Pakistan ranks 12th on failed states index: Report

A failed state ought not be able to develop a nuke !Recommend

No worries we will be top on the charts like corruption. Thanks to PPP.Recommend

What a shame, I feel sad for my country but I cant do anything about it because no one will let me.Recommend

Pakistan is ranked lower than Burma and Yemen! My God!

FYI, the article fails to mention that India is ranked 76th!! And, the 2 countries were born together, Pakistan a day earlier.

Even Bangladesh which was born only 4 decades ago is at 25.

So to summarize, Pakistan is closer to Afghanistan(Ranked 7th) and North Korea(to which it contains many, many similarities) than Countries like India and Bangladesh, which it has a shared History with. Recommend

Another observation apart from the comment I posted above(Hoping that comment will be approved, of course).

India is surrounded by Countries who are in the top 30 Failed Countries list, except with the exception of China. It ranks higher than China on this account.

So India is doing something right on many accounts than most of these Countries. Pakistan can learn a lesson from India with regard to this.Recommend

Pakistan moves out of the Top 10 —

Does this mean situation in Pakistan is improving or other states are doing worse ?Recommend

India – 76
China – 72
Iran – 35
Sri Lanka – 29
Nepal – 27
Bangladesh (Formerly East Pakistan) – 25

Who is the volatile neighbor for all those countries above ?Recommend

10 to 12, 12 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18, 18 to 20…and finally in 2047 last place on the list..Recommend

Question is who failed them?Recommend

@ Ashok

If you are Implying Pakistan, Please note that Pakistan does not neighbor Sri Lanka, Nepal, Nor Bangladesh. In Fact, more of the lowers ranked countries in the region border India than any other other country. What would that suggest? Recommend

@malik:
Are you in your senses?? Please try to understand the artical..and meaning of appearing top on this kind of failed state lists. Recommend

The report is unfair as it places China at 72 while India is at 76. This report is politically motivated. India is nothing compared to China. Recommend

Foreign media is expert in manipulating the facts. Instead of under estimating themselves we should question the credibility of this report. No one know the parameters of this grading. We should kept in mind that that we are in stat of war on dual front. I am sure our premature media will bring a storm in team cup on this report without any authentication or verification :). It does not mean at all that we are a very well governed country ans credit does to Mr. Asif Ali Zardari & PPP lead government. In fact this Government is making history in mismanagement and corruption which allow such type of magazines to defame our country. Recommend

I find nothing true about this report or Pakistan being at 12. I go outside and I find it nothing less than amusement how the vast majority of this country is still enjoying the luxuries of the life. You go to any market, any shopping mall and people are buying, buying and just buying stuff. No havoc,no suicide attack, no bomb blast has ever prompted people to stay in their homes. The restaurants, the banquet halls, the concert halls, the cinemas are still full of people, in fact overcrowded despite of all this ‘poverty’ or ‘security threats’. Hundreds of thousand of new cars make their ways on the roads every where.The towns are expanding. DHA’s, Bahria’s, Askari’s and every other such scheme is expanding like the bank balance of the President of this country. Millions have been Internally displaced because of terrorism and floods yet everything seemed to have settled down. Initially there used to be an hour’s load shedding, now it has reached to as many as 12 hours a day in cities. What to talk of villages. Yet no one cares. No one gives a damn. People are still eating everywhere. still buying stuff. still buying cars, generators, petrol, Air conditioners and all the other luxurious items.

If this is a failed state, there must be a change for the meaning of the word ‘failed’ in the dictionary. Better yet, make a separate dictionary for Pakistan.Recommend

Learn people Learn
We are a failed state and we are the Nuclear power, we are failed state but yet we have the fifth largest army in the world, we also have the largest irrigation system in the world, we too generate the highest amount of Zakat fund if you compare with other rich muslim countries.We are the 2nd largest producers of Buffalo Milk 3rd Largest Producers of Apricot and chickpea and 4th largest producers of Cotton.We have won 4 World Cups in Hockey and One in Cricket and if we talk about squash Jhansher khan won 8 world open and on the other hand Jehangir khan won 6 world open title.
try to think something positive once in a while Recommend

We are positioned at number 12 because of Jew and Indian lobby otherwise we should have been placed number one. Recommend

The romance of denial would never let us understand and convict that we are almost doomed. Even if the neighboring states are close by in the list, does it justify to remain on the position we are? Let’s not even blame one political party let it be PPP because around 60% of or resources are in Punjab and that is being governed by N-league.

