War rages in the North-West Frontier and the poor are embracing the Taliban because they at least fix roads and discipline criminals. But if catastrophe is to be averted in Pakistan it is the corrupt elite who must be confronted Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
the writer's concerns and perceptions of what is happening within and to her country are laid out in this story. she describes a corruption of governance without the consent of the population, creating the intolerable conditions under which people live, and a blindness she perceives in the u.s.'s aid which she believes has and will continue to foster these conditions. it is an angry and heartfelt description, and most of us remain unaware of it all.
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