WHEN we ask any wise men about why we are still a developing nation after 67 years of freedom, the answer is, it is because of illiteracy, dictatorship and religious extremism.

To me all such talks sound gibberish for the simple reason that the country has been plundered not by the illiterate or madressah-educated mullahs, but by the most educated who only work for their interests.

The result is corruption with inefficiency and an underdeveloped nation.

Ayesha Arshad

Rawalpindi

Published in Dawn, November 27th, 2015

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