ohhho putar i've sifted through this thread and many like it....it's best to stick to the actual facts.
hell -- there are countries that are notorious for fabricating numbers (e.g. central asian republics). To a large extent, Pakistan hasnt done so though there have been times where it did. It is true however some of the posters' input on inflation and how it counteracts against a rising GDP per capita
please also remember that these figures do not take into account the informal (undocumented) sector which in itself is quite large and unfortunately a bit difficult to quantify in numbers
as for the growth Pakistan witnessed in the early 2000s -- yes it was a very good time for Pakistan....foreign investment was ever-increasing and poverty did dip. This can be partially attributed to some debt-forgiveness granted to Pakistan for its cooperation in the GWOT. More funds (which were usually reserved for debt servicing) were available for investment/infrastructure projects and other things.
Pakistan has been quite resilient, despite the recent turn of political events which have had a detrimental effect on its economy. Any other country out there would have collapsed by now, whereas in Pakistan --despite the challenges -- life, business --everything still goes on. It really goes down, however, to sound governance and sound domestic economic policies.
we need a down-sized and more efficient government....there needs to be accountability on governments end, and meanwhile Pakistanis (especially the rich) need to own up and be willing to sacrifice some income for the sake of providing revenue to govt. which would be used for public services --which would in turn be provided to the population; thats a whole seperate issue though
