Wake-up call

PAKISTAN has been facing a number of internal and external challenges for quite some time. It is high time that the nation should rise to eliminate terrorism by showing unity in all ranks. The national unity will also help focus on all the challenges including electricity shortage.
When Pakistan came into being, there was an industrial revolution in the developed world. Pakistan also worked on that very idea and made quite an industrial growth in Ayub Khan and later in Zulfiqar Bhuto’s eras. Vital projects like Pakistan Heavy Mechanical Complex and Tarbela Dam were initiated in those days. Work on the nuclear technology also began at that time.
Though country made some landmark achievements in different fields in the past, Pakistanis were currently facing issues like terrorism, unemployment, health, political instability and economic disparity. The situation demands national unity and major infrastructural changes in all the sectors to help boost economy, create jobs, minimise trade deficit, and increase agriculture and textile exports. Improvement in law and order is imperative to encourage the foreign investment, boost tourism and increase per capita income.
All these objectives cannot be achieved until we as a nation wake up and start working on a common goal with a missionary zeal.
—Hamza Tahir, a BBA student at a local university.