I have a vision for my country. I wait for the day when Pakistan will build aeroplanes, bullet trains and high-tech computers. I wait for the day when we will have jobs for everybody, when all citizens in will pay their taxes to the very state they all demand so much from. I wait for the day when women will work shoulder-to-shoulder with men to play their part in Pakistan being freed from the shackles of poverty.
If a malaria-ridden, backward country like Singapore can become one of the countries with the highest per-capita incomes, so can we. If South Korea, devastated after the Korean War, can turn around and become an Asian tiger, so can we. If Japan, annihilated by nuclear bombs can turn around and become one of the largest economies in the world, so can we. If a poor third world country, China, with over a billion people, can turn around and become the second largest economy in the world, so can we.
The task ahead is daunting. The roadmap to progress and prosperity is clear. The people of Pakistan are waiting. We politicians have to stand up to the challenge and prove to the world that democracy can work here. If politicians fail, someone else will have to do the job, at the cost of democracy.
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