far more than the issue of religious chauvinism. The fact that you only hear about the "you are free to go to your temple" phrase is because that's what makes english speaking elite look good in front of goras. In fact goras back the corrupt elements that Jinnah assails in his speech above. But his assertions are ignored for obvious reasons.