In my opinion, some things may have gone wrong, but overall, so many things have improved in comparison to the last 60 years.
One problem is people keep on saying that the Primary education sector was neglected. I do agree it was neglected, but Dr. Atta was simply not responsible for primary or secondary education. He was only responsible for the Higher Education sector which he I think turned around Alhamdulialh. Why don't these critics go criticize the education minister of that time? Primary education is equally important?
Again, its these so called intellectuals who write in our newspapers. Many are just spreading pessimism and criticism for the sake of criticism. Why can't we just build upon what good has happened. Instead of just telling plain facts they just get carried away with the wave of anti-Musharraf and everything he did. I hate Musharraf but realistically speaking, nobody is 100% bad. Lets just give credit for 1% or more that was good.
Today there is another article in The News by Ghazi Salahuddin, and the man just talks rubbish without any facts.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=141837 Atleast properly recognize the fact that things are moving in a better direction.
Today there are far more universities than ever before. We still need a lot of expansion, keeping in view the size of our young population. There is the access of digital library in every public university now, we never had that before.
In addition, the scholarships given are a healthy sign. Even if some of them come back, its a net gain for Pakistani educational institutions.
Teaching became a respectable and high paying profession for the first time in Pakistan and we were able to see fresh blood instead of same old traditional style teachers.