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Pakistan is not a governable country

Reza Hossein Borr - 3/18/2009

Pakistan is not a governable country. Every kind of ruler has tried that. Politicians failed in governing Pakistan. Military men failed to govern Pakistan effectively and properly. All of Pakistan's leaders have either been killed or ended in a disgraceful manner. Different systems have been tried. All of them have failed. Pakistan People's Party have introduced socialist policies and failed. Other rulers of Pakistan introduced capitalist systems and failed too.

There are a few fundamental elements in this country which do not allow any political system, any politician or military strongman to govern Pakistan. Geographical composition, historical background, religious system, economic discrimination, social and cultural structures, political characterization and ingredients have prevented the smooth governance of the country and they will be insurmountable in future. The reason is the reason for the creation of Pakistan which is a religious one.

Geographically and historically the present lands that constitute Pakistan have never been part of a united country. The people are completely different and they do not get integrated into one social structure. Religion was not a compelling reason for peoples who were almost all secular with their own developed culture and traditions. When the country became more religious, the people had already been fragmented in irreconcilable units. Economic discrimination that began from the first days of the creation of the country disappointed all proportions of the people who made up Pakistan. Everybody was for himself and therefore, there was not a shared sense of destination or shared rewards. Political organization was set up even in a worse foundation. It was supposed to be a Confederation, but immediately after the independence, struggle for transforming it into a unitary system began and therefore aborted every effort for the creation of the Confederation.

The Baluch people and Khan of Kalat began their campaign from that time to preserve the idea of Confederation but since the establishment did not honor their agreements with the leaders of Baluchistan for Confederation, some leaders of Baluchistan found themselves in association with certain leaders who did not keep their own promises and therefore, they began to look for independence. The honoring and breach of a promise has been a fundamental value of the Baluch people.

Cultural foundation of the country began on the making of Urdu language, the official language of the country which alienated the people of four participating nations in the formation of Pakistan. Nobody knew Urdu in Sindh, NWFP, and Balochistan and therefore the people of three states suddenly became illiterate and deprived from all privileges of administration. Their languages were smashed, their qualifications ignored and all the jobs went to those who spoke Urdu.

Hostilities began from every side and the army tried to oppress all of them. The only institution that remained loyal to the mission of one country was the army and the army did its best to shatter the hopes of the people for integrating into one nation.

Today we are the witness to the failure of a country that was led by those who did not have any emotional commitment to its prosperity. Military and civilian rulers proved that their first loyalty was to their own individual interests and then, to their own tribe or province; ignoring the national interests of the country that they were ruling. From the first ruler to the last one in Pakistan, nobody had a correct understanding of the challenges of Pakistan and how to resolve them. The result is a country that is ungovernable. Every day that goes forward we see that everything for everybody deteriorates and therefore, those in charge help more in deterioration rather than in salvation. The future is bleak. If anybody had any hope for Pakistan in any point in history they have been tarnished by those who only ruled it and pursued their own narrow interests which were in contrast with the interests of those that constituted Pakistan.

No nation has been more effectual in the disintegration of its people than of Pakistan. Pakistan is the only country in the world which is likely to be broken up by the corruption and inefficiencies of its own leaders. Today no one blames Bangladesh for going its own way as the excessive oppressions and massacres caused its separation. Tomorrow nobody will blame Baluchistan or other parts of Pakistan for separating themselves from a sick country that its doctors tried to kill it step-by-step.