Pakistan does not need Western aid - Nawaz

I just read Ban Ki Moon’s comments that he is overwhelmed with the volume of disaster he has seen in Pakistan. He says he has been in many disaster-hit areas before, but nothing comes close to what Pak is going through now.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/15/world/main6775020.shtml
“This has been a heart-wrenching day for me,” he said alongside President Asif Ali Zardari. “I will never forget the destruction and suffering I have witnessed today. In the past I have witnessed many natural disasters around the world, but nothing like this.”

But Nawaz is saying that Pak can deal with this disaster on its own!
Do you agree with him?

Nawaz Sharif said his country had sufficient resources to rebuild millions of homes, buildings and bridges destroyed in the worst floods in 80 years.

He has proposed a series of cuts in government spending to raise £2 billion to rebuild homes and infrastructure. “If the government agrees, we have about $3 billion within our own resources,” he said.

Roads and bridges have been swept away and countless villages inundated. Agriculture has been hit hard with crops and stocks of grain destroyed. Six million people still need food, shelter, water and medicine, according to the UN, which has warned that the death toll could rise amid fears that disease could spread with survivors sleeping in makeshift tents.

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Another bongi by Nawaja, though i do agree that government needs to cut its spending.

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The reason why he said that is because he aient the president and pissed he will not get any share from that AID ....

such a short memory dont you guys remember QARZ UTARO MULK SANWARO time ,

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QARZ UTARO MULK SANWARO time , lol :omg:

Zardari will never agree on this :omg:

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I think NS got this right!!! Pakistan is not Totally depended on the Foreign aid to come out of this trouble...

RS 250 Billion is required for initial phase

40 Billion can be taken from Benazir Income Program
50 Billion can be taken by cutting the Royal Expenses
100+ billion from the development programs ( there are plenty of them)

then there is Zakat and other schemes which can be re-directed... but i guess the whole ball-game is different

We need aid as Zardari and other govt.members might need to buy few new palaces around the world.... and for that.. this elite class can go to new lowest point ever...

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Nawaz Sharif is an ass -- the siree paavey seem to go straight to the head.

He's the guy who launched the hair-brained scheme to get rid of national debt, which was such a colossal failure. He's just playing to the sentiments of the wider population -- the scale of the disaster warrants ALL the local, international help they can get.

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bongi marditi eween:D:
but he didnt mentioned East,South,Northern Aid

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NS always amazes me when he opens his mouth.

There is no question we need to cut the spendings but as Baan Ki Moon said "even any developed nation can not deal with this kind of disaster alone let alone underdeveloped nation"

Idea that we can cut Zakat or other programs (that help poor people) will only leave other poor people desperate. We should really be cutting from Govt expenses (foreign trips, cars etc etc) and may be to some extent on development exepnses. We will still fall way short of what we need. If NS is saying that we dont need aid, there are only 2 possibilities

1) Either he does not know the extent of destruction (or he want some political scoring here too)
2) or as someone said, Too much Sri-Payee or hair treatment has effected his senses

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That shows Nawaz Shirif has no idea of the destruction, he probably has gone/seen limited areas of destruction in Punjab and then came to this conclusion. kunwayn ka maindak.

Completely agree with you guys, this statement is probably hint of jealousy that only $ardari will get the biggest cut in foreign aid while N$ will have to only watch that cut goto $ardari.

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I disagree with Nawaz this time. Pakistan does need the aid. Lets not forget that the floods have not stopped! Landslides and floods are happening all over again. We say we need 250 billion to recover but I am telling you for sure that it is not going to be enough. There is a huge amount of devastation!

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Is there a video of his interview?

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we need the aid or not we wont be getting it, simple as that...at the end we will have to do something ourselves...otherwise have to live with it as it is

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Nawaz Sharif should donate some of his 1 billion+ dollars of wealth that he has in Saudi Arabia and 1 billion+ pounds that he has in UK. If he and Zardari do such a thing for Pakistan, we will definitely not need any aid.

