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India-Pakistan
‘Pakistan no failed state’
2006-05-04
A government spokesman dismissed on Wednesday a report that listed Pakistan as one of the worldÂ’s most unstable countries, slamming it as a shoddy piece of political propaganda masquerading as intellectual research.
And I dismiss all reports of my corpulence and sloth as similar shoddy pieces of political propaganda masquerading as empirical observation.
The Failed States Index complied by Foreign Policy magazine, in conjunction with the Washington-based Fund for Peace think-thank, ranks Pakistan in ninth position, one place ahead of war-torn Afghanistan. Pakistan has gone up the list from last year, when it was placed at number 34. Sudan tops this yearÂ’s list.
Posted by:Fred

#12  See above on slicing and dicing and Pashtun seething.
Posted by: 6   2006-05-04 18:09  

#11  This is simply intolerable to the Pak psyche.

"Failed"? When India is rising? This was not how it was supposed to be.

It was India that was supposed to break up soon after partition. Pakistan was to be rising power.
South Korean delegations actually visited it to learn how a modern developing state was run.

The Indian actor Nasruddin Shah (guy who played Captain nemo in the horrible League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) is visiting Pakistan now.

Know what they asked him? Did he believe in the Two Nation Theory.

Sixty years after partition they seek affirmation that their state should even exist.

Pakistan was to be at least the equal of India.

To have it not just far behind India but in the failed state category is to negate all what Pakistan was created for.

Posted by: john   2006-05-04 17:37  

#10  It's ye olde "It's not a bug, it's a feature!" defense.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-05-04 12:13  

#9  They haven't failed .... they just haven't succeeded yet.
Posted by: DathVader   2006-05-04 11:42  

#8  I think what they're saying is they haven't failed -- they want it to be the way it is.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-05-04 10:59  

#7  If Pakland were sealed off from Afghanistan. Afghanistan might really have a chance - proximity to nutcase virus is contagious
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-04 10:20  

#6  #1, Paki guys self esteem is an euphemism for big ego(gained from their pure religion). See that outside of Pakiland in East Asia where they keep to themselves with noticeable aloofness from locals. If an aphorism may be translated as racism, so be it.
Posted by: Duh!   2006-05-04 10:04  

#5  It's more like 3 or 4 failed states.
Posted by: Grunter   2006-05-04 09:47  

#4  Sounds like the Tourism Board will be putting in lots and lots of overtime...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-05-04 09:01  

#3  How about a "failed attemp at a state"?
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-05-04 08:59  

#2  Much "informal and impromptu" seething to come.
Posted by: Fordesque   2006-05-04 01:17  

#1  Oops I think someone's damaged Pakland's self-esteem...
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-05-04 01:10  

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