HOW WELL HAS PAKISTAN DONE?

[antiobl]

Re: HOW WELL HAS PAKISTAN DONE?

@lakkis25

…are yaar when you see other side of border, one side it is Big Desert Thar and other side it is Rann of Kutch and at the top it is mountaineous how can you see a skyscrapers there , that soil is not suitable to build skyscrapers

1. Lakkis Sahib, the example of skyscrapers was just for illustration purposes. Pick your favorite development sign (highways, electricity supply system, etc. etc.). Sindh border clearly shows Indian side is in fact much worse than Pakistani side.

2. You can build skyscrapers on sand. Just visit Dubai to see it happening right in front of your eyes.

@Tariq_Akhtar

Finally a creative thread about Pakistan
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Tariq Sahib, Thank you.

@Tariq_Akhtar

1st the border test - if peoiple sneaking into a neigboring country is the measure of success, that implies China is no better than Pakistan since there’s no illegal immigration.

Secondly mexico and usa do not have an enmity as here. The test therefore simoly doesn’t hold water.

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Chinese region next to Pakistan is a little bit better. That pretty much reflects China’s budget multiple of 2.28.

Enmity or none, people sneak across borders for better economic opportunities. Heck people die in deserts, oceans etc. In case of Pakistan, we have net migration from Afghanistan. That clearly shows our side is way better in social stability and economic prosperity.

@Tariq_Akhtar

2nd - annual budget is a very bad indictor to compare countries. Everyone except antiiobl know that what $1 can buy in NYC is completely different from what it can do in Karachi or elsewhere.

You are now mixing individual buying power vs. national buying power.

Even as an individual you may be able to buy a little more for a 1$ in Karachi but not much. Try buying a can of coke, then divide it by 60 and the answer will be pretty close to the price that you’d pay for coke can in NY.

Once you consider “national purchasing power”. 1$ for America buys the same as 1$ for Pakistan “as a nation”. Demand and supply will quickly equalize the national purchase power if the difference is larger than few percentages.

Modern day globalization has eliminated markups and now the countries spend same amount of $$ to buy the same thing.

@USResident

If your motto behind this thread was do tell Pakistani’s to start thinking positive and quit whining but do something to change it and fix their problems then I think I would promote your thread.

However on the content on how to compare and achieve progress I think it is very shallow and more symptomatic.

Thanks for your kind comments. On your comment on this analysis being shallow! May be it is, may be it isn’t. The onus is on you to bring a better technique.

@Tariq_Akhtar

^ mistating and exaggerating as part of motivation speech get applause but when people find out the lies, the depression that follows is worse than before.

No exaggeration here Tariq sahib. Show me where I misstated the numbers? These numbers are from reputed sites. And the empirical analysis is based on the real “eye balling” of our neighborhood.

@Captain1

BTW for #3 Pakistan has similar industrialists/groups like Dewan, Saigol, Jang and many other

Yeap there are families in Pakistan too. However we need to institute policies so they could become even wealthier. This is the only way to have a good competition with their Indian counterparts.

@Captain1

for #4 they are NOT replica of each other.

I am not sure what criteria you used for comparing Pakistan army, but there is one contrast difference, as obvious as daylight, **Indian army doesn’t like to interfere in civilian matters **whereas our army is hungry for power, power, power with no accountability.

Check out the essay. It clearly states that we need to learn from Indian army. What can we learn? precisely what you are saying. So we are on the same side on this one (just this one )