Entering the 21st Century
Within striking distance of the 21st Century, one must take stock of the situation whether we as a nation are going to enter it better or worse than we are today or we were yesterday. Saleem Ahmed, an Engineering Consultant by profession and a close friend, raised this philosophical question at another friend’s 50th birthday as to whether our children would hope for the same quality of life in the next 50 years that we have been privileged to enjoy for the past half century? For the most part, the answer is both yes and no, with sometimes a mixture of both. While the high tech available in the modern world is very much present in Pakistan, it is mainly in consumer necessities meant for the rich, it is in basic necessities that we are rapidly losing ground.
