Pakistan ranks just above Zimbabwe and Iraq, while South Sudan tops the index of fragile states. Afghanistan is ranked 7th on the list while India ranks 81
Pakistan is ranked 10th on the annual Failed States Index, renamed this year as the ‘Fragile States Index’, a survey carried out by the Fund for Peace, a Washington-based research organisation.
Pakistan ranks just above Zimbabwe and Iraq, while South Sudan tops the index of fragile states. Afghanistan is ranked 7th on the list while India ranks 81.
In 2013, Pakistan ranked 13th on the index, which collates data from 12 indicators including demographic pressures, refugees and internally displaced persons, group grievance, human flight and brain drain, uneven economic development, poverty and economic decline.
The index categorises countries according to a spectrum of warnings, ranging from ‘very high alert’ to ‘very sustainable’ – Pakistan is described as state on ‘high alert’.
“Pakistan began 2013 on a promising note,” a statement from the Fund explains, but “one year later, the atmosphere of optimism that surrounded the elections is fading fast.” Sectarian violence, attacks on minority groups particularly in Balochistan, the failed peace talks between the government and the Taliban, and obstacles faced by humanitarian aid workers and health officials in the battle against polio are considered while categorising Pakistan as ‘very fragile’. However, the statement adds, “Pakistan moved up the list since 2013 not because of the worsening of its own scores but the improvement of others around it.”
“We won’t be seeing any countries turning their economies around overnight if they are facing demographic pressures or have huge political concerns, like corruption or human rights abuse,” remarked the Fund’s Executive Director Krista Hendry.
In Pakistan, sectarian violence is not prevailed at common people level. In fact, there are certain sectarian organizations, who are funded by some countries. They are doing target killings and attack each others' religious places. At common people level, people living peacefully in a neighborhood with each other , doing jobs, attending ceremonies of each other, harboring friendships etc. I, myself have very good christian friends since eighteen years. In fact, we have a christian maid since my birth. She is retired now and our whole family respect her and help her financially. In my office both muslim sects of sunni and shia are working together like friends. Take the example of Pak Army.
Anyway, our country will do good.
I was a worker of PTI till few weeks back but not now rather I ashamed to be a supporter of Imran Khan during elections and after that. but now PTI and some other opportunist parties like PAT,AML,APML & so called Sunni Ittehad Counsil and few individuals are in their best efforts to derail the system,political instability leading towards NO.1 in such a shameful list next year. But I would like to say Shame to all such opportunist parties and individuals. What is doing MQM in this scenario is not understandable to me.
Anyways I am sure my country will do better INSHA ALLAH very soon.
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