Pakistan 60s and now
June 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Masood Sharif Khan Khattak
Way back in the 1960s Pakistan was truly on the move. The early Ayub years gave us the Green Revolution because of the construction and commissioning of dams such as Mangla and Tarbela. Barrages were erected all the way down to the Guddu near Hyderabad. These dams and barrages gave birth to an efficient network of canals and small distributaries which in the sixties not only made Pakistan self-sufficient but surplus in agricultural products.
In the 60s the building that we all know as Habib Bank Plaza in Karachi was the tallest building all the way from the Middle East down to Singapore. In the 60s almost every army, navy and air force in the Middle East was being manned by Pakistani officers and men. We literally raised those armed forces. Many airlines that operate from the Gulf have actually been trained, organised and manned by PIA staff when they initially started operations. Today they are amongst the best in the world while PIA is in a total mess........
We Pakistanis have to once again regain our lost glory and win back our rightful, respectable and dignified place in the comity of nations. We can and must do it. The writer is former director general of the Intelligence Bureau and former vice president of the PPP Parliamentarians. Email: masoodsharifkhattak@gmail.
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such articles present the situation as if Pakistan somehow did all by itself.
Oh Bhai logo,
In the 60s we were faithful ally of the worlds' number 1 power.
In the 60s we were faithfully helping the worlds' number 1 power to bring down its arch enemy aka Commie Russia
In the 60s we provided one of the most powerful air-bases to the worlds' number 1 power.
In the 60s our army and our bureaucracy was willing to go to any length to defend the interests of worlds' number 1 power.
In the 60s our ships and our airline was willing to safely carry goods and personal of the world's number 1 power
Then for many reasons (complex and beyond this post's scope),
-- We forgot that we must remain in the good books of the world's number 1 power,
--- Then we forgot that we must continue to behave like South Korea, Japan, Germany, UK etc. and continue to support the world's number 1 power
-- then we forgot that our airline PIA must continue to safely carry goods and people for the world's number 1 power.
-- then we forgot that as a country we must not attack and threaten people (civilian and army) carrying passports of from the number 1 power in the world.
then we forgot that as a country we cannot allow our land to be used as a launching pad for killing sons and daughter and soldiers of the number 1 power in the world.
So guess what,
the world's number 1 power took its business to Qatar and UAE and Bahrain and India.
Then the airlines of Qatar and UAE became number 1 in the region
Then our airline went to the dogs
our economy is in tatters
our military is suffering from lack of funds and equipment
Our army got kicked out from all the Middle eastern countries.
And now as bhooka nanaga quom, we are killing ourselves, and blaming each other, and looting each other, and fighting like rabid dogs, suicide bombing our own ministers and our own governors.
And then someone goes back to the 60s and says "hai, kiya din thay" "kesa maza tha", "kaisi aiash thee".
without ever accepting the very foundation of that maza and aiash.
And the funny and sad at the same times is that our Pakistani brothers sitting in America, Canada, and UK are the biggest anti-progress and anti-Pakistan and anti-America
And these vermin continue shouting "nukie bumb maar dain gay", rocket phaink day ga Amreeka per.
Oh bhai, you live in America, breed in America, and still pushing Pakistan to go to war with America.
Insane. Just insane.
So America kicked Talibani butt,
----- Are Taliban more important to us than prosperity in Pakistan?
------ Have you asked a Afghanistani Talibani that he loves Pakistan more than anything else?
So America kicked Palestini butt,
----- Are Palestinian more important to us than prosperity in Pakistan?
------ Have you asked a Palistinian that he loves Pakistan more than anything else?
So America wants to kick Irani butt,
----- Are Iranian more important to us than prosperity in Pakistan?
------ Have you asked an Iranian that he loves Pakistan more than anything else?
If the answer to these questions is no. Then it is a one-sided affair with Islamism that is taking our beautiful country down the toilet.
And we just sit around writing half-@rsed stories about 60s. What's the point if Nadeem Pirachas of 60s were shouting and screaming to stop working with America.
So Islamism is trrible for Pakistan, but so was the socialism and communism espoused by the lefties like NFP. And this poor chap NFP doesn't want to accept that what Talibanis want to do to world's number 1 power, well NFP wanted to do the same. they are all chuttay buttay of the same plate.
Sadly!
Nothing against any poster on this forum. Just want to make sure we truly understand the core of prosperity and tolerance of 60's and why we lost it now,
Even now look at Chinese and Chinese-Americans. Are they going raving mad against the number 1 power of the world?
Even now look at Indians and Indians-Americans. Are they going raving mad against the number 1 power of the world?
Even now look at Koreans and Korean-Americans. Are they going raving mad against the number 1 power of the world?
Even now look at Qatari and Qatari-Americans. Are they going raving mad against the number 1 power of the world?
Certainly not!
so all these countries are prospering.
While we are copying axis of evil now-dead Qaddafi, soon to be kicked out Nejat, and North Koran Kim-kim
And so our country is cesspool of poverty and disease.
Hope you all understand this.