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Pakistan’s chance at becoming a Regional Super Power

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As we grew up we have all heard the tales from about how Pakistan was once a shining beacon of progress and development within South Asia. How in 1960s Pakistan’s economic growth inspired some of today’s most successful nations such as South Korea to copy our model, how Pakistan airlines became the leader in aviation helping build up todays industry giants such as Emirates, or how Pakistan was at a position where it provided the German state with financial loans and so on, however, this did not last. Soon Pakistan fell from glory to its own internal political struggle and geopolitics surrounding the US USSR cold war. In other words Pakistan faced widespread internal corruption, foreign-backed insurgency, tense border relationships and multiple sanctions slowing down economic progress. We now have faced many financial and domestic problems that need to be addressed unless we want to go through another decade in relative poverty while those around us grow, Pakistan needed a second chance...