Pakistan did not build much infrastructure in BD but used mainly BD resources to build roads, bridges and cities in Pakistan during 1947-1971.
Dude, due to massive underinvestment in BD during 1947-1971 and the destruction caused by the West Pakistani imposed civil war in 1971, BD had to pretty much start from scratch 24 years later than Pakistan.
It took till around the year 2000 for BD to recover fully and by that time it fell way behind Pakistan. Now in 2017, things are different with GDP/capita likely a shade higher in BD due to Pakistan's huge 210-220 million population compared to 160 million in BD.
Since GDP/capita is racing ahead at 6% a year in BD while only 3% in Pakistan, BD will keep getting more and more wealtheir than Pakistan as time goes by. And dont quote GDP growth as Pakistan has much higher population growth than BD and so not a fair way to compare using this metric.
Yes, Pakistani cities and infrastructure look better than BD and the average Pakistani is wealtheir as for most of the time since 1947 Pakistan has been wealthier than BD, but I think by the middle of next decade BD can match Pakistani infrastructure and personal wealth, and then will build up a lead due to higher GDP/capita growth.
So you see BD's focus on economic development is finally paying off and on a good side note, the money is finally being made available to allow a very strong conventional military to be built by the year 2030.
Pakistan did not build much infrastructure in BD but used mainly BD resources to build roads, bridges and cities in Pakistan during 1947-1971.
What are you even talking about ? Majority of our cities and infrastructure was made after 1990's . You are trying to hide your governments's impotence by blaming it on Pakistan . What's stopping your government to build planned cities , expressways , Bridges ? . Our first 6 lane expressway from Lahore - Islamabad was built in 1997 not 1960 . Islamabad was nothing more than a hill during 60's . Lahore started developing after 2005 . Karachi's skyscraper boom started 4-5 years ago .
Islamabad during 1960's and 70's
Islamabad Today
Karachi Clifton 1960's
Karachi Clifton Today
Our first Orange Line in Lahore to be completed this year (Not made in 70's )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorways_of_Pakistan
Motorways of Pakistan (
Urdu:
پاکستان کی موٹروے) are a network of multiple-lane, high-speed,
limited-access or
controlled-access highways in
Pakistan, which are owned, maintained and operated federally by Pakistan's
National Highway Authority. T
he total length of Pakistan's motorways is 1010 km as of 4 February 2017. Around 3690 km of motorways are currently under construction at different parts of country. Most of these motorway projects will be completed by 2019.
Majority of the 1000 KM 6 lane's were built after 1997 not in 70's . So Name me that one wonder that we built of your money ?
As for Your concern about Islamabad this will be a good read for you as to how they maintain a very high standard of living there .
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-trees-in-its-capital/?utm_term=.56d4d34901a7
In Pakistan’s capital, government leaders and residents often boast of living in one of the world’s
“greenest” cities.
Islamabad, built in the 1960s and envisioned as a paradise for Pakistan’s governing elite, sits at the base of the lush Margalla Hills in the Himalayan foothills. Nearly every yard in this city of about a half-million people includes at least a few trees. Islamabad also maintains “green belts” of parkland that separate neighborhoods.
That success in maintaining Islamabad’s greenery can be attributed to the Capital Development Authority (CDA), a municipal body tasked with protecting the city’s beauty. Before anyone cuts down a tree in Islamabad, homeowners must first get approval from the CDA, which often denies the requests.
But the CDA is now investigating whether the U.S. Embassy violated one of the cardinal rules for living in Islamabad: Don’t touch the trees.
[After years of tension, anti-American sentiment ebbs in Pakistan]
On Sunday, citing unnamed sources, Pakistan's the News newspaper reported that police recently intercepted a truck that was
“illegally” hauling tens of thousands of dollars' worth of trees from the embassy compound last Tuesday.
In an interview with The Washington Post, a spokesman for the CDA, Ramazan Sajid, confirmed that there is an active investigation of the matter.
According to Sajid, the U.S. Embassy recently requested permission to cut down 94 trees to make way for the next phase of an
ongoing $1 billion expansion. That request was never granted, he said.
“Before a [no-objection certificate] was issued, a contractor hired by the embassy started cutting the trees,” Sajid said. “Those trees were loaded onto a truck and being carried away when the truck was stopped by police. The police took the truck and the contractor to the police station.”
In all, Sajid said, Islamabad police confiscated 13 trees from the truck. He said authorities are trying to determine how many trees have been cut down and whether the embassy deliberately violated the law.
“We have sent a letter to the embassy seeking more details,” Sajid said. “I can’t say whether anyone from the embassy was involved, but it’s a fact that trees were cut without [permission], which is illegal.”
A U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter, said the incident was limited to one truckload of trees. The official also stressed that U.S. Embassy personnel were not involved.
“We understand that a contractor associated with the construction of the New Embassy Compound in Islamabad attempted to remove one truckload of felled trees from the construction without the required No Objection Certificate, and the Capital Development Authority has since fined the contractor,” the official said in a statement. “The U.S. Embassy has not removed any trees from the construction site without a permit.”
Can you Imagine Dhaka's development authorities making a big fuss over tress with US ?
