I am an indian. I know for a fact that in the initial years of independence pakistan economy was doing much better than india.pakistan did better inspite of being at a disadvantage.
i want to ask why did this change. was zia ul haq to blame for this?
Pakistan from conception until now had tons of Problems, and it's still facing problems.
India is Pakistan's natural friend beacause of culture, history and background, but instead of resolving minor differences both fought and spread hatred against each other
(Mainly from Indian side because of Inferiority complex even though Pakistan is 1/4 size of India).
Little bit of background info: British were smart they leaned it from World War 1 that they need to divide Muslims. During World War I the British made slight efforts to cultivate Ibn Saud's friendship. British fought against Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in Battle of Basra, then they picked a Ibn Saud 17 years old and made him a King. British used Arabs to fight against Ottoman Empire (Turks).
Many of you probably wondering why Arabs, especially Saudis, hate Pakistani.? Why Turks like Pakistani? Here is one of the reason, Arabs requested British to help them fight aganist Ottoman Empire. Arabs never like the idea of ajaam ruling against Arab? This is one of the reason Most Arabs don't like anyone else.
British send their troops to support the arabs, but Muslims in British Indian army refuse to fight against Turkish troops of Ottoman Empire. Why? because Turks were Muslims.
British learn from WW1 that they can't let Muslim unite in India. So 1st they split the Arabs and created Israel
(Puppet Saud was always in favor of British). They needed a reason to divide Muslim in British India . British found Jinnah (agakhani) and persuaded him to start the Tehrik-e-Pakistan.
[Muslim scholars fought British and they were against creation of Pakistan (only Ahmad Qadian & Ahmad Raza Khan was in favor of British)].
Jinnah dream of 2 nation theory didn't last long and east (Bangladesh) and west Pakistan split in 71. If the idea of 2 quam (Hindu & Muslim) was correct then we shouldn't lost Bangladesh.
Here is the list of problems we are facing.
1. Pakistan's main problem is self grown Extremism.
Solution: Saudi style Islamic Shura system, all the madaris, masajid, Imambargahs, Jamat Khanas, Mandirs, Churches and Gurdwaras should be under the supervision of religious affairs.
Islamic seminaries (Madaris)- should implement South Africa Seminaries curriculum.
2. Abolish medieval feudal system of Pakistan ("Feudalism has to be abolished if the country is to prosper for all, and in peace.")
3. Unity, internal cohesion and political stability (“Internal cohesion and political stability are the products of a participatory political process that is broad-based, transparent and fair, offering equal opportunities to new aspirants to political power and influence.”
De-concentration of power to strengthening internal cohesion and moderating dissent.
4a. Social Justice and Equal Opportunity: Reform political and social life, promoting socio-economic justice for ordinary people as well as provincial rights & Economic development policies. Freedom from sectarianism
4b. Decentralization of Authority from Power to the People, Community-based Economics and Economic Justice. (Develop the country so we don't have to beg West for AID.) Create 16 smaller "Super districts" instead of 4 provinces.
5a. Develop Education system similar to South Korea. We need to build 50, 000 schools and 5,000 colleges and universities.
5b. Political Education process: Educated/ internship for those recently graduated with political science degree. Educating the Politicians of tomorrow.
6. As a major political party MQM/PPP should focus on water distribution among provinces, building of new dams for water storage and electricity generation, and demand for a new and more acceptable formula for distribution of taxes between the federal government and provinces.
7. Respect for Diversity: In last 60+ years Pakistan government hasn’t solved internal incoherence, they have alienated minorities like Balochi & Sindhi and Mohajir. Political Parties should work to promote harmony between different ethnic groups in Pakistan.
8a. Improvement of Financial system on City, State and Country level, reduced corruption.
8b. Stop Corruption, stupidity and greed.
No Corrupted Politician should be allowed to run for government office. MQM, PPP and PML-N need a new political leader/Party head. There should be no permanent party leader, party should selected for 2 years term and can't be selected for more then 3 terms.
9. Utilizing E-government technology, cut-overheard, developing new policies to improve over all political process. improved government office efficiency and administration.
10. Create more provinces so country can develop faster.
. In Bhutto's government rate dropped to only 2-3%. Actually in Zia reign it was around 6%, better then Bhutto`s.
