I AM surprised that people in Pakistan are not willing to believe it, but officials in the Malaysian government are acknowledging Pakistan’s extraordinary growth. The World Bank has counted Pakistan among the “10 booming economies of world”. Newsweek counts “Pakistan among five fastest growing economies of Asia”. Weekly Times Magazine calls Pakistan ‘shining Pakistan’.
Moody’s International has upgraded Pakistan’s rating two places in one go (that rarely happens, and is the first time for Pakistan). General Electric (GE) of the US, one of the biggest organisations in the world, has announced a big investment in Pakistan; BASL of Germany has announced it will enter into Pakistan’s economy in a big way. Deutch Bank has announced it will make one of its largest investments in the region and expand its network here. Daimer-Chrysler plans to invest $5.8 billion at Sheikhpura for the manufacturing of trucks and cars for local consumption as well as for export to the Middle East. Prime Transport Ltd of the UK is also spending £850 million for a taxi manufacturing plant in Lahore.
The vice president of the UAE (ruler of Dubai) has signed an MoU to invest $100 billion in Pakistan in the next 10 years. China has confirmed an investment of $20 billion over the next five years. The list is long but people in Pakistan are still pessimist (or biased) and don’t give credit to the present government. It is easy to compare these developments with what Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto did.
This is indeed great news. I give a lot of credit to the leadership. We are still lagging in some human development goals like literacy, health etc. But that in no way downplays the Pakistani success.
We should invite policy makers from Sri Lanka to see how we can tackle some of the human development problems. I hate to stereotype Pakistanis, but we love to criticize the country. Recently, a few MIT-Harvard Grad Students got together to discuss the "brand Pakistan." Like the Indians did at the World Economic Forum in Davos, we should also consider doing the same for Pakistan.
Thank you for posting this heartening news. Pakistan Zindabad!
^^ All of these benefits coming to Pakistan thanks to the sane policy of Musharraf and Shaukat. They should continue following their pro-West stance. In turn all the Western markets will be open to Pakistani products.
On financial side, Paul D. Wolfowitz will continue sending good news towards Pakistan.
On the otherhand if we ever pick an insane leader like Ahmadenejad, all this development in Pakistan will be gone and replaced by one-eyed Mullah's junnat called Kandhar.
May Allah keep us safe from lefties and Mullahs. Ameen!
We know this. Shortly after 9/11 Pakistan started booming.
However we also know that this is because of US/Western support for Pakistan in the war on 'terror'. Once the fickle US dumps Pakistan, as it always does, it will be back to 'normal', no matter who is in power.
This is why there is no great hoopla about Pakistan's 'permanent' rise
However we also know that this is because of US/Western support for Pakistan in the war on 'terror'. Once the fickle US dumps Pakistan, as it always does, it will be back to 'normal', no matter who is in power.
This is why there is no great hoopla about Pakistan's 'permanent' rise
Why do we have these teary eyed, burning with envy (hasad) loitering in a thread praising Pakistan?
Just one reason! Heap some more $hite.
Time and again it has been proven that people who do hasad against Pakistan end up burning their own cities, and bombing their own people back to stone ages. Well most of them were in stone ages to begin with.
As per your assessment and that is shared by the likes of Hamid Gul the anarchist, the hojratic Maulvi ashabs, and the hasadi fasadi (rioters) lefties, Pakistan is going to create problems for America so Americans will surely dump our country.
Or if we let the likes of one-eyed Afghan wonder-boy, or Melosovic, or Farah-Aideed, or the midget-nejat, or some gad-awful copy of saddam, rule our country, then off course we'd be in trouble.
But as long we have forward looking people ruling Pakistan we will be in good shape InshaAllah. While hasid fasid Afghans or other neighbors will continue burning down their own house.
May Allah show these Afghanis the path of development and progress. Ameen!
I was under the same impression, but that can only last for few months, not for almost like 5 years.
The only good thing I see from “Musharraf” is providing safe environment for investors and not looting the economy the way BB and NS did (direct plunder of wealth).
Now that good foundation of economic development has been laid out by Shaukat Aziz big companies are willing to venture into Pakistan.
As long as we can keep our heads down and keep doing the work “corporations” demand and our governments don’t reverse policies of prior governments I am sure we will progress in right direction :insha:
However we also know that this is because of US/Western support for Pakistan in the war on 'terror'. Once the fickle US dumps Pakistan, as it always does, it will be back to 'normal', no matter who is in power.
This is why there is no great hoopla about Pakistan's 'permanent' rise
Not true. Pakistan is being invested in by non US companies more than US.
Pakistan isnt the first country to benefit from fortuitous circumstances such as the September 11... The Japenese Economy grew due to the Korean War.
Its not important what caused the growth, its important what we do with now tat were there...
good that we actually have something now to be please and talk about. continuety without less loot always has good outcome.
we should lay back and think about some good things as said by the writer. its not all shining but atleast there is a spark now. so bashers its not just cause of 9/11 give some credit when its due.
Pakistan too benefited from Korean, Vietnamese, and then Afghan wars.
Every pro-West country is given a chunk if they help when US-UK go out to punish some nutcases.
US helps Pakistan in many ways: direct trade, financial assistance, loan-guarantees from international banks, and above all military assistance.
Kuwaitis, Saudis, etc. invest in Pakistan for sure. However their investments are encouraged by Moody’s rating due to positive US guarantees. These investments are further protected through bank-guarantees pushed forward by none other-than Paul Wolfowitz sitting on top of the money mountain called the World Bank.
So brother roadrunner, look deeper and uncle Sam's help is written all over.
See Bharatis finally have joined the West (instead of Commie Ruskies). This will put both Bharat and Pakistan in the same block with US supporting trade and business with both of them. This has already started getting Bharat out of the commie $hitehole. While Pakistan needs to get out of the tribal Mullahtic $hitehole.
However we also know that this is because of US/Western support for Pakistan in the war on 'terror'. Once the fickle US dumps Pakistan, as it always does, it will be back to 'normal', no matter who is in power.
This is why there is no great hoopla about Pakistan's 'permanent' rise
grow up dude, same ghissi pitti jahiloon walli baat humesha, it kills you to see a foriegner praise policies by the present regime, just because its not some PPP thug in power...
Hahaha, look at the enthusiasm and petty money-making impulses...Free lunches don't come for free boys...don't know what transpired between Bushi and Mushi at Camp David...