Nukes!! they have given us nothing but more insecurity. This is the only bomb in the world that rather than safeguarding us being itself safeguard by us. Irony, isn’t it?Recommend

Nothin’ to feel sab over these rating, since this all based on ”biasness”. Do they have got any evidence to prove India at 76th rank, can they justify it?
Certainly no, it is all international conspiracy to grant the ‘steeering’ of this region in the hands of india. Multiple curses are hitting the people of India; poverty, racial biasness, seperation movements, and lot more.
Nothing is bad in Pkaistan excert politics……………………Recommend

@Mirza:
Bangladesh at 25, Nepal at 27 , Srilanka at 29 while India is not in the list of top 60Recommend

Pakistan’s Kashmir obsession has brought it here. Make no mistake about it. And the irony is that it is no closer to forcing India to giv up Kashmir than it was 60 years agoRecommend

@Sohaib:
Salaam Sohaib miyan, i think terrorism, religious extermism arent part of your list ?Recommend

@malik:
What the hell…lol you cannot even read this SHORT article!!!!! “whereas India ranks 76 on the list” Damnit….and what is scarier is the fact that you are not even the only one to make this comment!!!! No WONDER….when this is an example of the average intelligence in this country….cannot even read a short aticle and have to blabber and throw out comments about others…..how PITIFUL! Pakistan deserves this ranking….because it is SOOOOOO TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Recommend

The ranking really reflects on the leadership of this country, than anything else. I am surprised that they have managed to be above 11 other countries. We knew it from the day PPP got into power, that the leadership is corrupt and will be a dismal failure. It has turned out to be a dismal failure. So why would anyone be surprised to see the reflection of the leadership at the bottom of the ladder. This is exactly how the leadership is. Right at the bottom. Recommend

@UMAIR:
Mismanaged = Failed
Stop trying to sugar coat it and bury your head in the sand. Who is responsible for the mismanagement???? The rest of the world? India? America? Who? Who dictates policy and allows extreemism to grow rampant and unchecked? Who looks the other way when a man beats a woman or a child is raped? WHO????? Pakistani’s that’s WHO! Take responsibilty and stop acting like children. If Pakistan wants to be taken seriously they need to ACT like adults. NOT whining children who blame someone else for everything wrong. Recommend

Still there 12 nations “above” us. Can we appoint a commission to study how we can reach the No.1 spot by next year? This looks much easier than getting No.1 ranking in test cricket?Recommend

Controversy against Pakistan this document is developed by the Americans Policy makers. America is Number 1 state in criminal activities.Recommend

@A.Khan:
Which Economy are you talking about?? One that is dependant on AID and LOANS!!!!Recommend

didn’t surprise me at all … one of the achievements of the current democratic system which they will mention in their next election manifesto …. what they had done previously and people will still vote them …. all stakeholders are responsible including opposition that were sacrificing all the developments for just streamlining of the democracy…. i wonder if this country be eaten by all these politicians and our defense intuitions by giving chances to all political parties one by one and by that time Pakistan no longer exist ….. Recommend

@Shahrukh kazmi:
Do you remember USSR??
History can be guide to shape nation’s future. But Pakistan is on path of changing history itself. Future is only thing they dont care about….Recommend

Stupid Generals and Corrupt Politicians are responsible for this. In coming yrs hundreds of thousands of new kids will be coming out for jobs bit there are no jobs, guess what will happen then?

The state has lost the basic concept of its existence, it has now become a parasite living on our blood.

