U.S.-Pakistan relations on a collision course

[rangoli]

Re: U.S.-Pakistan relations on a collision course

@firenze

We can live without USA starting today. Our political & military brass must show some manhood.

1. Pakistan economy is enough self-resilient to foreign shocks, history is the guide we still manage to squeeze growth:

   Asian Crisis
   Earth Quakes & Floods
   War on Terror
   Global Financial Crises

2. We just have to educate our people to pay taxes, just 2 million pay taxes in Pakistan compare to over 60 million of labor force. Our current target is 1.9 trillion tax collection for 2011-2012, which is just tip of the ice berg.

3. We have to have good relations with our neighbors and that is including India. Look at Turkey “Zero Problem” policy with neighbors.

4. Pakistan is the more resourceful country on planet earth when we talk about food. We just need a good policy & mechanism for food security. Nearly 50% of raw food smuggled to Afghanistan, Iran & CAR’s. We can produce enough food for 300 million people let alone just 180.

5. Our Installed energy capacity is over 21000 MW, we need 16000 MW peak today, the problem is management not the lack of resources to produce enough energy.

6. Inflation & unemployment can be taken care of in less then a year, the government just have to collect more taxes & starting to pay foreign debt. Public debt (local) is sustainable because our banking sector is sitting on rock solid foundations. If foreign debt goes down it will drive down the price of $ which is great for exports. In return our reserves will grow, currently as of today they are standing at 17.5 bn$ we need at least at 25 bn$ for our year worth of imports.

7. The most important, more then 60% of Pakistani economy is not documented, so our actual GDP is quite high.

..i can keep writing .. …and … writing… but the ultimate point is, we are not a failed nation. We know the solutions of our problems. What we need is sincere politician’s not generals to rule us.

oh man!!!