With August 14 approaching fast, Dawn.com would like to know your thoughts on Pakistan and the way forward.
In your opinion, what should be done today to fix the many problems Pakistan faces?
Please give your answer in one sentence along with your name, age, location and profession to qualify for the survey.
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corruption, corruption,corruption…….GET RID
Fast justice, fast justice, fast justice….GIVE
revolution, revolution, revolution………BRING
Azi Ahmed
Teacher
Malaysia
The Government should cut their expenditures and ordinary people should live a simple life.
Saqib
38 years
New Zealand
PhD Student
Sent Army back to barracks.
Switch to Presidential system and hold new elections and make it a legal requirement that each party holds inter party elections to nominate their candidate. (my political reforms), educational reforms make a universal system and standardize it across Pakistan, eliminate all religious schools, religion should be part of this standardized educational system, nationalize institutions and become a more protectionist economy.
Faisal Munawar
Montreal, Canada
Financial Engineer.
39 Male
lahore
Enterprenuer
Establishing long awaited independent all powerful election commission, dispension of transparent justice at the doorstep, disbanding all the police force and cutting to size non functional state enterprises will work wonders.
Become secular and deal with the religious fundamentalists who have eaten up
the country on the pretext of religion
End theocracy, establish rule of law and let minorities thrive.
Same education and health care for all.
Learn to tolerate, Practice the education which you learn in your classrooms in real life and don’t let it buzz away from your brains, Please don’t use Nepotism as a symbol of your successes just abandon it once and for all, own your mistakes and rectify them instead of running away from them, respect what you have in Pakistan and go for that which we don’t have may it be industry, money, energy, or prestige, and last but not the least: Don’t pretend to be so Islamic if u are not infact, stop saying Muhajir, Shia or Sunni, say Pakistani instead, and let them live who want to live- let them be secular plss!
Haseeb Jatoi
Age : 23 years
Lahore
Chemical Engineer, UET Lahore, Pakistan.
Rule Of Law,Merit,Education,Energy and Solid Taxation reforms,is in my opinion the only way to move forward for us.
Zafar Alam
58yrs,
Karachi
100% Deen in everyone’s life!!
Name: Kamil Gani
Age: 27
Location: USA
Profession: Electrical Engineer
pakistan government should declare education emergency providing 30% of its budget, take measures to de politicise institutions, equality of law must be experienced in its true spirit, a few corrupt heads must roll, socialization of society, people must pay their taxes and see their utilization, develop an open and neutral foreign policy, give provincial autonomy.
student
1. education.
2. equality of both sexes.
3.democracy.
4.fight the main enemy within.
5.adopt liberal view.
6.social and economic revival.
and story continues……… do something pakistanis before its too late …
Vote with sound judgment after reviewing background and performance of the candidates.
Zahid Sadik
53 years
USA
Engineer
Pakistan is very resourceful country,we living in misery is like some one die thirsty right next to a well. Pakistan problem is mismanagement & corruption.we have incompetent leadership,who have no vision to get a right start.Every time a party comes in power,they spend first few years blaming the previous ones & then they fight last few years to complete their terms.Problems & solution is not their priority,small example govt could have built small dams with help of international Aid but they came out with rental power projects,to have kick backs,same attitude you will find in other sectors as well.federal govt want to stay alive in power so they just divide the provinces on the hands of incompetent political parties,who just taking care of their share,regardless of out come.As wiki leaks mention & expose the culprits in power,that if the head is rotten,whole body stinks about the president of Pakistan.
One Answer To All Questions And Problems
Bring Mr. Parveiz Musharraf In Power And Presidency.
Tausif
24
India
Create foolproof systems for our “incorruptible” & “infallible” nation.
Educate the masses; education and only education is the key.
Arisha G
33
Canada.
Rule of law is the only silver bullet. Proper implementation will rid us of all our problems. Rule of law. Rule of law. Rule of Law.
* Eliminate extremism & weapons from the society
* Peace with India
* Education
* Democracy
Revisit the August 11, 1947 speech of Quaid-i-Azam to the first Constituent Assembly and adopt it as creed, especially where it talks about everyone being Pakistani first and then anything else.
Education, Education and Education. We need equal opportunity education system free of corruption. We need to open schools and colleges in each and every corner of Pakistan. We need to build sprots complexes and bring education ans sports as our top priority.
Enshrine secularism in the Constitution, modify the education system to include Indian History upto 14 August 1947 and study of all major religions, and include all minorities in General Elections.
- Justice system controlled by the UN Hague courts to route out corrupt leaders
– enforce taxation on all
– Remove Islamic and change to republic of Pakistan
– Promote secular education
– Separate religion from Pakistan constitutional Law
– Constitutional law should supersede shariah law
– Education mandatory and free to all from 1 to 12 with emphasis on social engineering
– Use the vast female talent and educate them
Kamran
We desperately need an honest ,hard-working government and an excellent police force.The very rich should be asked to donate to the poor,voluntarily(there is so much of a gap between the rich and poor)and thus the gap should be diminshed.Jobs should be created for the jobless.
The judiciary should come into action and have all corrupt people arrested.
Education should be compulsory and free to all upto Matric,at least.
Arms and ammunation should be banned and those who possess these should be confiscated.
The KESC,PTCL etc. should be managed by the government or other responsible private reliable companies.
Prices of essential food items should be reduced and hoarders,especially during Ramadan, should be caught and punished.
These are some of my suggestions.