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Pakistan: A harsh look

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 @ 12:17 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

Countries:: Pakistan
Topics:: Economics, Education, Governance

Behind the Chairman's Door takes a harsh look at Pakistan. “In Pakistan, the only goal is to get more money, no matter it be by honest or dishonest means. The traffic police take bribes to not write a citation. The city police take bribes to register cases, real or false. Politicians take bribes in the guise of aid donations to their party to continue to support someone’s agenda.”

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Khalid Muhammad

Hi Neha,

Thank you for the link. You might also be interested in the follow up to this series: http://www.takebackpakistan.com.

Khalid

# 2007-04-11 at 10:14 am

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