Sunday, July 19, 2009

Is Pakistan A Failed State? Asks Ijaz-ul-Haq



 Washington-based Fund for Peace, an Independent Research Organization has conducted a worldwide survey to index the failing states wherein Pakistan has been placed at 10th position in the International Community. Our country has been categorized as insecure, unstable and breeding ground for terrorism and spreading extremism that will affect everyone. ... The question that causes a stir is: are we a failed state in the real sense of the word? Good enough, the surveys / findings may prove us so, but is the ground situation really bad enough for us to be bracketed with tiny African states like Chad and Guinea? -- Ijaz-ul-Haq, former Minister for Religious Affairs of Pakistan.


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Syed Asadullah

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