I already said the same thing
PPP blamed Musharraf's government for overselling commodities in 2008, leaving them with no foreign reserves and forcing them to seek assistance from the IMF.
PPP was criticised by the PML-N for taking an IMF loan and requiring another IMF programme to repay the loans taken out by PPP.
PTI slammed PML-N for taking loans that they had to repay, leaving them with no alternative but to deal with the IMF once more. Regardless of the reasons, we have been returning to the IMF, and the next government will almost certainly do so again.
4 percent growth in PTI is not real growth vs 5.6 percent artificial growth during PMLN?
It is a remarkable achievement, given that we had expected a growth rate of only 1.5 percent. However, in terms of dollars, Pakistan's current GDP is lower than that of 2018, which is sad, and Pakistan is likely the only emerging market in South Asia where there has been little growth in the last three years.
Yeah because Imran Khan has no Alladins lamp. Things take time to mess up and they take time to fix. You expected PMLNs 4 year mess up to be fixed in months of Imran Khan govt?
Again you are calculating in USD. In PKR, exports are going up.
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I don't expect anything to be fixed overnight. It's been over three years since the PTI came to power, and fixing a four-year mess in three years should have been a simple task for Imran Khan, who believes he is an expert in everything.
I bring up the dollar figures because even the Prime Minister's tweets, which you posted, reference growth and investment in dollars. The reality is that the Pakistani rupee has no value in the international market, and when doing business with the rest of the world, you buy and sell in USD. We could make trillions in Pakistani rupees, but if the rupee loses value, it will be worthless; Pakistan may have a 1000 trillion rupee economy, but it will still be weak; but, if it has a ten trillion dollar economy, it will be very powerful.
PMLN increased tax collection on the back of imports. Again a fallacy on your part. There was no real improvement.
Actually, under the PML-N's term the total number of tax payers increased whereas during the PTI's rule, the overall number of tax payers surprisingly went down. I presume you are referring to indirect taxation, which is significantly levied on Pakistani citizens, and while this is true, we must focus on growing our tax net and eliminating exemptions wherever possible.
Last, I'd like to emphasise that we should not assume that because Party A is a decent party, Party B must be the devil. Except for a handful, we are all Pakistanis, including PML-N workers and leaders... We all want to see a successful Pakistan, but I'm more interested in comparing who was worse than who; most people have political affiliations, so they're comparing performances to see who is better than who.
For me, I am open to switching to any party if I discover one, as I am still looking for the proper leadership, and I will most likely vote for smaller, lesser-known parties in the next election. I'm not sure I've ever been satisfied with the performance of the PPP, PML-N, or PTI, but if PTI can pull off a miracle by 2023 and better the lives of ordinary Pakistanis, I'll gladly vote for them.