Topic: - Why Jinnah Matters?

 There isn’t any hope in sight; Once there was mirth in heart, now nothing makes me smile.
(Ghalib about the atrocities on Muslims in India).
 Now, if we want to make state of Pakistan happy and prosperous, we should wholly and
solely concentration on well-begin of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor.
(Jinnah speech 1947)
 Akbar nature as a ruler (Din-e-Ilahi). Six Mughal emperor, starting with Babar in 1526 and
ending with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707. Mughals was finally kicked-off by British in
1857.
 Jinnah vision was to create a state which would be on the principles of State of Medina. He
said our prophet gave the charter of human behavior 13 th centuries before United Nations.
 Last testament of Jinnah showed that he wanted an Islamic version modern state
 Jinnah Islamic vision
 Protection of Non-Muslims and Jinnah
 Jinnah once called himself as a protector-general of Hindus.
 In 1947, he was invited as a chief guest by the Christians at the eve of Christmas day.
 He said, our own history and our Prophet have given clear message that minorities have
been treated not only fairly and justly but generously.
 Sir George Cunningham as the governor general of NWFP after the independent of
Pakistan.
 Opposition to Provincialism
 Support all provinces instead of opposition to it. (Allegations on Jinnah and
 Abdus Sattar Pirzada (Sindh has been the gateway of Islam in India and it shall be the
gateway to Islam too.)
 Jinnah wanted united Pakistan which would not only culturally but also ethnically)
 After Jinnah demise, movement of Bengali language. (In 1952 death of students in
Bangladesh)
 Jinnah, Pakistan, and India

Topic: - Governance Challenges

1) Pakistan Engagement in wars

 War to oust the Soviet Union
 Post-2001s war in Afghanistan
 Involvement in these wars proved wreak havoc for country stability in context of good
governance.
 These wars have robust repercussions on Pakistan’s governance contour.
2) Hostility with India
 Unfinished Kashmir agenda
 Three wars over Kashmir territory
 Investment on Defense instead of socio-economic indicator of the country
3) Nationalization of all sectors
 Damage a lot our economy
 Curb the privatization
 Losses of enterprises due to nationalization $400 billion a year in 2010
 Hemorrhage in power sector was $300 billion in 2010
  The confluence of these domestic of foreign predicaments put Pakistan’s into
deplorable governance performance.
4) Fault lines in Pakistan’s polity
 Asymmetry of power between elected and non-elected
 Civil-military relations
 Feudal and oligarchic political culture
 Nawaz Sharif came from mercantile background
 Dynastic base nature
 Protecting their own interests
 Biradri and clan based political leaders
 PPP, PMLN, Jamaat-e- Islami
 Patronage and affiliation for gaining power
 Dynastic politics stop the Intra-party democracy and parochial cultures
 Mariyam Nawaz, Hamza Shabbaz, and Bilwal Bhutto
 It creates a bullshit system oligarchy
 A writer says that few hundred families have control of Pakistan’s
legislature
 Preference given to those who have lineage politics
 Ticket distribution on basis hierarchy
 This political stratum hampers the reforms on tax, land, social welfare
and governance
 Politics of reinter by power group (Tax politics)
 Borrowed growth and bailouts to address financial problems
 Elite power and inability to collect taxes
 Tax GDP ratio (1990=11%, Musharraf era=9%, continuing declining and
lowest in the region)
 Less than 1 percent pay taxes in Pakistan
 Agriculture sector 22% of GDP but pay less than 1% taxes
 Similar income tax and Industrial tax ratio is very low
 IMF estimated that $3billion tax go into corruption during collection
 Reliance on IMF, WDB, WEF, ADB, US, SAUDI-ARABIA, UAE put society in the
dormancy rather than creating structure for the welfare of society.
 Enduring quest for security
 India and Afghanistan rivalry
 War and terror, Cold war era
 Pakistan dependence on other countries make its security more
deleterious.
 Self- Islam thinking