Thread: Is colonial mentality impeding Pakistan's progress
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-Introduction

1. Indicators of a country's progress
-----Rule of Law: Mechanisms of Accountability and Transparent System.
-----Social Integration
-----Social Development
-----Effective Administrative Machinery

2. Characteristics of Colonial Mentality
-----Divide and Rule
-----Elitist Administrative Services
-----Focus on Revenue Collection and Law and Order only while neglecting social development
-----Disdain for freedom of Expression
-----Lack of Rule of Law

3. Manifestations of Colonial Mentality Impeding Progress of Pakistan
-----Elitist Administrative Model which is despotic and self aggrandizing
-----Docile and Pliable Bureaucracy at the hands of Politicians which focus on obliging politicans rather than citizens
-----Fragile Rule of Law which affects Pakistan's economy
-----Politics of Ethnicity which undermines Social Integration
-----Power Politics which makes the sole objectives of Political Parties to gain or retain power.
-----Disdain for Freedom of Expression which undermines transparency and promotes corruption

4. Way Forward
-----Strengthening Rule of Law by empowering anti-corruption units.
-----Empowering Bureaucracy by providing them constitutional security of Tenure.
-----Promoting Education.

5. Conclusion
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