She should have beaten all the drums about Pakistan’s stellar achievements. But why drag India into it?
KARACHI: This is with reference to Maheen A Rashdi’s piece “We have forgotten our country’s plus points” (August 22). I expected to read something more profound from a Toronto-based journalist with over 20 years of experience and who has also served as a magazine editor for Dawn. I found Ms Rashdi’s piece to be misleading. She should have beaten all the drums about Pakistan’s stellar achievements. But why drag India into it? And if she did, then, as a journalist of 20 years’ standing, she should have covered the whole gamut.
There are myriad fields that cry out for comparison, such as the economy, the share of defence, education and health in the country’s federal budget, etc. India makes the world’s cheapest car, Nano. It is not shunned by international sports teams. It is not described as the “most dangerous place on earth”. It collects income tax on agriculture. Its personal landholdings are limited to just a few acres; one can go on and on. May I ask Ms Rashdi what are Pakistan’s plus points in these sectors?
SG Jilanee
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2013.
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