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If Pakistan as a country is going to achieve, the central government likely needs a major employee lay-off to get rid of the infestation of corrupt thieves from top to bottom. They also need to take a stand. Pakistan has lined up everyone behind it, but China, US, ME want to see Pakistan stand...

If Trump wants to mediate, I'm all for it. It's no loss to him, end of day Khan and Modi have to make up their minds about how they want a resolution to look. There's a lot of ground to cover to have any kind of agreement.

This should be fun to watch. Don't take this as a sign of Trump desperation though. There's no one over here who's a strong competitor against him as of yet, they have 20 candidates running against him and one of them has to win first. Trump is looking for allies in a larger strategy against...

Correct, Trump (and every president before him) fly that 747 pretty much everywhere. There are rare cases where a smaller plane is used but generally because of capacity constraints. It's a status symbol for any head of state who can afford to have and fly one.

The best countries aren't those that rely on outside help, but those that create their own chances. Sometimes, as you do in cricket, you have to create your own shot and your own niche. Keynesian economics is an utter waste of time, the only reason it worked was because America wanted trading...

I've said my case. I have no need to discuss things with a thug advocating for mass murder like you any longer. Consider yourself blocked.

Do you have any idea what you're saying? If China opens Pandora's box, you think the US won't respond? If China drops nuclear weapons on LA, San Francisco, or Seattle then the next ones will fall on Shanghai and Beijing...and the rest of the world will open fire thereafter-resulting in...

Any battle for Taiwan is mainly an area denial/air superiority war. To defend Taiwan, there must be total control of the skies as that will create a vital choke point as China tries to send troops across the channel via ship, helicopter, or large cargo planes. That is the main reason the PRC has...

The A321 is a different aircraft. It's meant for longer range operations with more passengers. The 321 is the big competitor for the 737 Max (and right now it's winning rather largely). The extra orders will come, break even point if I heard correctly is about 200 aircraft, so the A220 series...

The A220 has already had a major market breakthrough with Delta Airlines in the United States. It got to be quite the fight as there was a court case on whether Bombardier took a $14M loss per unit (cost is $33M vs $19M apparent selling price). Of course A220 would make tons of sense for PIA but...

Your point is technically valid, but answer this question for me first-why on earth would passengers fly PIA when they can accomplish the same goal by flying with Qatar or Emirates? ISB/LHE/KHI as airports aren't anywhere near the type of stopover destination that DXB or DOH are, and PIA is...

Electric cars would be a great step forward but it's a capital intensive industry. They'd need to get the battery manufacturing capability (and most of the raw materials for that are in China), plus they would need to find an export market for them. China would go for it. the US would go for it...

Speaking to the mood here in the US, Boeing is in deep trouble on the consumer market. Their 737 MAX series is going to stay grounded here for a while and now it looks like some of their older (and perceived more reliable) 737NGs have a problem with the wings that need to get fixed. Boeing is...

Only way to get around this is to export as much as possible. Since exports are cheap, the economy will grow as more businesses open to take advantage of available export market. Some additional work will need to be done stabilize the electricity situation-stable power supply means businesses...

Not a perfect example but the US payroll tax system collects 34% of federal revenue despite a relatively low 15.3% rate (this is split between employees and employers, and 12.4% of that tax is capped at US$130,000 adjusted for inflation). There's very limited exemptions from it too.

Agreed, it makes zero senses to disclose defense projects to the IMF. The only reason that's happening is so the US and India can gain defense intelligence without having to work for it. That's a sovereignty issue. You can recover from a bad economy even if it takes 20 years of structural...

A giant white elephant for the US defense complex. Took forever to be developed, cost way too much, and doesn't look like it works at all.

Why, don't appreciate someone providing another perspective? Pretty rude to think you can post on a public forum and not have your views discussed?

It didn't work because Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security/military are the vast majority of the budget and no one in Congress will touch cuts to those with a ten foot pole, even when those are where cuts need to be made. Good idea. There's zero reason to buy anything not made in Pakistan...

Thank you.There's no silver bullet that will fix Pakistan's problems overnight. It was said in another thread that Pakistanis are focused on individual wealth. That's something that can be used to the country's benefit. Lower trade barriers. Create an economy focused on business growth and...