Pakistan Become Failed State

Pakistan beyond a failed state.

It is called the crises state. But it is better to define as a failed state. As a condition of state collapse, a state that can no longer perform its basic security and development functions and has no effective control over its territory and borders. The index ranks are based on 12 indicators of state vulnerability, for social two economic and six political.

The demographic pressures, including pressures deriving from high population density relative to food supply, massive movement of refugees and internally displaced people and forced uprooting of large communities as a result of random or targeted violence and repression. A legacy of vengeance seeking group grievance. Base on recent or past injustices, this could date back centuries, including atrocities committed with impunity against communal groups and or specific groups singled out by state authorities or by dominant groups. Chronic and sustained human flight both the brain drain of professionals and intellectuals. Political dissidents and voluntary emigration of the middle class. Growth of exile/ expat communities are also used as part of this indicator.

Some more political indicators represent the security apparatus as a state with a state an emergence of state sponsored or state supported private militias that terrorism political opponents rise of factionalized elites, a fragmentation of ruling elites and state institutions along group lines used of aggressive nationalistic rhetoric by ruling elites and finally intervention of other states military or affairs at risky by outside armies and states. The characterization of Pakistan as ingrained in popular discourse that its mention is often taken as a given and barely raises  an y eyebrow.

 It is certainly a cause for concern to be ranked as the only country in the subcontinent in the high risk category where all other in that bracket, apart from northern neighbor Afghanistan are either in Africa or the Middle East.

Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world and one of a handful of nations possessing nuclear weapons. Whether it is deemed to have failed is debated across the globe. While Pakistan is wracked with problems of militancy, social inequality, environmental degradation and bureaucratic incompetence, it is still in most parts a functioning society where millions of people manage to live, work and raise families with a reasonable degree of stability and security.

There are however cadres of professionals workers working enthusiastically towards significant progress even in this unsatisfactory situation and life goes on more or less normally in Pakistan. It is undoubtedly driven by patriotism, which runs deep despite the nation’s divisions. That is why it is object that whenever it hears Pakistan referred to as a failed state. So long as Pakistani society remains strong and provides some inbuilt guarantees, Pakistan will not become a failed state. The situation is no doubt difficult but matters are gradually improving.

Now Pakistan is working responsibly with the international community, Freeing policy is shaped so as to get necessary benefits from allies and friends of Pakistan through trade and commerce while participating in international forums. We still have many priorities but the chief thrust can be summarized as the following priority order: elimination of fundamentalism and terrorism, with restoration of law and order. There should be a major thrust at real, non ideological education through better institutions, serious focus on rural development, lack of which still incapacities the nation and remodeling of our foreign policy with due civilian control, including proper checks and balances. There must be thrust on public health including elimination of preventable diseases such as polio. Development of public infrastructure such as power, water and non –urban roads, development of trade, commerce, tourism and even heavy industry, which we mostly lack so far, are the needs of today.

In sum despite our problems Pakistan is certainly not a failed state. Pakistan still has a significant presence in software, banking, electronic media and crafts markets. Our universities have produced good professionals working domestically and abroad. We have a functioning democracy and judiciary. We have rapidly rising public awareness for a need to change. We have proved the prophets of doom false and can proudly look forward to a proud and elite nationhood.