^^ Billions of Dollars are transferred from West to Pakistan in form of loans
These billions of dollars are stolen by the politicians and are transferred back to the western banks.
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There is no doubt that "a portion" of $$ in-flow is stolen. However the %age is tiny.
here is why.
--- Pakistan needs HUGE $$ to pay for imports that feed 200 million population's voracious appetite for the following:
- petroleum
- Edible oil
- tea
- Industrial chemicals (that are used for commercial and defense industries).
- Paying the interest on short and long term debt**
- and the most important - Defense equipment and supplies used by army**
We do have occasional shortages, but by and large Pakistani awam can go to a shop and buy these items without standing in 5 mile long lines.
We should be thankful for the $$ inflow for that.
And we should never say that ALL of the $$ inflow is syphoned off by the politicians.
That's a very pessimistic view spread by the uneducated media, and we all spread the same filth without ever questioning the correctness of such info.