[DAWN] PAKISTANIS may not be aware but the nefarious designs of faceless myrmidons who wish to isolate Pakistain from the rest of the world seem to be working. Unknown to us, the creeping delinking of Pakistain from the global economy has intensified in the last few years. Evidence corroborating this finding is quite strong and is discussed below.Pakistain is widely perceived and projected in the Western world as "the most dangerous country in the world" or as "the epicentre of global terrorism". More recently, Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
has been described as the "world's most violent megacity" where the state seems to have "ceded its authority to thuggish politicians, ethnic and religious bigots and exceptionally brutal criminals". This negative perception has nurtured a feeling of hostility against the country.