How to SUBSTITUE Indian Imports & Services?

[Indus Pakistan]

Why substitute.

India is a massive market why cant Pakistan explore that. Its our shortsightedness that despite two giant neighbours of 1.4 billion on each side Pakistan finds no export markets. Shameful!!

Agreed. I don't think Pakistan should even give a inch on Kashmir. But lots of countries have terriotorial disputes but they trade with each other. Argentina has dispute with UK over Falklands and has even fought a war but it trades with UK. Trade does not mean you give up on your national interest. Also both countries are in stalemate over Kashmir. 70 years of hostilities have achieved nothing but death on both sides. Now we have nukes in place and chance of forced withdrawing of borders is zero.

Therefore why not trade and find common areas of cooperation to build up confidence and goodwill. This soft power can be used more effectively to try and resolve the dispute then nukes.

It is also time to move away from the Muslim/Hindu dichotomy. Fact is Pakistan did nothing to improve the position of South Asian Muslims. Nothing. In fact it can be argued that it had the reverse effect. There are nearly as many Muslims in India as Pakistan.

The irony here is it was Indian Muslims who were potential victims as they lived in Hindu majority states or provinces. How did Pakistan help them? India has struggled to tame few million Kashmiris. So how would it have tamed Khyber Pakhtunkwa or Punjab or Balochistan? The fact is the Muslims of the Indus region would always have pushed asides any notion of Hindu Raj. It took entire divisions of Pak Army and 6 years of war to pacify FATA. Imagine India trying to impose Hindu Raj over 200 million Muslims of the Indus region who would have had substantial majority over Hindus.

We all know what happened to Hindu Pandits from Kashmir. The fact is Pakistan did nothing to improve the position of Indian Muslims either way. My point is it's time to move away from politics of religion and just focus on economy.

 

[newb3e]

first trade isnt bad! lets trade and find a way to solve our disputes.
second get all the farm land from faujis and plant cotton on it.
thrid get all the farm land from housing societies and plant beet root on it not sugar cane as it is water intensive.

forth demand wardi to stop protecting mafia and stop being oart of them!


fifth send wardi back to barracks where they actually belong!

 

[Robbie]

Ban all trade with India and it will force Pakistani businesses to scout elsewhere for the same products. There is nothing that Hindu India produces that cannot be got elsewhere of better quality.

Momins should not bow in front of false gods of money. True Muslims will ban all trade and relations with India.

Agreed. I don't think Pakistan should even give a inch on Kashmir. But lots of countries have terriotorial disputes but they trade with each other. Argentina has dispute with UK over Falklands and has even fought a war but it trades with UK. Trade does not mean you give up on your national interest. Also both countries are in stalemate over Kashmir. 70 years of hostilities have achieved nothing but death on both sides. Now we have nukes in place and chance of forced withdrawing of borders is zero.

Therefore why not trade and find common areas of cooperation to build up confidence and goodwill. This soft power can be used more effectively to try and resolve the dispute then nukes.

It is also time to move away from the Muslim/Hindu dichotomy. Fact is Pakistan did nothing to improve the position of South Asian Muslims. Nothing. In fact it can be argued that it had the reverse effect. There are nearly as many Muslims in India as Pakistan.

The irony here is it was Indian Muslims who were potential victims as they lived in Hindu majority states or provinces. How did Pakistan help them? India has struggled to tame few million Kashmiris. So how would it have tamed Khyber Pakhtunkwa or Punjab or Balochistan? The fact is the Muslims of the Indus region would always have pushed asides any notion of Hindu Raj. It took entire divisions of Pak Army and 6 years of war to pacify FATA. Imagine India trying to impose Hindu Raj over 200 million Muslims of the Indus region who would have had substantial majority over Hindus.

We all know what happened to Hindu Pandits from Kashmir. The fact is Pakistan did nothing to improve the position of Indian Muslims either way. My point is it's time to move away from politics of religion and just focus on economy.

 

[Bilal Khan (Quwa)]

It's time to move on. Sure keep the Kashmir issue alive but I think it's time to reassess Pakistan's posture toward India. Forget about just importing cotton or sugar. Time to open the border to Indian cars, Indian electronic products etc. It's win win for both sides. It's time to move from slicing your own nose to spite India.

I am going to Pakistan in few weeks time and was looking into hiring a car. But then I thought why not buy a car which I could leave to a relative and use whenever I went. But prices are silly. Just out of interest I looked at cars in India. Shockingly they were £1000s cheaper. £6,000 car in Pakistan was going for £4,500 in India. Unbelievable.

Who benefits from this? The corrupt car mafia. The average Pakistani is being screwed over.

Let the Indians in and I guarantee you that they'll work into the same structures supporting the Japanese and others. In other words, the Indian-built cars will be more expensive in Pakistan versus India, and we'll be back to square-one. The real problem is a lack of localization of cars (and other goods) and poor exports.

If we need some help from India, it's ideas on arm-twisting foreign brands competing in our market to boost localization and drive exports. In other words, facilitate the creation and export of 'Made in Pakistan' cars, much like Indian cars (and other consumer goods).

