Pakistan’s new leaders will have their hands full

By any standard and despite its nuclear state status, this Muslim-homeland born among the ruins of the British Raj is a failed entity. It ranks 147th in the UN Human Development Index. It is a country plagued by poverty, illiteracy and rampant violence. Pakistan’s leadership has over those years been more concerned with bickering with India over Kashmir rather than allocating resources to lifting its population out of poverty.
There are tribal areas outside government control, the Taleban is very powerful and terrorism is a way of life.
To achieve a degree of normalcy, Pakistan’s new leaders will have to get the country’s act together.
Andy Leitner