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.
Well said
Re: U.S.-Pakistan relations on a collision course
I like Firenze's points. We suffering from resource misallocation, internal corruption, and lawlessness. These problems are structural and internal. I think that is easy to lay blame on the US, India and others, but I ask: Why is our society fragmenting and the economy under performing? It is due to the LACK of leadership within Pakistan.
We have politicians who have sold themselves out to the highest bidders (both internal and external), our military leadership is still frozen in myopic anti-India doctrines, when the rest of the world has moved on. I also admire Turkey for what they have accomplished. After being rebuffed from the EU, they have turned inwards and eastwards. Trade, prosperity, and security MUST be our main objective. Why pull out the beggars bowl to the US, when we can profit from opening markets and trade?
Pakistan's strength lies in its resilient people -- who have survived natural calamities, internal violence and still managed keep producing. We need to decentralize the Federation, support politicians that are sincere, and tame the military agenda. I am not willing to give up on Quaid E Azam's Pakistan, and neither should you.
Re: U.S.-Pakistan relations on a collision course
Allah swt has blessed Pakistan with every treasure … yet we are suffering like this!!!
cuz nobody in govt is sincere with Pakistan!! they hav no concern abt where Pakistan will be standing in next 10 years … we hav got so many resources that if we utilize them properly … we wouldn’t be dependant on any other country!
Re: U.S.-Pakistan relations on a collision course
Us help for Pakistan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, but no thanks.................
Re: U.S.-Pakistan relations on a collision course
Allah swt has blessed Pakistan with every treasure ... yet we are suffering like this!!!
cuz nobody in govt is sincere with Pakistan!! they hav no concern abt where Pakistan will be standing in next 10 years ... we hav got so many resources that if we utilize them properly ... we wouldn't be dependant on any other country!
i don't think so, you have to have belief no body is coming from mars or usa. It's going to be one of us together with everyone to take us out from this hell of darkness.
Re: U.S.-Pakistan relations on a collision course
It might be on a collision course from Intelligence Agencies point of view like the relation of CIA and ISI getting worse. Other than that "Aall Izz Well"