This failed system needsbto be changed.Recommend

Ohh damn, we failed to secure 1st position, sorry world we are little behind, but worry not next year we’ll beat you!Recommend

No State is a failed State.They are actually struggling states.Don’t fall to the so called intellectuals of west, who have nothing to do except making new bombs and creating word/excel reports.If Pak is a fail state why don’t America ask Canada for help in Afghanistan.Don’t get down, get up and stand tall.Recommend

Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka……

India is the ONLY country in the world that is surrounded by ONLY Failed States on all its sides !!Recommend

@Zubair:

Portugal and Greece not being failed states has nothing to do with them being in Europe. Portugal and Greece may have economic problems, they may even have failing economies, but they are proper secular democracies with functioning institutions and rule of law. In other words they are a world away from failed states like Pakistan and Afghanistan where the only law is that of the jungle.Recommend

Ohh sorry, we failed to secure 1st position =(
But worry not mates, we are coming to challenge you at 1st position, we are little behind. We are gonna put more ingredients – corruption, income inequality, social distortion, poverty, unemployment, terrorism and sectarian – I bet you, we’ll be at first!Recommend

These all reports have an aim to misguide the world. It does not have any aim except to defame and to damage the image of Pakistan before the whole world. Pakistan is the first Islamic country which has achieved the title of atomic power. How may is possible that an Islamic nation of the third world could achieve the capability of atomic technology. All such types of efforts have the same target, whether by publishing that fake reports or by supporting ans using terrorist factors.Recommend

Slap in the face of those that still prophesize “sovereignty” over prosperity. Slap on the face of those Ghairatmand Platoon ( or is it brigade) who want to slam the door shut on all those that are feeding our ailing economy.

I suspect that the only reason we are not on the top of the list is because of the US and IMF aid… Just think about it. If you take away the aid from the hand that feeds us ( but we would love to bite it anyway) then we wont be able to keep the economy going even for a few months. For those that shout off the top of their lungs to banish USA from Pakistan soil, they must remember that without that aid, we will be history so thank your lucky stars and Uncle Sam..

North Korea does not get any aid and yet is just next to Pakistan on that list. Pakistan is effectively a failed state where the establishment, politicians and majority of the masses are sleep walking to their way to the oblivion.

Long live the armed forces of Pakistan and its deep throat. Without you, we would be a far prosperous country like some of our neighbours..

A collective shame for the nation..

Aitum bum zindabad.. Amreeka murdabad.. The land of the pure and fanatics..!!

Haris ChaudhryRecommend

@malik:
Slap in the face of India !!

They were not found fit to be included in this list !!!

As an Indian I am devastated. In spite of such strong & friendly (brotherly?) support from our biggest South Asian neighbour, we have again failed to make it to this coveted and exclusive fraternity.Recommend

we have improved and moved out of top 10.

Good achievement but need to compete with india and come in 50′s in next few yearsRecommend

@Raja:
Mr. A Raja stop doing this. we don’t know why every Pakistani worship China and always prefer china as a blanket to cover Pakistan’s weaknesses.Recommend

@kazi jawed akhter:
Here is the link which you really need to read in order for some good dose of enlightenment!!
Then tell me as to who is day dreaming?
When you read this pls ensure you are actually out of that little Cocoon of Denials too!

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/20/thebrutaltruthRecommend

Pakistan is not a failed state. The report is politically motivated. India is as much a failed state as Pakistan. They have the highest number of poor in the world. There are countless independence movements in India and some of these might actually become successful. Recommend

Pakistan is improving, i am hopeful. Future is very bright for Pakistan and world we see it at the top.Recommend

@QuranVsHadith

For me there is difference in being failed and being mis-managed. why we are mis-managed because we are resourceful and acquire all the basic necessities for existing in this modern age. why we are not failed state because if we get right (well-managed) direction and wake up as soon as possible then we can get over the current crisis in a couple of year.
while agreeing with some of your points i must add that we are leading towads failure but not a failed state.Recommend

Pakistan has been claimed as a ‘failed state’ since Nehru, and India in the 80s/90s, when Naxalites/Khalistan insurgencies were at their peak. The latter, thanks to sound economic policy, is not viewed as such (I talked of India as our friendly neighbours are getting over-excited)
So even if some Western pandits put Pakistan at n°1, it’s not a determinism: just get rid of these incapable leaders.Recommend

Some of Pakistan’s recent accomplishments:

No. 3 on list of most dangerous for women
No. 4 on list of most corrupt
No. 12 on list of failed states
No. 10 on list of deadliest for journalists

All credit to those who are part of the establishment Recommend

not to worry bros,very soon india will also be in top 10 when we conquer them and broadcast pakistan radio from new delhi.remember ghazwa e hind has been prophesied.then we will march west and capture israel and liberate our palestinian brothers.
yours truly,
General Zaid Hamid.Recommend

Are we supposed to believe this crap vomited by western personals??Recommend

Another curious point: most of the failed states seem to have one thing in common….Islam…did anyone notice that?Recommend

This blob of news and related news headline on ET says it all….

