Pakistan needs 159 years to catch up with industrialised nations

K_Khan · May 27, 2008, 9:26pm

KARACHI: A World Bank body has said that Pakistan need 159 years to catch up with the industrialised nations of the world, and that the country could reach this milestone by 2050 if it maintained an annual growth rate of 8.3 per cent, and in 2100 if it maintained a growth rate of 4.9 per cent.
It said during the last 10 years Pakistan has maintained the maximum growth rate of 4.8 with an average of 1.8 per year, and that its per capita GDP in 2006 was 2206 dollars.

According to it, India with a per capita GDP of 3308 dollars can catch up with industrialised nations in 50 years. During the last 10 years, India had the maximum growth rate of 7.7 per cent, with an average of 4.9 per cent, the Dawn quoted the report as saying.

The report, prepared by the Commission on Growth and Development noted that China, which in 2006 had per capita GDP of 6621 dollars, can catch up with industrialised countries in 23 years.

The Commission is based at the World Bank headquarters in Washington.

During the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of 8.3 per cent, with a maximum of 10.1 per cent.

The report further said that among the Muslim nations, Malaysia was the closest to catch up with industrialised nations, as it can reach this milestone in 35 years, followed by Iran, which can reach there in 54 years. Egypt needed 118 years, it added.

There goes my plans to start Immigration to Pakistan, and Human trafficking from East Euorpe to Pakistan business. :hinna:

Sa1eem · May 27, 2008, 11:10pm

If we will have people like NS, BeNazir and Zardari ruling Pakistan and people like Ishaque Dar as finance Minister than I would be surprised if Pakistan would be better than present Sudan after 159 years. As most likely their rule would be similar to what Pakistan had from 1988 to 1999 and if that would be the case, I doubt if Pakistan would even achieve 2 percent real growth in per capita per year.

Khehkeshan · May 28, 2008, 12:09am

Re: Pakistan needs 159 years to catch up with industrialised nations

With Taliban and their allies (PML-N etc.) in power over large or all parts of Pakistan, number of years to catch up will be 10,000 years.

ehtasab · May 28, 2008, 12:27am

Re: Pakistan needs 159 years to catch up with industrialised nations

^ Let me rephrase your and Sa1eem's words:

As long as our military/ISI continue to bend over for a few bucks, justify a wrong as long as its "in best interest of nation" 159 years don't matter much.

James_Bhaand · May 28, 2008, 5:14am

Re: Pakistan needs 159 years to catch up with industrialised nations

hypothetical statement
as in science they "Lets assume...."
something that doesn't OR can not exist in reality
face it

Dushwari · May 28, 2008, 5:19am

Re: Pakistan needs 159 years to catch up with industrialised nations

Pakistan needs to catch with what?

supremacy, bigotry, exploitation, corporate mentality, utter disregard for environment, social and personal unrest due to materialism, a quick sand of interest based fears that we buy and live in the fears of, while somebody easily makes money off of our hard earned monies and then uses them to fulfill unethical causes.

NO. Pakistan does not need to catch up with all this, not now and never.

instead, Pakistanis need to catch themselves from loosing their free land.

best,
Dushwari

K_Khan · May 28, 2008, 9:23am

Don't we already posses some of these "qualities" in our society?

Bigotry to wards those who we think don't agree to our point of view.
Exploitation on every level of our society.
utter disregard for environment, well not if on INDUSTRIAL scale to have a huge impact but still it exists, have you visited Pakistan? what you think about our waste management strategies? and of course our transportation system.
social and personal unrest due to poverty. (just day before yesterday some woman committed suicide with her kids, due to poverty)
Judicial system is a laugh, you can get away with anything if you have resources.

The point is that there is no harm in catching up IF it brings prosperity to common people. if it brings better health/Social/judicial services then why not!

Sa1eem · May 28, 2008, 9:33am

Have you ever seen how poor in Pakistan living? Do you know the state of Sindh landless haries working in interior Sindh or for that matter in Punjab or other provinces? Have you ever thought of how hard working Labourers from Sarhad spend their time burning themselves on roads of Karachi? Did you ever thought of those Balochs who spend their entire life serving Sardars like slaves and still could not get single meal a day.

For you it might be fine living comfortably and thinking about Utopia of your own mind creation regardless of whatever the situation of Pakistani poor. Unfortunately, same is true of thug Pakistani politicians who are mostly rich and well provided (by hook or crook) and have no feelings of poor neither they care. One can see how these crook politicians spend millions to grow hair on their ganja head or feed Apple murrabba to their horses, move around from Dubai to London with army of Chamchas for mundane meetings and dinners (at most expensive hotels), without caring about those who they make fool and on whose name they steal so much of Pakistan whenever they get opportunity.

But in the end, truth is that poor of Pakistan can only get better life if Pakistan catches up with West in education, development, infrastructure, healthcare, prosperity and becomes richer.

hanibal · May 28, 2008, 10:04am

Re: Pakistan needs 159 years to catch up with industrialised nations

^^ U forgot to mention about the one who is living in London, doing nothing but feeding on the money poor people after a whole day work.

I agree u r right on this, i don't know why these people don't think that how hard it is make the both ends meet, and yet they are there to take their piece.

On this issue, Sardars of Balochistan, the Politcians ( including the one sitting in London) and land-lords of Sindh and Punjab and NWFP are same.