Pakistan And Crisis Management.

I was amazed listening to the Minister of State (MoS) for Foreign Affairs that Pakistan is now ahead of some developed countries in compliance of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) regulations and fulfilled requirements on thirty-four indicators of FATF while the process of whitelisting has started with the recent announcement of the global body.

It is not the first time that Pakistan emerged out of a crisis as a strong nation. I am sure, most of us cannot forget March 03, 2009, a terrible day for Pakistan cricket, when terrorists attacked Sri Lankan cricket team and suddenly international cricket vanished from Pakistan. I remember the passion during the final of second PSL held in Lahore on March 05, 2017, we decided to join Qaddafi Stadium to witness the return of cricket to Pakistan. We boarded the bus from Barkat Market for the stadium; my son Arham was almost four years old and I was educating him to cling around my chest if there was any blast; everyone can imagine the uncertainty, the fear, and the panic surrounding cricketing events during those times. Then what happened, Pakistan became the Champions Trophy winners, Babar Azam, the number one batter of ODIs and T20Is, and several others among top five rankings.

The devastation of the 2005 earthquake is in our memories with the exemplary response of the entire nation to extend every support to the victims. Extensive mobilisation of resources from tents, blankets, medicines, and prefabricated houses by local artisans to the groceries people donated abundantly for the restoration of normal life in affected areas were all exemplary. The response and the recovery from the floods during 2010 exemplify innate abilities of the nation to manage a crisis effectively. Managing pandemics such as dengue, covid-19 and to an extent polio are also good examples of the country's ability to successfully respond to a crisis.

Pakistan has surprised the world with her abilities to counter terrorism. We suffered the most, we sacrificed the most, we lost the most but we arose as the most successful nation in combating the terrorism. Our skills, our abilities, our determination and probably above all our engagement with every component of society, from rebels to internally displaced people, made it a model for other nations to follow. We achieved what remained impossible for an alliance of 30 countries.

It is because of our exceptional abilities in crisis management as a nation. According to Kash and...