Pakistan ranks 12th on failed states index: Report

Pakistan ranks 3rd on list of most dangerous countries for women
Pakistan 10th on list of deadliest places for journalists: Report


Where is the leadership to smell the coffee and get us out of this mess?Recommend

i am not a bit setisfied with foriegn lists and results regarding my sweet home. I just think this is a policy to include Pakistan in the most deadliest zones and to capture our Nuclear. Thats itRecommend

All credit must go to the Military / Mullah alliance for making a promising country into a haven for terrorists. When there are so many guns(legal and illegal) loosely floating around, rivers of blood are bound to flow. “Religion is the opium of the masses”. The citizens senses have become so dull with the overdose that they are no longer demanding their basic rights of clean air, food, shelter and justice. Now poor people think India, America, Israel are the reason for all their misfortunes, such is the power of propaganda. Without US Aid the country has the potential to climb quickly to TOP position. Recommend

These are totally biased reports…China has empowered world market more than india..still their ranks can tell you on what basis these reports have been written…i would say “bounded rationality” Funny thing is everyday we are seeing a new article defaming Pakistan only…i dont think person who wrote this know the meaning of FAILED… Pakistaniz are living their life with all luxuries..besides some culprits dont want them to have it..thats why exagerrating stuff related to Pakistan…and yeah how can they even write something related to counties where they have put their lots of investment..e.g IndiaRecommend

@Hedgefunder:
What are you talking about? India and Indians hate us and will do everything in their power to destroy my country. We have to answer their rants.
The condition of the masses in Pakistan is much better than the poor and hungry Indians. The streets and roads are in a better condition than the Indian roads and Pakistan is much cleaner.
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we are listening such rubbish reports from last four years that very soon Pakistan is going to disintegrate but all these report could not prove its worth. We are a nation of 180 million people with strong religious relationship. Nothing is going to happen with this country Western and USA media is making such rubbish reports.Recommend

subhanallahRecommend

@johnny_bravo:
doesn’t it look like a planned media war against state of Pakistan…???????Recommend

@Zeeeee:
Pakistan is an islamic republic. Hence inshallah before everything, inshallah after everything. Leave the youth talk for secular countries. In this country everything starts and ends with islam. Hence Inshallah. Q.E.D.Recommend

We do hate some pakistanis but only those who intend to harm us.
Coming from same land that stands divided now, I believe a normal average pakistani also don’t hate us. Recommend

@rashid:
If this is the fault of democracy then Pakistan should have been not even in this list, as it is ruled more by the army and much less by democracy. You logic that it is the fault of democracy in Pakistan is the same as some hater of Islam would say that it is the fault of Islam and not of the people of Pakistan. To support this they give the examples of democratic countries are better in every sense than religious and Muslim countries.

Please do not blame the failure of a few to democracy, independence or free society. It is the corrupt and evil mindset that is responsible. If there were true democracy in Pakistan, OBL would not be living there. In fact he was living and settled during Mush’s military rule. Demand truth and not secret talks by the army about the presence of OBL. Lie is the mother of all evils as Islam teaches. However, getting the truth out in Pakistan is like pulling out the teeth. To hide the truth their attack dogs would call you names and agents of foreing powers. Lie, refute, excuses and conspiracy theories are the only answer one gets from the failure of the army, which consumes most resources. Pakistan’s slide is not not recent, it is an ongoing process. The only things that has not changed is the mindset and mullah/military alliance. The puppet leaders come and go but this alliance remains intact. Recommend

@3footninja:
It looks like Pak was in 9th place in 2007 when Musharraf left Then it came to 10th place in 2008 and 2009 and finally it is now out of the top 10 list. So in fact there has been improvement under the civilian rule.Recommend

@Khawar Sher: When state comes to collapse, it doesnot care where you have nukes or not…USSR is a great example for you dear.

Pakistan is getting weaker in its administrative capacity….who cares with security dimensions, when u have internal enemies…..

