The American government has been slapped for its failure to provide proper briefing to its businessmen and investors on "assault and robbery" or other violence in the foreign countries because if it had, it would "demonstrate that Pakistan's major cities have been genuine a safe place for them and their families."
A recent write up in the E-Commerce Times, a unique news carrier of its kind on the world-wide web said that the US Department does not maintain accurate statistics on economically or personally motivated attacks against their own personnel in the foreign countries.
Nor does it collect accurate information on crimes committed against US nations in foreign lands, leading the Americans to avoid areas (for example Islamabad) and to incur excessive risks in areas when they are routinely maltreated like in Mexico City.
It conceded that Pakistan had its challenges, some real some exaggerated, especially in terms of security situation. "Once you have lived through a few riots, India, once you have taught yourself how to quickly turn the lights out and lay down on the floor, then Pakistan does not seen so scary anymore," it added.
The biggest danger that Westerners face in South Asia is from automobile accidents, particularly at night. India has over eight times the number of high fatalities per passenger mile than the United States, the report pointed out.
In the course of a lengthy discussion on choices for greater investment in South East, the author claiming old association with the markets in and around Pakistan, however, advises the American investors talk to people who have left or passed through the nations surrounding Pakistan and their stories will often be "tragically similar": victimisation, jail, possible torture, death of relatives, survivors traumatised and dispossessed except Pakistan that welcomed them providing safety and security.
It compares the American and Pakistan roles in enforcing human rights saying that both the countries were a "beacon of safety and a haven for refugees." Unfortunately, it added, "Pakistan has not been advertising this fact. But the people who fled to Pakistan from surrounding countries in the region have, on a one-to-one personal basis and were its best ambassadors."
Before concluding the E-Commerce Times cautioned Americans against taking sides in "disputes between India and Pakistan" but promote long-term peaceful solutions.
Increased trade and joint projects between Pakistan and India will pull the two counties together and crate incentives for peace and American companies doing business in one or both countries can contribute to peace through "responsible practices and moderating effects that employment and prosperity provides."
However, it urged the American firms to operate on an "equal footing with local firms, that for now only appeared possible in Pakistan."