tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279037502822517313.post6661612937347217267..comments2011-06-29T13:50:23.956-04:00Comments on PD Globbers: Branding PakistanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279037502822517313.post-70245688140008594302011-04-06T10:05:47.861-04:002011-04-06T10:05:47.861-04:00I think you make a keen observation here--if the P...I think you make a keen observation here--if the Pakistani government doesn't engage with the rest of the world in a meaningful way, and establish two-way communication, then extremists will speak for them and become the voice--and the public image the world will have--of the country. <br /><br />I wish there were easy answers for this country situation, but given the history of the internal and external conflicts, I think it's going to take quite a while to sort things out, and Pakistan's PD will continue to suffer until the country really begins to change course through better relations with its neighbors, and support of moderate and dissenting points of view. <br /><br />There may be lessons for Pakistan as political reform advances in the Middle East...? Another obvious model of stability and prosperity in the neighborhood is India, provided that Pakistan and India can begin to have a more constructive dialogue. I'd like to think that there are constructive ways forward!peacedawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17120681748397936539noreply@blogger.com