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but Nawaz Sharif and Zardari becharoon k pass tu kuch hai hee nahi. Dont you read their tax returns? I think NS k pass tu CAR bhee nahi hai. Wo apbi begum (Kulsoom Nawaz) ki car main travel kerta hai :)

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He does pay Rs. 5000 as wealth tax. His declared wealth in Pak. is worth billions of rupees. right, he is a bytchara

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At least he has a self esteem to put that suggestions. Have you read Gilani's bayanaat. That guy was not begging, he was demanding.* Mulk main tabaahi aa ga'ee hai, aalmee bradri madad karay ..*

Gilani's tone was almost like that aggressive beggar in pakistan who asks you for money and if you refuse then gives bud'duaa'ain to you in his heart.

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I wouldn't be quoting Ban Ki Moon honestly. That guy is the worst SG the UN has ever had. His ability to comprehend anything really is non-existant. However NS is doing everybody a disservice by making such comments. Pakistan does need this aid. More importantly it needs billions of dollars of reinvestment in already developed areas. This is gonna set back our economy and growth back by atleast 5 years.

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buddy !!

we are officially BHIKARI flood or no flood ,

ay one in opposition would have said exactly the same as MR SHARIF ,
sab ganda hai par dhanda hai ya

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Obviously Nawaz do not care for poor of Pakistan or those who got affected from flood. For Nawaz, he would dish out political statements without caring what happens to Pakistanis affected from flood. As long as Nawaz gets his share of flesh, it does not matter to Nawaz if unfortunate people affected by flood live or die. Nawaz knows that he caused so much trust deficit amongst Pakistanis and foreign financial institutions towards Pakistani politicians in power that it would be very difficult for Zardari government to collect donations or even borrow for flood victims … hence all these political statements (that can sell nicely with people having super-ego and not affected by flood, plus self-centred Taliban supporters).

Nawaz Shareef is BaiSharam and Baighairat who economically harmed Pakistan more than anyone. Nawaz talks about Pakistani resources when fact is that Pakistan lacks resources to deal with such calamity, especially due to corruption by people like Nawaz but this baisharam do not even care. Nawaz is the biggest looter of Pakistani resources, bigger than Zardari. He is main cause of creating ‘No trust’ situation for Pakistanis and foreigners on Pakistani political governments.

Disappearance of all donations from ‘Qaraz uttaro Mulk Sanwaro’ scheme and ‘freezing of dollar bank accounts (while all dollars from his own account and account of his close cronies were withdrawn hour earlier, some even after freezing of account)’ were classic examples how thug like Nawaz loots Pakistanis using various methods that caused trust deficit for any Pakistan political governments causing present Zardari government an impossible task to raise local/foreign resources.

Today mistrust on political government is such that no one wants to contribute to Prime Minister ‘flood fund’ in contrast to military government when ‘President earth-quake fund’ received billions in contribution.

Further, Nawaz also sacred foreign institutions giving loan to Pakistan that would further cause difficulty for present government to gather funds even on loan. For instance, Nawaz looting Pakistani resources was such that apart of taking commissions, not paying any taxes, changing Pakistani laws to loot and plunder, destroying Pakistan ship salvage industry for personal benefit, changing laws to smuggle cars legally, grabbing/stealing government and private lands/plots, bribing institutions including judiciary for personal gain, taking bribes whenever possible, nepotism, looting treasury directly, becoming biggest defaulter who looted Pakistani banks (indirectly looting savings of poor) … Nawaz also made Pakistan a defaulter country (twice … that is in 1998 and 1999), a distinction that very few world countries earned (became a known defaulter country). Nawaz made Pakistan only Muslim country and only country from Asia/Africa that ever defaulted making Pakistan a very unsecure country for lenders.

One can find many sources confirming that Pakistan defaulted in 1998 and 1999 under Nawaz … one of such source is as under.

http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/sep/06/those-whove-gone-before-countries-that-defaulted/
Those who’ve gone before – countries that defaulted

Pakistan defaulted in November 1998 (interest payment default on $1.6 billion debt) and defaulted again in 1999:

The country missed an interest payment but dealt with the default subsequently within a grace period. However it defaulted again and resolved this default using a distressed debt exchange, completed in 1999. 

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I agree with him.
If he and his family, Zardai ,Chauhdaries of Gujrat, Malik Riaz and some other like them return 50 % of what they have , No need of any western aid.