ASEAN
Pakistan becomes the 24th member of the regional forum. A good news for us as this inclusion is sure to open many doors of cooperation with the member countries. Will also bring stability in terms of peace in the region as both bigger countries of the sub continent are now members of the forum. This will also help in stabilizing the power balance in the region as both Pakistan and India are nuclear capable nations. Should I say only nuclear capable countries (koreans still under the veil). I have always felt that Pakistan needs to do more in improving its trade ties with other countries in the region. Economy as they say is the back bone of the country. A good and stable economic tie with any neighbouring country is sure to bring prosperity to the people of both countries. I have always felt that Pakistanis have to start looking beyond India. We need to get out of this parallel them always mentality and get going our own way. Think independently and judiciously for the betterment of our nation and country. It might seem odd to many but I have always felt that Pakistanis have always lacked in patriotism for their country. They might have patriotism for their place of birth or city or their language or province but no one is ready to think on the scale of a country. I have still not been able to find out the reason. I hope i will some day. But I hope even more that before I do the problem is resolved__or wait maybe that is the reason. Maybe none of us wants to think over this problem and just try to stay away from solving it or even recognizing it. Maybe all of us have taken for granted the idea that patriotism is something inborn something congenital to a child and stays with him till the day he bids farewell to this land of matter and resides in the abode of those who are immortal. But this might not be the case. True that everyone has feelings of love for the place where he is born but translating those feelings into those of altruism for the nation is not easy unless help is provided to the individual. We have to shape the ideology of our generations to broaden their mind sets thus resulting in automatic translation of feelings of mere love for the country into practical actions of meaning and benefit. This might again lead many to the wrong conclusion that the administration should sternly try to shape the ideology of the younger generation through propaganda in the textbooks. No in my opinion this is not right. Rather reverse may be more cognate to the idea. That is if you help the young think in a broader and independent spectrum with an unbiased approach they will naturally tend to think and act in a way that is welfare for the society. Freedom of thought is a must for everyone. There should be no bars on thinking and writing. Then again this will promote a sense of usefulness in the individuals of the society__a feeling so important to making society productive.
Pakistan becomes the 24th member of the regional forum. A good news for us as this inclusion is sure to open many doors of cooperation with the member countries. Will also bring stability in terms of peace in the region as both bigger countries of the sub continent are now members of the forum. This will also help in stabilizing the power balance in the region as both Pakistan and India are nuclear capable nations. Should I say only nuclear capable countries (koreans still under the veil). I have always felt that Pakistan needs to do more in improving its trade ties with other countries in the region. Economy as they say is the back bone of the country. A good and stable economic tie with any neighbouring country is sure to bring prosperity to the people of both countries. I have always felt that Pakistanis have to start looking beyond India. We need to get out of this parallel them always mentality and get going our own way. Think independently and judiciously for the betterment of our nation and country. It might seem odd to many but I have always felt that Pakistanis have always lacked in patriotism for their country. They might have patriotism for their place of birth or city or their language or province but no one is ready to think on the scale of a country. I have still not been able to find out the reason. I hope i will some day. But I hope even more that before I do the problem is resolved__or wait maybe that is the reason. Maybe none of us wants to think over this problem and just try to stay away from solving it or even recognizing it. Maybe all of us have taken for granted the idea that patriotism is something inborn something congenital to a child and stays with him till the day he bids farewell to this land of matter and resides in the abode of those who are immortal. But this might not be the case. True that everyone has feelings of love for the place where he is born but translating those feelings into those of altruism for the nation is not easy unless help is provided to the individual. We have to shape the ideology of our generations to broaden their mind sets thus resulting in automatic translation of feelings of mere love for the country into practical actions of meaning and benefit. This might again lead many to the wrong conclusion that the administration should sternly try to shape the ideology of the younger generation through propaganda in the textbooks. No in my opinion this is not right. Rather reverse may be more cognate to the idea. That is if you help the young think in a broader and independent spectrum with an unbiased approach they will naturally tend to think and act in a way that is welfare for the society. Freedom of thought is a must for everyone. There should be no bars on thinking and writing. Then again this will promote a sense of usefulness in the individuals of the society__a feeling so important to making society productive.
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