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Unfortunate realities of Pakistan - 60 years on : Comments
By Syed Atiq ul Hassan, published 21/8/2007Since its inception 60 years ago Pakistan has gone backwards: a country where feudalism, corruption and religious fanatics control power.
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The historical background of power in Pakistan is rarely presented so clearly.
Its interesting the great extent that the US calls the shots in Pakistan. For example the US has backed Benazir Bhutto as a non-military, democratic, female, leader. The US seems to be backing her again because yet another military dictator is losing support.
However, I think Benazir Bhutto has only ever received lukewarm support from the most powerful government institutions in Pakistan which I see as the Army, ISI and the nuclear weapons research establisments.
Pakistan has, as you said, been poorly governed and I think without a longlasting unifying centre like the Nehru/Gandhi dynasty.
But things could be worse for Pakistan. Without its nuclear weapons I think large parts of it would have been invaded by the US (in puisuit of Taliban and AQ terrorists after 9/11).
Pete
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