Pakistan's Day of Reckoning

The stock market riot last week may be a harbinger of bitter news to come.

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  • Posted By: scorpioking58 @ 11/28/2008 4:55:15 PM

    I strongly recommend that Mr. Ganguly should not write this kind of misguiding articles based on poor knowledge and informations. What I know is economis crisis are all over the World right now and every nation or country face many faces of its growth, ups and downs come on every nation but offcourse nations survive.... The article does not include the latest and true information and Mr. Ganguly being an indian is just seeing the one side of the picture. I condemn it.
    Muhammad Ali

  • Posted By: scorpioking58 @ 11/28/2008 4:51:58 PM

    I strongly recommend that Mr. Ganguly should not write this kind of misguiding articles based on poor knowledge and informations. What I know is economis crisis are all over the World right now and every nation or country face many faces of its growth, ups and downs come on every nation but offcourse nations survive.... The article does not include the latest and true information and Mr. Ganguly being an indian is just seeing the one side of the picture. I condemn it.
    Muhammad Ali

  • Posted By: Nasir Siddique @ 11/28/2008 10:43:55 AM

    I seriously doubt the knowledge and the credibility of the contents of this article. When was the last time Mr Ganguly visited Pakistan.
    Dr Nasir Siddique

  • Posted By: sultan786 @ 11/21/2008 1:29:08 PM

    look mate christian_soldier.......see you having that type of stupid username would make people irrate...but forget that now what pakistan needs to do is be more disciplined because mark my words they are very close to being invaded by america...they need to pull there act together and start doing things for the country instead of their selfish selves...

  • Posted By: nighatt @ 11/18/2008 8:36:10 AM

    These occurrences tend to happen in the poorer areas of Pakistan. It is not a Muslim and Christian issue. I have lived in Pakistan for a number of years and attended a Christian school. Christians are treated with respect as they are 'People of the Book'. In Pakistan they share the same culture. You will find these occurences in places where there is hardly any social justice. Also, exploitation and oppression areas happening all over the world in Western countries under different guises. There are crazy people all over the world who do silly things - why are you blaming the relgion and the whole Muslim community. You need to calm down and put things into perspective brother. We should all pray for better understanding and peace.

  • Posted By: Christian_Soldier @ 11/04/2008 12:19:57 PM

    And another thing.. Christians are being killed in India & Pakistan because they are the minority - a Christian friend of mine from Pakistan said that she heard of 6 Christian women being buried alive! Which is why she fled here to be safe. How nice for Muslims in this country, they don't have to fear being buried alive, they can build mosques and are allowed to worship in peace. Why can't muslims allow Christians in their country to do the same? Muslims in this country should be thankful that we don't treat them the same as they treat Christians.

  • Posted By: ironbird @ 11/04/2008 8:23:29 AM

    I was going to post a comment until I saw what obviously1234 said and I thought, "Yep, that's it in a nutshell". If the *** gets too thick why not head for the UK ? Half the population of Pakistan are already here so why not the other half ?

  • Posted By: DrNova @ 11/04/2008 6:39:03 AM

    To the commentors: How would you feel if someone said the same about your countries? Even a neutral person can feel the hostility and resentment that is ever present in your words and if they are an indication to the rationalization of the general populace then I'm afraid that the probelms of Pakistan will be global because such sentiments can be directed to any country who displeases the west.
    If money is what your worried about and how much the west is spending in Pakistan to stop terrorsim then let me remind you that it was the atrocities of the west over the decades that have lead to ordinary people to take up terrorism and Pakistan just happened to get caught in the middle because its close geographical proximities, So whatever the west is spending is nothing more than a penance for thier own mistakes and it will take a long time to clean this mess,
    As far as the writer is concerned about Pakistan's economic conditions, I do agree that recents events put a bleak picture. However, Pakistan as a nation is more resiliant and Pakistanis as a people are more conciensious then others give them credit for and they have the ability and commitment to come out of any crisis. It might take a rude awakening or it might even be coming back from the brink of disaster but Pakistan will survive as long as the people remember why it is important for them to be united and the world remembers what it would cost if Pakistan was no longer in existance.

