12-03-2004, 12:08 AM
Some times its better to close your eyes to evade the reality, why? cus reality is heart breaking.
I remember speaking to someone on this forum when COAS (Gen Musharaf) installed Shukat Aziz as PM. Shukat has the top mangement skills but he is not a politician and he was destined to fail, so is he doing when we see that all the decisions are being taken by Shaikh Rashid and COAS.
I believe we as a nation are in free fall. Did any other nation had a free fall in the past, yes. In USA there was a time when it was legally allowed for civil servants to charge percentage commission to everybody who walks in (thereby recong. corruption), now USA is a the leading democracy. The question is how can we recover... Historically nations progressed by addressing three issues in order.
1. social infrastructure
2. Political infrastructure
3. Finally, economic infrastucture.
Social infrastructure, we need land reforms and eradiction of landlords and feudal sys, access to law and order and the state must, must guarantee basic rights. Reforming social infrastucutre will lead to the correction of polotical infrastrucutre. The existence of impartial accountability judical system will help the innocent. ALso non democractic forces should aim to learn to remain with in their staturoty boundries and must not over throw elected govts. no matter how bad they were. Finally the problems of economy will need addressing.
Whats happening now is that we are trying to address economy without providing a sound political or social infrastructure. The govt. claims economic success and 30 Billion foreign reserves but how much of it was the result of Govts. planning. None.
I remember speaking to someone on this forum when COAS (Gen Musharaf) installed Shukat Aziz as PM. Shukat has the top mangement skills but he is not a politician and he was destined to fail, so is he doing when we see that all the decisions are being taken by Shaikh Rashid and COAS.
I believe we as a nation are in free fall. Did any other nation had a free fall in the past, yes. In USA there was a time when it was legally allowed for civil servants to charge percentage commission to everybody who walks in (thereby recong. corruption), now USA is a the leading democracy. The question is how can we recover... Historically nations progressed by addressing three issues in order.
1. social infrastructure
2. Political infrastructure
3. Finally, economic infrastucture.
Social infrastructure, we need land reforms and eradiction of landlords and feudal sys, access to law and order and the state must, must guarantee basic rights. Reforming social infrastucutre will lead to the correction of polotical infrastrucutre. The existence of impartial accountability judical system will help the innocent. ALso non democractic forces should aim to learn to remain with in their staturoty boundries and must not over throw elected govts. no matter how bad they were. Finally the problems of economy will need addressing.
Whats happening now is that we are trying to address economy without providing a sound political or social infrastructure. The govt. claims economic success and 30 Billion foreign reserves but how much of it was the result of Govts. planning. None.
