The documentary discusses the political and economic instability in Pakistan since independence. It outlines the turbulent leadership tenures of many Prime Ministers and military leaders, characterized by conflicts, war, foreign interference and sanctions that hampered economic growth. Corruption was also a major issue. The constant changes in government contributed to long periods of uncertainty and instability that negatively impacted Pakistan's economy.
The documentary discusses the political and economic instability in Pakistan since independence. It outlines the turbulent leadership tenures of many Prime Ministers and military leaders, characterized by conflicts, war, foreign interference and sanctions that hampered economic growth. Corruption was also a major issue. The constant changes in government contributed to long periods of uncertainty and instability that negatively impacted Pakistan's economy.
The documentary discusses the political and economic instability in Pakistan since independence. It outlines the turbulent leadership tenures of many Prime Ministers and military leaders, characterized by conflicts, war, foreign interference and sanctions that hampered economic growth. Corruption was also a major issue. The constant changes in government contributed to long periods of uncertainty and instability that negatively impacted Pakistan's economy.
Pakistan which is also known as the land of martyrs,
the only Islamic country in the world which got independence on the basis of religion. From the beginning of the independence of the country, Pakistan has been suffering from political instability. Most of the governments could not complete their tenure and there was no national action plan, the economy kept on deteriorating. After the death of Quaid e Azam, Liaqat Ali Khan was murdered and the start of political unrest broke. Later on in the tenure of Ayub Khan things Started getting better Pakistan was becoming economically strong, there were many new factories set up and economic growth rate started increasing, but due to international interference and 1965 war the political and economical condition got worse. General Yahya came after Ayub Khan who led the country to huge decline. Before Bhutto could take command of the country East Pakistan Separated from West Pakistan, which lead to more economic decline of the country. Bhutto After coming into power took many serious economically favorable actions, in order to improve economic condition such as nationalization and agricultural reforms, he also made the 1973 constitution but this economic growth was stopped due to political problems and martial was imposed. The Era of Zia ul Haq began who hanged Bhutto and remained Chief Marshall Law Administrator for a decade and brought legal reform, Islamilization was the major part of his political regime though still the economy suffered as the policies were unsuccessful. His Era ended when he died in a plane crash near Bahawalpur and later the daughter of Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto came to power. There was improvement economically as the government that she formed was not stable due to opposition and riots. Then came Nawaz for two years who was toppled over by Benazir and later in 1997 Nawaz again became Prime Minister. In this era of Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan became the atomic power which led us to face international pressure, sanctions and foreign investors refused to invest in Pakistan. The foreign Aid to Pakistan was stopped because of the atomic test and ultimately Pakistan’s economy suffered a great loss. Then in the year 1999, General Musharraf who was the Army Chief took over the country and Pakistan faced the martial law for the third time due to which international sanctions were imposed and the economy was damped again. Then by the struggles of Musharraf and his international polices Pakistan yet again started to strengthen its economic roots but due to terrorism, international pressures of him being a dictator and internal hatred among public the rule had to end by 2008. Asif Ali Zardari with the sympathy votes of Benazir’s Assassination formed a government but did not deliver to the country rather took international loans which mostly were drained in corruption. After this, Nawaz for the first time through a democratic exchange of government became the Prime Minster for the third time in 2013. Nawaz was accused of rigging the elections by the opposition led by Imran Khan and faced a lot of problems. Imran khan in 2014, held 126 day protest against the government for rigging the elections. This protest jammed the country ongoing process of progress and in the 126 days Pakistan faced an economic loss of more than 6 billion dollar. More over schools and offices were closed due to the threat of aggression by the protestors. 30,000 policemen were housed for the protection of the Protestants which also caused a dent to the economic reserve. Recently after the Panama gate leaked Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were convicted of corruption and having assets beyond means. They were imprisoned just twelve days before the election. This caused unrest in the country and protest all around the nation are being held till date.