It is indeed a unique opportunity for me to present this
Keynote Address to this largest gathering of the development economists
in Pakistan-a gathering keen to share experiences, and learn lessons,
and bringing, I hope, new ideas to development, which remains a
challenge. This meeting is taking place at a time when we are at the
threshold of the Twenty-first Century. At this important occasion, we
must not forget the vision of development given to us by the Father of
our Nation. On the eve of Independence, the Quaid-i-Azam held out a
glorious vision for Pakistan's future, a vision of a prosperous and
tolerant people, a responsible government free from corruption and,
nepotism, and an enlightened society based on the Islamic values
ofjustice and equity. That was the spirit of 1947. Sad to admit that
fifty-one years later, Pakistan is nowhere close to that vision. The
country's respectable economic growth and the phenomenal expansion of
infrastructure have justifiably been lauded, but they have not helped to
create a society that the founders had imagined. The society is still
mired in ignorance, disease, poverty, intolerance, corruption,
injustice, and backwardness, all attributes of
non-development.
Keynote Address: Mobility, Globalisation, and the Policing of Citizenship and Belonging in the Twenty-First Century
