There seems to be three threads of political discourse in Pakistan,
especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh.
Firstly, a Corporate
Discourse of Governance (the end corruption mantra), secondly reforms
and adjustments in Market Economy (energy and trade) and, thirdly, a socio-cultural
discourse of the permeation of a militant discourse.
If we take the threads in a reverse order, the
third thread of the discourse of political economy of Pakistan seems to take
priority. Since the PTI+JI+QWP coalition has come into power in Khyber
Pakhtunkha, a concerted effort to construct a discourse of isolation,
segregation and homogenization has started. This is how 'Cognitive Dissonance' works. They all came to power with
the slogan and manifestos to get rid of economic dependence but instead,
consciously or unconsciously, they have started perpetuating the same.
Theoretically, rejecting diversity, pluralism and indigenous continuity leads
to intellectual and cognitive dependence (for definition of culture see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c9O_ysPq68
Intellectual and cognitive dependence leads to
sterility in creative thinking and in turn this sterility leads to a demand for
importing ideas and knowledge. In the age of Knowledge Economy, lack of
capacity to create innovative ideas lands a community, a social group or a
state into marginalization........http://beta.dawn.com/news/612686/reviving-a-vision-of-cultural-enlightenment.
To be continued
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