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Pak-US Relations: A Mystery to be Solved
by
Sahar Arshad
Pak-US relations are a burning topic for these relations are
caught up in a storm and are dwindling just as the waves rise and collide. The
relation has, and always will be, a hot topic du moment due to (perceived) interference of both countries in
each other`s matters.
Pakistan relies deeply on the US for aid to carry on and (in erroneous allegation) the US does whatever it wants to within the country by hiding under the cape of that all-too popular catchphrase “war against terror” to become a "hero" in the rest of the world’s eye.
Pakistani politicians are merchants of manipulation. They try to blame the US for everything and do not tolerate US interference and thus the opposition is taking full advantage of such sentiments to manipulate the statements in such brutal ways so that people`s anger towards the US touches the sky and the government looks worse and weaker than ever.
The US tries to show the Taalibans as the most brutal animals of the world whereas the maulana’s and some other people wrongly try to portray them as the “soldiers of Allah”. Between the clash of these two countries, the people of Pakistan are suffering the most and are getting grinded to a halt. People have become patients of schizophrenia with their one personality supporting US and the other hating it like hell. Such split personality disorders are nothing but divisive.
The recent curbing of NATO supplies and the demands of Pakistan against drone attacks have further pressurized this already fragile relation and now the relations are on the verge of falling by the wayside. The problem in all this is that the people have no idea of what’s going on. They only rely on the news that is selectively edited by the media for its own betterment.
People pick pieces of news like a riddle and try to join them to complete the picture and get an idea but, truth be told, many of the puzzle`s pieces are missing and these pieces lie deep within the government itself.
Thus people are torn and are suffering because Pakistan`s economy is highly dependent on US aid and with the relations sour, it means that the aid would stop and people and the economy will suffer. Pakistan cannot afford to loose its cherished relation with the US and thus needs to fix it.
The only solution to the problem is that Pakistan needs to become self-sufficient and Pakistan is in need of a government that is true to the country. It does not need a government that seeps through the pillars slowly chewing them away. Thus the government needs to be changed and Pakistan needs to rise.
Otherwise the relations would eventually fall in the dump and Pakistan will be left isolated with a collapsed economy and become an easy target for conquering.
Pakistan relies deeply on the US for aid to carry on and (in erroneous allegation) the US does whatever it wants to within the country by hiding under the cape of that all-too popular catchphrase “war against terror” to become a "hero" in the rest of the world’s eye.
Pakistani politicians are merchants of manipulation. They try to blame the US for everything and do not tolerate US interference and thus the opposition is taking full advantage of such sentiments to manipulate the statements in such brutal ways so that people`s anger towards the US touches the sky and the government looks worse and weaker than ever.
The US tries to show the Taalibans as the most brutal animals of the world whereas the maulana’s and some other people wrongly try to portray them as the “soldiers of Allah”. Between the clash of these two countries, the people of Pakistan are suffering the most and are getting grinded to a halt. People have become patients of schizophrenia with their one personality supporting US and the other hating it like hell. Such split personality disorders are nothing but divisive.
The recent curbing of NATO supplies and the demands of Pakistan against drone attacks have further pressurized this already fragile relation and now the relations are on the verge of falling by the wayside. The problem in all this is that the people have no idea of what’s going on. They only rely on the news that is selectively edited by the media for its own betterment.
People pick pieces of news like a riddle and try to join them to complete the picture and get an idea but, truth be told, many of the puzzle`s pieces are missing and these pieces lie deep within the government itself.
Thus people are torn and are suffering because Pakistan`s economy is highly dependent on US aid and with the relations sour, it means that the aid would stop and people and the economy will suffer. Pakistan cannot afford to loose its cherished relation with the US and thus needs to fix it.
The only solution to the problem is that Pakistan needs to become self-sufficient and Pakistan is in need of a government that is true to the country. It does not need a government that seeps through the pillars slowly chewing them away. Thus the government needs to be changed and Pakistan needs to rise.
Otherwise the relations would eventually fall in the dump and Pakistan will be left isolated with a collapsed economy and become an easy target for conquering.
Sahar Arshad is, without the shadow of a doubt, one of the brightest Economics and International Relations BS-Economics 2nd semester students at Quaid-i-Azam University. She honored the institution with a 4 GPA in her first semester. Sahar completed her thesis on US Pakistan relations and her Matriculation and FSC pre-engineering.
She has received accolades and awards aplenty, for speeches delivered. She was awarded with a bronze medal for this sage and sobering piece hosted by Renaissance at Quaid-i-Azam University for youth activation and empowerment as well as for the Kangaro arithmetic competition.
Sahar scored first position nation-wide
in social sciences in a GAT test in her 8th class. She aspires to be the
world’s most renowned economist and endeavours to make this world a better
place to live in through the power of economics. Sahar has always cradled a
passion for writing and would like to write and publish books in the future.
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