Source: ET
Out of the blue there comes news of hope. In a survey conducted by the till-now-unknown New Economics Foundation, we are told that Pakistan ranked 16th among 151 countries of the world on the Happy Planet Index (HPI) 2012, beating India and the United States, which ranked 32nd and 105th respectively. Costa Rica was termed the happiest country, followed by Vietnam and Colombia.
This is news to most Pakistanis given the problems and headaches they face every day. Many of these are of our own making and others have been handed to us by a combination of bad luck and fate.
However, it is interesting to note who our people blame for their doom and gloom. After the politicians, people usually blame the media for highlighting the negative and downplaying the positive. They feel the media only wants to create more chaos and cause depression. One is tired of meeting our diplomats posted in foreign lands because all they talk about is how the Pakistani media works against the “national interest” and how it continues to play into the hands of others by highlighting the problems of the country.