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Technocratic model

Sunday, Jan 12, 2025

This refers to the article ‘Why Pakistan faltered’ (December 31, 2024) by Ameenah Babar. The writer highlights the importance of institutions, with or without democratic governance, in a country’s socio-economic development.

When honest, educated, confident, bright, and capable men and women enter the institutional workforce, wonders do begin to start happening in a country’s development. Perhaps, it is time to focus on development first and democracy second for the next fifteen or twenty odd years.

Abbas R Siddiqi

Lahore