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A Great Day, A New Hope for Pakistan

Kamal Siddiqi March 17, 2008

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#2 Posted by jayp on March 20, 2008 2:28:45 am
In pakistan the rot started at the top and at the very beginning. The assets left behind by the hindus were distributed by the govt to people to get their support, and thus corruption started from teh beginning. No one since then has been able to contain it. This has created a culture in which the pakistanis will do anything for money . That is why the memebership to cento, then the money from the arabs to support afghan jihad, and now it is the chinese money. There is no notion of personal integrity in the islamic societies, it is subsumed under following of the koran literally. People take koran literally, no where it says that one cannot accumulate a few prados and people find comfortable in doing that. There is no notion of civil laws, it is all sharia laws, one can do a few honour killings in the morning and go to work in a govt office with out any hang ups and that is pak society.

Here is one from dawn of today what is happening at the lower levels of pak society.

Owning govt Prados


THIS is apropos of Marzia Bilwani’s letter, ‘Owning govt Prados’ (March 13). I was shocked to learn that a close friend of mine, serving in a government department in Karachi, i.e. KWSB, told me that the managing director of his department has 11 cars at his residence, including two brand new Prados, one is still unregistered.

In addition to that, the chief engineer, bulk water supply, who is a junior officer, has recently purchased a brand new Prado, which is only in his family’s use. He has another official car from the department.

Such statistics and facts sometimes make me feel as if I live in some other rich country, I am back on the ground and I am made to realise that even in developed countries it is not permitted or allowed, at least on government expenses.
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#1 Posted by jayp on March 20, 2008 2:08:24 am
Kamal bhai,

Take it from me, it is not a day of new hope for pakistan, it is more of teh same. nawaz sheriff is sticking with PPP only to sack mushy, it is a case of tribal personal revenge, nothing more than that, and definitely not a love of democarzy.

Once mushy is out, then all of the heel will break loose. Zardari will become 30 percent man, nawaz will join the jihadis.

No one in pakistan cares about the country, and it is reasonable, zardari and nawaz could try a new innings because of the money they accumulated. It will be money making, high speed, and it will be another coup and the story goes on.

There is actually no reason for any of teh actors to change tack. The peiople are more concerned about some stupid cartoon, not about price rises or power cuts.
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