  • Posted By: Christian_Soldier @ 11/04/2008 4:30:16 AM

    Why is it that most (if not all) Islamic countries are in constant turmoil? Why is it that most Christian countries seem to be law-abiding and more civilised? Has anyone ever heard of a Christian suicide bomber? No and you never will. You do not have to die for Jesus for salvation - he died for you.

  • Posted By: obviously1234 @ 10/14/2008 7:48:17 AM

    Oh fantastic, that means we will get more of them over here and we can become more multicultural. Just what I always wanted.

  • Posted By: NPegasus @ 10/12/2008 3:18:09 AM

    For the war on terror, Pakistan has so far received $ 10 billion of dollars in cash, debt write-offs and weapons. In addition, Pakistan receives $1 billion each year as democracy dividend. Where has all the money gone? Perhaps, the cost of secretly training, nursing and arming the terrorists is getting expensive day by day.
    Pakistan has now created ???Friends for Pakistan??? ??? a group of powerful countries that will bail it out through these difficult times. I hope some tough conditions are attached to the bail out plan. Tough conditions that will allow the NATO forces to permanently clean up the sanctuaries of terror and stop Pakistan from building its military for next few decades. A martial plan should be put in place to rebuild Pakistan; similar to the one used to rebuild 20th century Germany/Japan.

  • Posted By: ZainSayed @ 09/24/2008 9:20:51 PM

    Ignorance, Prejudice, bias and Bigotry. Will all wars in the 21st century be fought on these criteria?

  • Posted By: Mumbaihurricane @ 09/24/2008 5:27:08 AM

    What are we talking about....? Each citizen of any country has their right and are responsible to build there government, give a look in own state and try to eliminate and increase the connotation by choosing few praiseworthy persons in Government,
    Instead of stating such hoodwink to others by talking about khalistan, tamilnadu etc and stating them to be like minded and wanting to be separate from India; what exactly tried here and from where have you got this from; come out of the wonderland and see the tangible, It is one unite nation and will be.

    Why exactly every body in the entire world starts blaming a country or few orthodox like minded from same origin and creed; there has to be a very strong reason for all such victuals,
    When any such situation like what has happened in India, US, UK etc arise, we always have one endpoint of all such cause and directs to one nation only; Even if everyone in the nation is not involved, majority is from there and will not prefer to take the name, you can give all phlamphy explanation to one or two and get rid of that; but not to all... every country has there intelligence services, If one country is trying to propagate something that is wrong on others; there are few credible organizations who can deny and ask for explanation for all such misleading information....
    And above all facts say the truth about themselves......if not accepting Information from a put from India take US, UK why are they behind.

    Many Countries were in sleep until it happened to them, We are facing this right from the word sovereignty, Kashmir is totally messed bcoz of all such miscreant, Mr Musharraf stating it as a freedom struggle of Kashmiris , Yes it is a freedom struggle, but from what and whom you all know???

    Jai Hind

  • Posted By: Mumbaihurricane @ 09/24/2008 5:26:10 AM

    What are we talking about....? Each citizen of any country has their right and are responsible to build there government, give a look in own state and try to eliminate and increase the connotation by choosing few praiseworthy persons in Government,
    Instead of stating such hoodwink to others by talking about khalistan, tamilnadu etc and stating them to be like minded and wanting to be separate from India; what exactly tried here and from where have you got this from; come out of the wonderland and see the tangible, It is one unite nation and will be.

    Why exactly every body in the entire world starts blaming a country or few orthodox like minded from same origin and creed; there has to be a very strong reason for all such victuals,
    When any such situation like what has happened in India, US, UK etc arise, we always have one endpoint of all such cause and directs to one nation only; Even if everyone in the nation is not involved, majority is from there and will not prefer to take the name, you can give all phlamphy explanation to one or two and get rid of that; but not to all... every country has there intelligence services, If one country is trying to propagate something that is wrong on others; there are few credible organizations who can deny and ask for explanation for all such misleading information....
    And above all facts say the truth about themselves......if not accepting Information from a put from India take US, UK why are they behind.