It's a tragedy that the sum of our economic "planning" is (1) fetch foreign currency on the backs of laborers in the Gulf and (2) find cheaper imports. God save us and give a voice to those with reason.

 

[Kabira]

First ask why Pakistan GDP per capita is now 50% less then India and Bangladesh, both historically poorer then Pakistan.

 

[Kabira]

Over the Years I have Noticed that there are few services and Imports that Pakistanis are forced to Take . I am listing them as follows. Please provide alternatives or substitutes:

1. Raw Cotton (Why not Central Asia or other regions)
2. Liver Disease Hospitalizations & services
3. Snake Bite,polio,tetanus Medicines

From Pakistan to India — A new lease on life

The turning point in Saima's life came when Aslam found a medical travel facilitator online.

www.dawn.com

Medicines and vitamins imported from India, shows ministry’s document

Pakistan suspended trade with India after Delhi annexed held Kashmir in August last year.

www.dawn.com

No point wasting $ to import expensive goods from far away.The reason we are in this mess to begin with. And China apparently will help Pakistan develop vaccine production.

Pakistan working to expand vaccine production capacity

KARACHI, Pakistan – Without any domestic production capacity and facing virtually chronic shortages of vaccines on the market, Pakistan is now partnering with China to build capacity and working to create a policy environment more conducive to facilitating production.

www.bioworld.com

Need to make better use of available land and water to grow crops.

 

[GHALIB]

Over the Years I have Noticed that there are few services and Imports that Pakistanis are forced to Take . I am listing them as follows. Please provide alternatives or substitutes:

1. Raw Cotton (Why not Central Asia or other regions)
2. Liver Disease Hospitalizations & services
3. Snake Bite,polio,tetanus Medicines

From Pakistan to India — A new lease on life

The turning point in Saima's life came when Aslam found a medical travel facilitator online.

www.dawn.com

Medicines and vitamins imported from India, shows ministry’s document

Pakistan suspended trade with India after Delhi annexed held Kashmir in August last year.

www.dawn.com

for wise and sane pakistanis it is better to take benefit of better services and goods available in india , having good relations is beneficial to people of pakistan.

First ask why Pakistan GDP per capita is now 50% less then India and Bangladesh, both historically poorer then Pakistan.

most of your resources got exhausted in defeating two super powers in afghanistan , firstly you defeated russia and liberated muslim countries , then you went on to defeat america . job was done but with some dent to pakistan economy .

 

[rent4country]

It's time to move on. Sure keep the Kashmir issue alive but I think it's time to reassess Pakistan's posture toward India. Forget about just importing cotton or sugar. Time to open the border to Indian cars, Indian electronic products etc. It's win win for both sides. It's time to move from slicing your own nose to spite India.

I am going to Pakistan in few weeks time and was looking into hiring a car. But then I thought why not buy a car which I could leave to a relative and use whenever I went. But prices are silly. Just out of interest I looked at cars in India. Shockingly they were £1000s cheaper. £6,000 car in Pakistan was going for £4,500 in India. Unbelievable.

Who benefits from this? The corrupt car mafia. The average Pakistani is being screwed over.

access to a bigger market for Pakistani goods?

 

[Kabira]

most of your resources got exhausted in defeating two super powers in afghanistan , firstly you defeated russia and liberated muslim countries , then you went on to defeat america . job was done but with some dent to pakistan economy .

Snakes we fed milk to fight India turned against us.

 

[GHALIB]

Snakes we fed milk to fight India turned against us.

but you defeated two superpowers singlehandedly .
a great feat .

 

[paritosh]

Why substitute.

India is a massive market why cant Pakistan explore that. Its our shortsightedness that despite two giant neighbours of 1.4 billion on each side Pakistan finds no export markets. Shameful!!

If relations were to improve, I suspect that there would be a huge demand for Pakistani tv shows and movies as it used to be in the 70s and 80s for punjabi comedy shows. Your food and agro business companies would find takers as well. Who wouldn’t want to move closer to the central Asian markets through Pakistan.

 

[fitpOsitive]

dang...there's an "industrial method" of killing? simply shooting them ain't good enough for you? I meant for the government to take mafias out but you just took it to a whol e new level bruh, remind me to never piss you off!

I meant eliminating them in such a way that they and their offsprings will never emerge again.
Total cleanup.

 

[gulli]

Either ask Pakistan government to completely ban everything imported from India or hope India apply some kind of trade embargo on Pakistan, this will help you explore other options and even if they are expensive you will get use to the selling price on offer.

 

[Chakar The Great]

If relations were to improve, I suspect that there would be a huge demand for Pakistani tv shows and movies as it used to be in the 70s and 80s for punjabi comedy shows. Your food and agro business companies would find takers as well. Who wouldn’t want to move closer to the central Asian markets through Pakistan.

The opportunities for both nations are endless. Pakistan should give access to India to Central Asia and Iran and from there onwards to Europe.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

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