Two different Countries ????

A New Day Dawns with New Posts. Listen to what people say about Pakistan...... .Two different countries.......A letter writer in the Washington Times has compared India and Pakistan and concluded at the end; ?It makes perfect sense. The basic structure of Pakistan is very similar to India,? said Zia Chishti, founder of a call-center company [?Virtual Secretary Puts New Face on Pakistan,? front page, May 10]. I beg to differ. India and Pakistan may have similarities in food and language, but a fundamental difference separates the two: India has been a democracy since 1947, and people there can express their opinions without any fear of the government. Pakistan is militrocracy ruled by a general. -ZULFIQAR ALI BUTT, Lamar USA, via e-mail, May 23. Link.www.nation.com.pk col:letters June 17