Friday, December 18, 2009

Revealing a mind-set

The Friday Times of Pakistan reports on the Pakistani press: [TFT is a subscription site, I'm relying on the bharat-rakshak forum]

Wrongly explained state

Chief Editor Jinnah [of The Nation] wrote that PPP spokesperson Fauzia Wahab told the press that Pakistan was not a security state but an economy-based state. He took strong exception to this and observed that Ms Wahab should not have said this in the open. Because not terming Pakistan a security state could harm the PPP government. He stated that if Ms Wahab had said it in rage (tap gai) she should learn to control herself. He thought an economy-based Pakistani state would have to normalise relations with India and that was not acceptable.