    Many Countries were in sleep until it happened to them, We are facing this right from the word sovereignty, Kashmir is totally messed bcoz of all such miscreant, Mr Musharraf stating it as a freedom struggle of Kashmiris , Yes it is a freedom struggle, but from what and whom you all know???

    Jai Hind

    Mr Sultan Ahmed, JamesMartin00; why exactly every body in the entire world starts blaming a country and few orthodox when any such situation like what has happened in India, US, UK etc... you can give an explanation to one two and get rid of that but not to all... every country has there intelligence services, If one is trying to propogate something that is wrong there are others who can deny and ask for explanation why is that so.... when ever any such incident happens the fatcs say the truth about them selves... take US, UK... leave India behind.

    Other Countries were sleep untill it happened to them

  • Posted By: jammer @ 07/24/2008 2:45:59 AM

    @sbo614: How many Pakistani citizens have you had the honor to meet?? Talk is cheap, and your rant about Pakistan and its people is clearly misguided. Pakistanis want democracy, just like any other nation, and are slowly working towards it, despite the hurdles.
    We do not define our patriotism by being anti-India, but might I ask how you define your patriotism? Biased comments against Pakistan are bound to evoke a response from a Pakistani, whom you would then label as being anti-India, rather thatn being anti-bigotry!
    We have our problems, but which country doesn't? We are trying our best to work our way through them and would like others to appreciate it rather than to bash us to kingdom come.
    "The common Pakistani citizen had always led a bitter life." You do not know the common Pakistani citizen, that much is clear. Life has been a struggle, but to say that it has been a bitter life for the majority of us is a wrong idea. It is true that times have been hard recently, and the ensuing poverty has fed the fires of extremism.
    Please say nothimg about us, if you cannot find the time to get to know us first.

    • Posted By: Trooper101st @ 09/11/2008 8:04:54 AM

      YOUR country hates the US. Who are you kidding. Name the MOST dangerous city in the world for Westerners? Hint: IT BEGINS WITH A P. YOU are a liar. Your country has to be on the nuclear target list. For good reason too.

  • Posted By: Tara33 @ 07/30/2008 5:50:04 AM

    One more thing: notwithstanding the ranting and raving here, it has been established that the ISI was involved in -- and the mastermind behind behind -- the blast in the Indian embassy at Kabul.

    • Posted By: Trooper101st @ 09/11/2008 7:59:18 AM

      Tell that to "Sultan Ahmed", who is in a delusional state of denial. Denial is NOT a river in Egypt, and the truth hurts. Its gonna hurt a lot more when the heavies start dropping 2,000lb JDAMS all over the tribal areas, hopefully catching some of ur ISI ghosts in the process. You are truly ignorant AHMED. Sultan? You are a dreamer....

  • Posted By: Trooper101st @ 09/11/2008 7:53:07 AM

    Ur moslem "heroes" have HIJACKED ur religion. Wat are YOU gonna do about it? Thats why islam is always associated with terrorism. All you sane moderate moslems are complicit in this. By keeping quiet and not standing up. Barbaric moslems who need killin'.

  • Posted By: Trooper101st @ 09/11/2008 7:49:22 AM

    P-stan is helping the t-ban/AQ avoid US forces. When we tell them of an op, it goes from our mouths straight to taliban ears. P-stan's claim of soveriegnty is a joke, and it will not be funny at all when the US decides to use its heavy bombers to drop tons of bombs on the camps the P-stani's have so conveintly ignored. Well, those days are OVER. Bombs Away!!!

  • Posted By: paramountg @ 09/08/2008 2:36:03 AM

    Watch the following vidz on the current scenario in Pakistan. A real eye opener

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bnITvE4qA4w

  • Posted By: Tara33 @ 07/30/2008 5:38:11 AM

    Excellent article by Mr Ganguly. Instead of focusing on India -- which is Pakistan's national obsession -- it should focus on raising its average citizens out of daily hell, and pulling itself out of the deepest, blackest pit it has dug itself into. A few cute statements to mislead a naive American audience will not allay this: a real disaster.

    • Posted By: i a khan @ 08/11/2008 10:28:45 PM

      i think ISI was definetly involved, but it was necessary to break the chain of supplies to the taliban who are getting wepons, money and support from india to bring all this instability in pakistan.

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