While the domestic media continues to sing the praises of Mustafa Kamal (and he deserves a lot of praise) for his #2 ranking by Foreign Policy magazine, bad reporting is in play.
If you check the ratings that were issued by Foreign Policy magazine, you will find that Syed Mustafa Kamal, Mayor of the great City [...]
Foreign Policy Magazine has released their new “Failed States Index for 2008” ranking countries based on specific criteria. Pakistan has placed 9th.
What is interesting to me are the graphs that have been included to support the fact. For example, the powers of Parliament in a failed state:
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Naveed Ismail, CEO of KESC Pakistan, refuted this story from The Nation and other media outlets in a press conference this morning. His statement is that “he works for a public limited company and his salary will be printed in the annual report. But the reports of the salary are much higher than he actually [...]
The bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on 20 September 2008 has hit Pakistan hard. The reputation of the hotel as a meeting-point and social hub for the capital’s political and diplomatic class ensured that the attack – which killed fifty-three people and wounded 250 – would receive the maximum worldwide publicity that the [...]