Реферат: Pakistan Essay Research Paper Pakistan

percent of the total population pays income tax, and over three billion dollars

borrowed by the feudal elite from the state-run banking system has never been

repaid. (Rashad 160)

Bhutto’s promises to reform the judiciary, the bureaucracy, and the

police have not materialized. Instead, she has made these institutions more

political by making appointments based on loyalty and favoritism. For a price,

many police officer and bureaucrats can get postings, transfers, and promotions

they want. Corruption is so prominent in Pakistan that it was recently listed

by Transparency International, an international watch group, as the third most

corrupt nation in the world after China and Taiwan. (Year Book 2464) However,

not everyone can seek favors and some receive worse. Political opponents of

Bhutto will often be jail or exiled. In March of 1996, forty army officers and

civilians were arrested for ?supposedly? trying to over throw the government.

After time had gone by, only four officers were left for trial. Many in

Pakistan doubt that even the government had a right to hold these few. (Banks

A5)

However, the corruption is only seen by those who live in Pakistan.

When Mrs. Bhutto is speaking to other countries, such as the United States, she

seems to have goals. She speaks of over coming poverty, equality for women, and

free expression. Yet this is far from the truth. At home, she retains the laws

that use Islam to repress women and arrests opponents. It is the corruption of

her government that most think will thwart her dreams. (Newberg 18)

Western Diplomats admit that Pakistan is high in the list of those

countries where an Islamic movement is possible in the near future unless the

country’s ruling class mends its ways. Pakistan’s Islamic Movement is being

driven by poor social conditions and a breakdown of law and order rather than by

ideology. The growing gap between rich and poor, the economic crisis, massive

corruption, and widespread disillusionment with the major political parties are

the main problems with Pakistan today. (Rashad 161)