Pakistan - Land of the Pure

TPOS —

Embarrassingly, I don't know the history of Pakistan that great detail but what I do know is Mohammad Ali Jinnah fought hard for the separation of India and Pakistan, to create a land for Muslims, to create a pure land. But, I'm sure if he could see what was happening in his country today he would be horrified. It is no longer the land of the pure.

I hate listening to the Asian news. All you hear about is how people are stealing, keeping others hostage, torturing them, murdering, EATING THEM. A lot of the times its their own family who are the victims. It's shocking and sickening. Ignorance is bliss.

But then, I think, some/most of the times the reasons behind all those evil acts is because of money; because most of these people are living in dire conditions, with shortages of food and necesities. That, in no way makes justifies their actions but you find another problem...a corrupt government. A government who seems to be making everything worse, killing more people with the hoarding of products, lack of electricity, lack of sufficient law and order and just being their corrupt selves!

ARGHHH

I can't believe the state of the country :x 🙁

And people wonder why we're bad mouthed...

TPOS — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 - 14:56

Blessed be the sacred land
Happy be the bounteous sky
Symbol of high resolve
Land of Pakistan!
Blessed be thou, centre of faith

The order of this sacred land
Is the might of the brotherhood of the people
May the nation, the country, and the state
Shine in glory everlasting!
Blessed be the goal of our ambition

This flag of the crescent and star
Leads the way to progress and perfection
Interpreter of our past, glory of our present
Inspiration of our future!
Shelter of God, owner of glory and might

If only.
(National Anthem)

TPOS — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 - 23:15

"Pakistan's dangerous fondness for jihadis, the Taliban and nuclear weapons is rooted in its fears of India"
Agree?

The armed forces = 16% of govt budget
Education = 1.2% of budget

!!!

Foysol89 — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 - 01:11

[quote=ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE]"Pakistan's dangerous fondness for jihadis, the Taliban and nuclear weapons is rooted in its fears of India"
Agree?

The armed forces = 16% of govt budget
Education = 1.2% of budget

!!![/quote]

What's wrong with them stats? Surely education doesn't cost that much in comparison to weapons, paying soldiers and the security of the country. My military would be one of my top priorities if i was running a country me thinks.

Not speaking about pakistan as i'm not really too aware of the education and military etc. just speaking about those stats (which may or may not be accurate)

TPOS — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 - 19:16

Sounds way too much for the army...or at least way too little for education!

Although, just remembered that they seem to have a lot of private schools but if the state schools were better people wouldn't need them - And families do need to save up for other stuff like food, over there!

You — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 - 19:16

With education it is hard to get greedy fingers into the pot, so less people are willing to put money into there.

The backbone of Pakistans education is private. private schools, madrassahs etc.

TPOS — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 - 19:18

[quote=You]With education it is ahrd to get greedy fingers into the pot, so less people are willing to put money into there.
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huh? Do you mean it's not valued as much? :S