A US official who participated in developing the report summarized the estimate's conclusions about the state of Pakistan as: "on the edge" with "no money, no energy, and no government." According to him, the NIE report also talks about "Pakistani army's reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown" on the insurgents. The economic difficulties are compounded by growing insurgency, infighting within Pakistani government and deep mistrust between the civilian and the military leadership, according to the estimate.
The accuracy of the NIE and the motives behind it are hard to gage, but it is clear that the situation in Pakistan is very chaotic with growing unrest among the population because of the falling rupee, dwindling foreign exchange reserves and skyrocketing prices of food and fuel. President Zardari is trying to line up significant emergency economic aid from the US, the Europeans and the Chinese to bail out Pakistan. His government will probably not last long if he fails.
I feel scared and worried seeing all such reports but then i think of our history. The history tells us when even we have come across a crisis situation our people have come together. As iqbal said Islam zinda hota hai har karbala ke baad. May this crisis situation is very alarming but i hope it can help us to reunite. And by us i do not only mean the people of Pakistan but the whole Islamic countries.
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