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On the contrary, Pakistan is even more important then we can imagine for various reasons. But that is beyond the point of this discussion.
You believe that our industry will collapse if the US stops trading with us, I say that it would be the best thing that could ever happen to us because it will cripple some land lords and some politicians but will serve the general public. You think that sanctions can cripple us, let me tell you that our major import is OIL, which we can then import from IRAN on barter against items that we currently export elsewhere (and that is assuming that even SA aur UAE are a part of the sanction train, which is not practical).
The US could not have done anything during the Soviet-Afghan war and that is when we made major strides in the Nuclear delivery field (remember, we were already an undisclosed nuclear power even before that), but the moment the war ended in Afghanistan and the moment the Soviets withdrew.....pressler amendment was imposed upon us.
I fully agree that if we stop trading with US, we will be in deep **** and that is what we want. A solider fights fearlessly when he knows he has no escape or no way to retreat. For once if Pakistan ends up in this situation, our reliance on foreign products will reduce and we will be forced to develop local industry to meet our demands. We will find many other avenues which we are unable to see right now, what to talk of exploring.
And remember, sanctions does not stop trade, those who want to buy from Pakistan will find out a way to do that.