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If
there was ever a time for a country to reposition itself,
now is Pakistan's time. We begin here by outlining actions
that can be taken to boost the economy and business confidence,
then turn to what Pakistan might do to improve its image
as a safe country in which to work and invest.
This
has been a bad couple weeks for your country, Pakistan.
Every day brings more bad news. The worst indication is
the drop in confidence among broad segments of the business
community in Pakistan earlier this month, particularly
the tech sector, which has been growing at over 50 percent
per year and represents one of your strongest bases of
support.
Whereas
the world as a whole has been transfixed by the London
bombings, recent telecommunication
problems that cut most of Pakistan off from the outside
world for more than 11 days have caused widespread economic
damage.
Although
press coverage had previously revealed the fragility
of Pakistan's telecommunications links, most businesses
in Pakistan were caught unprepared. Additional maintenance
outages that were set to begin yesterday on Pakistani Internet
and voice traffic traversing through Europe were belatedly
averted by last-minute rerouting.
Need
for Telecom Reforms
If
there was ever a time for a country to reposition itself,
now is Pakistan's time. We begin here by outlining actions
that can be taken to boost the economy and business confidence,
then turn to what Pakistan might do to improve its image
as a safe country in which to work and invest.
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