Pakistan for the next 20 years will be a top 5-7 best investment return market as everything will grow as the economy grows. After that, the profits will stabilize as the country will start to be on the developing side (note, NOT developed, developing). As soon as the electric issue is fixed, there will be a massive inflow of Western investments, focused on Technology, BPO, Manufacturing, etc. Future looks great for Pakistan....BUT, the political stability is the most important key. You mess up the system, the economy goes back to hell, period. So I hope the violent protesting, sit-ins and all this crap that brings down Pakistan, stays the heck out of the government's way for the remainder of their term. Then people can decide who they want, but nothing should harm the economy and stability.
Does it matter? What do we make in the US outisde of the military hardware? Everything comes from "somewhere"!!! If Pakistan becomes a services economy, its perfectly fine as they have the educated labor to back it up. Once they are in the top 15th spot, who cares what they manufacture or buy from the outside. When you have services based $$$$ in trillions, you can afford to buy everything from the outside. Not the first time it would happen if Pakistan did it. What do the Arabs build? Jack squat!!! Yet, all electronics, all automobiles, etc, are first displayed in the Middle Eastern countries because they buy without mercy or care for "how much". The rest of the globe buys after thinking about if they can afford it!!
