Reflections

Dear Mr. Prime Minister Being at the helm of affairs of a country such as Pakistan will often put you under criticism for various things. However, I’d like to point out one aspect of our country which you can proudly point out in most forums. I realized this when my cooks husband had an accident and suffered multiple fractures in both legs around 2 weeks back. Incapable of affording treatment and unable to get it from any government institution, he is living a limp and painful life. It just made me realize that if there is anything such as a true capitalist state, its Pakistan ! This is a country where you are COMPLETELY on your own and where there is absolutely no government intervention in your life. If you dont somehow rigor it out and make a money, rest assured you WILL die of hunger. People will bicker about how pathetic the tax to gdp ratio of the country is, but no one really pays taxes. And in line with the true spirit of capitalism, the vanishing communal values and gro...

India has twice the number of millitary personnel as compared to pakistan. It has a defence budget of $ 39 bn whereas pakistan has a $ 5.4 bn budget. India has the 4th largest airforce in the world. With 1500 aircrafts, it is definitely one of the world's bests. My point is that pakistan can not beat india in a conventional war. Similarly, it cannot millitarily push india out of the kashmir it has occupied. India is happy with status quo as far as kashmir is concerned. It intends to sit on the issue (well, it simply says that there IS no issue) till eternity. Moreover, India's clout in international relations has constantly been growing. Infact india today has the support of some nations in its claim to a permanent Seat in the UNSC. Obviously being the worlds largest democracy and a BRIC nation witha middle.class larger than the population of united states has obviously helped. On the other hand, pakistan's image internationally has really suffered because of the "...

It was revealed in a survey conducted recently by Gallup that Pakistanis have a predilection towards conspiracy theories. http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/05/what_pakistanis_think?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/conspiracyofthemasses But can anyone blame us. After all that has happened to us over the years, we have developed into a schizophrenic nation suffering from the constant paranoia that vested interests out there are out to harm us. The latest addition to this long list of conspiracy theories has been the expose of the talk show that was conducted by mehr bukhari and luqman with riaz malik as the guest. And among other things, this just shows how deeply the media has been involved in this historic case. Historic because it is treating the transaction between one private sector individual and another private sector individual as a criminal offense. Until now it was only government functionaries or people who have been given authority by the state who if they accept money ...

A colleague the other day remarked that Pakistan should have stayed as India and should not have separated as Muslims in India have no problems whatsoever in India & that they are living peacefully and freely practice their faith. I then dug up the following events which proves that may not necessarily be true. The list would be never ending so i stopped after coming up with the following events. What happened, happened for the better. As in a marital relationship, sometimes, separation is good for both parties. ·          In November 2010, a Calcutta High Court banned the slaughter of cows. Calcutta is a city in West Bengal. And West Bengalis one of the states besides Kerala and North East where cow slaughter was unlawful until recently ·          Post Mumbai terror attacks, Dar ul Uloom India advised Muslims in India to avoid slaughtering cows on Eid ul Azha and this was supported by the all In...