When Pakistan banned its free access to internet I personally felt shocked and ashamed that how can a country have people who celebrate the censorship of free media. It was quite strange the way people reacted as it was the only country in the world to act this way. There has to be something going wrong in here. I set out to analyse the stats of Pakistan as compared to the rest of the world and the results were predictable
Quality of life index
An indicator that ranks countries on the basis of
- Health
- Family life
- Community life
- Material well-being
- Political stability and security
- Climate and geography
- Job security
- Political freedom
- Gender equality
Rank of pakistan = 93/111
(Source: Economist Intelligence Unit – Quality of life index)
Literacy Rate
Again shameful yet predictable
Pakistan’s rank = 160/177
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate)
Unemployment Rate
Pakistan 15.2 %
World rank 153/200
1 being the country with lowest rate of unemployment
(Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html)
Inflation
Pakistan’s rank = 211/222
Source: Cia world book fact
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2092rank.html?countryName=Pakistan&countryCode=pk®ionCode=sas&rank=211#pk
Subjective Well Being
Corruption
Corruption is only a repercussion of the current condition of Pakistani society. It would be racist to say that it is its inherent nature
Corruption Perceptions Index 134/180
(Source: Transparency International)
Overview of the index of perception of corruption, 2009. (Where the highest perception of corruption is colored red, and lowest is colored green.)
A Failed State
Failed States Index ranks pakistan 10/177. It is an indicator of lack of control of a government upon its people or the absence of a sustainable system to operate a country.
An interesting thing is that even countries even U.S. and U.K. have only been ranked moderately sustainable, however Denmark, Norway, finland, Canada, countries which have a predominantly unbiased population having no particular belief system have fared better and have been categorized as sustainable.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Failed_States_Index)
Press Freedom
Do I have to say anything about it? The recent bans speak volumes about it..
Worldwide press freedom index 152/173
(Source: The Reporters Without Borders)
And Now The Most Sexually Frustrated
“Google, the world’s most popular Internet search engine, has found in a survey that mostly Muslim states seek access to sex-related websites and Pakistan tops the list”
Where are the religious fanatics now? Want to say anything Maulana?
Source http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=20065\17\story_17-5-2006_pg1_4
Satisfaction With Life
And still you wonder why Pakistanis are generally a depressed and dissatisfied nation?
Satisfaction with life index = Pakistan overall ranking 166
(Source, A. White, Satisfaction with life index, University of Leicester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfaction_with_Life_Index)
Possible Reasons
Who is responsible? Ask a Sindhi, he’ll say Punjabi. Ask a civilian he’ll say the military. Ask the Maulana, he will say the Zionists and the america.
But perhaps the best logical way would be to compare ourselves to the nations who are faring better than us. The bad news for the Maulana is that the country that topped the Satisfaction with life index was Denmark.
Now the danes and other Scandinavian nations are neither Christians nor are they Jews. This would perhaps ease the Maulana. And Denmark perhaps has the best social system, even better than U.S.
The question is, is man really flexible enough to adopt to a pattern that clearly yields better results. The answer.. It takes time.
The internet is the only way that can propel the mindset of this region. Yet this race is bent upon destroying its only source of salvation.
Overall I know the world is heading in a better direction and either you are on the ship or you are off it it’s your choice..
