When justice, security, human services and basic necessities are not being provided, state fails. Because these factors are man-made, diagnosing and rectifying shortcomings is actually possible. The case of Pakistan, however, raises very different and more difficult questions than those generated by a study of mere failure. Pakistan’s most unique feature is not its character as a failing state but the intricate interaction between the (physical, political, legal) entity known as the state of Pakistan and the idea of the Pakistani nation. There's a brief number of nation-states those are more complex than Pakistan in this respect, with the Pakistani Government often operating at cross-purposes with the Pakistani nation. The state has certainly been facing recession for many years, but the Pakistani ideology is also a complex idea, and the tension between different theologies is what make Pakistan an especially important case. Pakistan has not earned, either its potential or the expe...
