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Leaderless Country: A Study of Pakistan
Author(s)
Khalid Mehtabdin
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DOI:10.17265/1537-1514/2017.09.001
Affiliation(s)
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, USA
ABSTRACT
Pakistan is a country built
on the foundation of Islam and religious freedom. The purpose of this paper is
to discuss why, though, it is not yet a unified nation despite its annexation
from India in 1947. Also, the purpose of this paper is to bring up and answer
several other questions regarding Pakistan, including: the Kashmir issue, water
shortage, general malaise of the economy, and overall sectarian conflicts,
along with terrorism, and also how to attract foreign investment. Without a
strong infrastructure in place, Pakistan has struggled to gain the foreign
investment required of a struggling economy to grow. The political and
religious factions of this country have yet to find a way to work together to
unite its people. The general poverty and lack of education in Pakistan has
limited its people’s opportunities to productively contribute to the global
economy, and has allowed religious extremists to gain a foothold. The violence
and terror that has occurred has further limited foreign interest in investing
in such a volatile country. All of these factors contribute to the need for a
strong leader in Pakistan if there is to be any progress made in the coming
years. Leaders inspire people, but ever since the partition days, no leader has
been able to move the country forward. There’s an urgent need, now, for someone
who would advance the national interests rather than personal interests. This
paper deals with the issues raised above, and suggests some possible answers
dealing with the situation. For Pakistan to become a nation, it has to unite
its people, which has been lacking all along. Most of the analysis is
descriptive, because most of the data are not representative of the real
situation of the inequities which are prevailing among the various provinces of
Pakistan. The issue of Kashmir has been lingering on since the partition days,
and no leader has been courageous enough to handle it up front.
KEYWORDS
leaderless, Pakistan, country analysis, economic problems, macro issues, recommendations for improvement
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