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May 19, 2005, 12:07am
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Re: Pakistan has become one of Asia’s fastest growing economies
TheRealDeal:
Hi Spock,I don’t have the figures in front of me, but from what i recall before Pak became a key ally, Mush govt was doing nothing special, same as the others. Certainily nothing like after 2001 when debt relief, remittances, loans, etc came rolling in.
The idea of Pak booming or becoming an Asian ‘tiger’will bring smirks from objective
In addition I would take these ‘figures’ with a grain of salt
http://www.dawn.com/2005/05/18/top2.htm
the prime minister said that 8.35 per cent growth had been achieved against the budgeted target of 6.6 per cent, and it might go further up with the completion of wheat arrivals.
The announcement surprised many in the audience who were provided with a different data after the prime minister left the meeting.
Mr Aziz said the unprecedented growth of 7.5 per cent in agriculture sector was because of a record harvest of 14.6 million bales of cotton and 21.4 million tons of wheat.
www.jang.com.pk/thenews
However, the sustained high inflows of remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis, and surge in international trade and banking sector (21 per cent up), strongly contributed in the higher national income
Realdeal, since unlike the other idiotic smuts who have no clue about Pakistan or his history, u have an idea what youre talking about but still, remember economists saying how that coup would put Pakistan on the verge of an economic collapse, but Pakistan held out pretty strongly. 2000 and 2001 were pretty good too.