am pretty sure you already know this. but just having high debt doesnt mean anything bad without knowing the other economic variables.
for example, a person can have
a million dollars in debt,
make 200k per year
1) if they used those million dollars of debt to buy a house that is now valued...
Really?
We are getting hammered by ttp and Taliban from Afghanistan.
While our army is more interested in agriculture and real estate.
Every govt institution is run by a retired general because he is more interested in making money.
you could get a glimpse of that here in PDF.
the general level of debate and discussion feels going down 3 IQ points every month.
I joined this forum 13 years ago - those days were very different with very good debates and discussions.
development allocation (of funds) is just about half of defense allocation.
that's a better comparison. I don't care if we spent 10% of GDP on defense, shouldn't it be less than the budget for development of our people and the country?
Goes to show the implicit support from USA during that time.
Comparing it to status of relationship between Pakistan and USA now (25 years later).
Couldn't help thinking of this is because the mil leadership fudged up the Afghanistan situation.
No point blaming any civilian leadership in pak...
we can start doing that within pakistan - dont need to ask others to join us. others should be asking to join us - and that is possible if we actually set up a working example.
do you really think looking at where we are , other countries are lining up to join Pakistan?
(forex reserves almost...
I think I now understand you a lot more.
I here by declare my self as a billionaire and invite you all to join me as my subjects so I can provide you security. oh by the way - can someone please pay my electricity bill? a small price to be under my leadership.
ok - I ll bite
"consumer and Industrial goods" -> what Industrial goods does Pakistan produce that can be exported to Iran? can you name some?
we can provide vegetables, fuits etc - but currently our own citizens are suffering from inflation and high costs of for food - do we want to export food...
as of now a war torn Afghanistan has better economy (currency rate) and forex (totaling $9.5 billion ) and is a much more sharia compliant government.
Iran has $40 billion in forex reserves and much better economy
why will they join Pakistan which is neither sharia compiant, nor has better...
so you want to have
1) trade route to Russia through china
2) combine with Afghanistan and Iran
and then have good relations with USA?
the whole point of USA not happy with Pakistan is because Pakistan is
1) too close to China
2) supported Afghanistan at the end of the war
also - you said...
and UAE wants a Pakistan made bike? FTA should be based on what Pakistan can trade - people and labor (high end and low end). that FTA should include a proposal to ensure more visas for our population to get jobs in the UAE.
they work on being paid for these tickets. they dont do charity flying.
the workers are paid for either by the hiring companies or by the workers themselves.
and I agree with your point that it "can" be turned to profits. but that requires setting up an actual company - not a cash cow that can...
what market access?
of the 240 millionpeople, how many can aford air travel? how many do you think can afford air travel 5 years from now?
and if we continue the same path (as we have for decades)- how many can afford air travel in 10 years?
you see where I am going with this?
we can be all...
No army inside on 100 kms from the border.
No dha, no army run industries , no jobs for anyone from the army in any other govt or private institutions.
Army role is at the border to keep our map intact.
Sell all dha and use that money to install textile industries. That's our main export...