Pakistan has number of ungoverned spaces (Tribal areas), does Nukes make them govern…we have social issues…does nukes make to resolve all socio-economic crisis…

We need to be realist and honest with ourself..Recommend

@UMAIR:
“…For me Pakistan is not a Failed state but a mis-managed state.”
Trust me it gives no joy to us Indians, but this kind of quibbling by Pakistanis is pointless. Yours has been recognized as a “FAILED” state precisely because it is a “mismanaged” state. That means only one thing: you have arrived!Recommend

@xyz:

The world should open up the eyes. If India is neighbouring around all the failed states,
then isn’t this a country who should be held responsible for the regional blood shed.
People of the world, it was Indial ,who trained the most ruthless terrorist , who calle themselves the Tigers. And subsequently killed a prominent prime minister of India “Rajive Ghandi “. And it was India that instigated the thousand of bangladeshi nationals to be killed during the separation from Pakistan. And further more, their are thousand of armed terrorist in Kashmir.
All these are due to the under-hand work in the region.
So people of the world, open up your eyes and your brain and think that, who should be held responsible for aiding and abiding the regional unrest in south asia .

JRRecommend

There is nothing more to add to the sentiments expressed by most of the readers. Just, hope the people in power will take this serious, come out clean, and make this country and its people proud. Is it too much to ask for???Recommend

@Hedgefunder:
Feed the people? If allocation of $$ was used as a tool to measure rank on this list, God knows MANY other nations would have surpassed us, including India considering it has unparalleled levels of poverty and starving people, yet here we have a nation spending on ridiculous things like their space program, in hopes of some day making it to the moon….?? Pointing fingers at nation for irresponsible spending is a joke.
More to the point, Pakistan’s current situation is due to a number of factors, the main ones being crappy governing and leaders who don’t give a rat’s a$$ about the people of Pakistan or the nation’s future. Recommend

@Babar:
With all due respect, the integration of “Islam” into EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of Pakistan is part of the reason Pakistan is where it is today. And to dismiss the ‘youth talk’ for secular nations is absurd. This country depends on it’s future generations. Be a realist, not an idealist. Cheers. Recommend

@Extremely Tight Dhoti: You Indians never miss a beat do you. Don’t worry one day we’ll return the favour. As for Kashmir, you’ll see that only Kashmiris will determine their own future and the United Nations resolution where we can choose our own destiny will be implemented.Recommend

@Jawad U Rehman: Nice try buddy..
u just need 2 practice more,one day you’ll look like n educated person :)Recommend

@Babar:
TOP, you mean number one position?Recommend

Islamic leaders and Islamic strict citizens of Paksitan ruined Pakistan by only getting islamic education and bad behavior against Women of pakistan and also not allowing women getting modern education. I feel sorry for Pakistan but really i can’t do anything but to watch pakistan go down. Recommend

The ground realities of India and Pakistan are much the same, nothing at all from the West shall be believed, on top of anything, are the two things that should never, ever be believed: statistics and media reports.Recommend

In 1947 our population (West Pak,) was 30 million today it is 180 million. The population grew by 6 times !!! Think hard about. What does mean. Each farmer now has 1/6 less land. Water tables are shrinking with as such out water. Think of the damage to the environment from how intensively we are using the land. Land in many parts is accumulating salt from bad irrigation. Each person would now be 6 times richer. Karachi is now a mega-slum. You should see on youtube a film of Karachi in 1950. If you have a brain think what we could have become you would weep.

We failed big time in population. WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN 1947 AND WE BLEW IT.

But the the depressing thing is failed in many many other areas. There is no need list further. I wish the illiterates who are posting here would see the ground realities. Recommend

I agree, there is not much sanity left in the country but at the same time, you can’t call it curtains. I mean come on … a number 12 failed state does not produce a gem like Coke Studio! Watch the show and you feel the country is alive, vibrant, soulful, peaceful. A number 12 failed state does not win gold medals in asian games, and does not make it to cricket world cup semi finals despite having marked as no-go zone for international cricket. I guess we are badly ripped apart between extremely gruesome and ultimately amazing.Recommend

@JR:
Honestly, you guys talk so much nonsense about India that you’ll never be taken seriously even if they do actually cause some harm. Do they have the old “Boy Who Cried Wolf” story over there? If not, you should look it up.

Preemptive: no I’m not Indian.Recommend