Focus on solutions.

THIS is with reference to the letter 'Undue interventions' (Feb 15) which asserted that the colonial setup was the sole reason behind the politicisation of bureaucracy in Pakistan. This is far from being refutable. But the buck does not stop at identifying the cause; one needs a solution to this corrosive behaviour. In general, our academics and analysts tend to focus too much on issues and not on their solutions.

India got the same society as well as administrative structures as we did, but now it has shattered almost all the bottlenecks that were hampering its growth towards being a regional power so that it may go further up the ladder to spar with the likes of China and the United States. The real pain on our part is having to learn from India as to what it did that we failed to do.

Briefly, India has a vibrant democ-ratic setup that makes it hard for the political elite to suppress locals and expect a vote in return...