09-05-2004, 04:50 PM
I agree with you that the Governmet can do a whole lot more if there is a will to do it. Yes the Malaysians under the great Dr. M have done tremendously well. The Govt. of Pakistan sent a batch of Engineers to the US on scholarships in software engineering back in the 80's-90's.. see what wonders it has done with the software industry in the country,,,these initial graduates formed the back bone of the industry and are now industry leaders.
However, I do believe that we in our personal capacity can do a lot for education too,.. especially by pitching in for such chariatable institutions.. Look at how well the Eidi foundation is working.. that is something the Govt. ought to have done,,.. but living in a third world country (with corruption and poverty rife) I think we have a bigger responsiblity than that. I for one cannot not do enough, thinking of looking into the eye of younger generations and telling them 20 years from today that all we did was sit on our butts and complain !
Complain we must, but lets pitch in a little by channeling funds and most important of all our efforts into this forte. You cannot imagine how much educating one child can go a long way towards nation building. Influencing one child as such means influencing his whole family at a minimum 4-5 other Pakistanis. I cannot imagine what else could be bring more joy and contentment.
However, I do believe that we in our personal capacity can do a lot for education too,.. especially by pitching in for such chariatable institutions.. Look at how well the Eidi foundation is working.. that is something the Govt. ought to have done,,.. but living in a third world country (with corruption and poverty rife) I think we have a bigger responsiblity than that. I for one cannot not do enough, thinking of looking into the eye of younger generations and telling them 20 years from today that all we did was sit on our butts and complain !
Complain we must, but lets pitch in a little by channeling funds and most important of all our efforts into this forte. You cannot imagine how much educating one child can go a long way towards nation building. Influencing one child as such means influencing his whole family at a minimum 4-5 other Pakistanis. I cannot imagine what else could be bring more joy and contentment.
