Personal Analysis: Pakistan Did mistake in priorities of CPEC projects

[shahbaz baig]

I think we did biggest mistake to priorities the CPEC projects. We should have done three things first.
1. Hydro dams
2. Transmission Lines to announced SEZs.
3. Industrialization.

For increasing exports, Pakistan needs industrialization, and for competitive industries we need cheap electricity, friendly business environment so that we could have competed regionally & then globally because of cheap total cost of products but Pakistan focused on motorways, roads, coal/wind & some hydro energy plants instead of completely focusing on big hydropower dams. (This is the biggest fault but really easy to understand). We should have worked on cheap hydro energy first since 2013. So today perhaps we will be exporting some goods, products.

Pakistan & China are still unable to build any successful SEZs yet because feasibility of final production cost is high even for textile if compare with Bangladesh & India. We have totally failed to resume our textile industry yet then forget about other industries.

 

[MastanKhan]

I think we did biggest mistake to priorities the CPEC projects. We should have done three things first.
1. Hydro dams
2. Transmission Lines to announced SEZs.
3. Industrialization.

For increasing exports, Pakistan needs industrialization, and for competitive industries we need cheap electricity, friendly business environment so that we could have competed regionally & then globally because of cheap total cost of products but Pakistan focused on motorways, roads, coal/wind & some hydro energy plants instead of completely focusing on big hydropower dams. (This is the biggest fault but really easy to understand). We should have worked on cheap hydro energy first since 2013. So today perhaps we will be exporting some goods, products.

Pakistan & China are still unable to build any successful SEZs yet because feasibility of final production cost is high even for textile if compare with Bangladesh & India. We have totally failed to resume our textile industry yet then forget about other industries.

Hi,

A country that burns natural gas in motorcycles---rickshaws and cars---its fate is doomed---when it cannot supply natural gas to the industry---.

This fool of a nation has destroyed its industry while people burnt this precious product to move around---.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

This is the World economic Game

• Iran is sanctioned , so oil prices go up (otherwise oil price falls)
• OPEC $ makes money
• USA sells weapons to OPEC , and ransom money for protection
• The burden is transferred over to Pakistan Rupee annually when we have to pay Excessive oil prices
• USA has also been snatching more pie from OPEC recently
• USA wants to disrupt Venezuelan oil production to jack up oil prices further

When countries like Pakistan (Agricultural countries) take up loans to make up deficit , then IMF comes (Saudia, USA, Japan many others) all get profits from interest we pay

• Oil / Petrol is not meant to be used for Millions of Motor cycles on daily basis we are not a oil country and thus our focus should have been for alternative fuel public transport (Bus , Trains , and Double Decker buses)

Cheap oil via pipeline is haram for Pakistan
Iran - Pakistan gas pipeline is haram for Pakistan
Open trade with Iran is haram for Pakistan

 

[MastanKhan]

This is the World economic Game

• Iran is sanctioned , so oil prices go up
• OPEC $ makes money
• USA sells weapons to OPEC , and ransom money for protection
• The burden is transferred over to Pakistan Rupee annually when we have to pay Excessive oil prices
• USA has also been snatching more pie from OPEC recently
• USA wants to disrupt Venezuelan oil production to jack up oil prices further

When countries like Pakistan (Agricultural countries) take up loans to make up deficit , then IMF comes (Saudia, USA, Japan many others) all get profits from interest we pay

• Oil / Petrol is not meant to be used for Millions of Motor cycles on daily basis we are not a oil country and thus our focus should have been for alternative fuel public transport (Bus , Trains , and Double Decker buses)

Hi,

Every major problem that pakistan is facing and is going to face---goes back to its bad decision regarding Yemen---by not building up a military battle group---.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Unsure about Yamen as I don't know what was the backdrop however as a nation we did not made correct decision and allowed freedom for our country to turn into a Motor cycle grave yard

Every day millions don't pay taxes but they have no issue to buy oil and send massive amount of cash to oil producing countries

The minor fuel tax is suppose to be painful


If proper bus transport was setup , we would be saving 90% of our oil cost

 

[khansaheeb]

I think we did biggest mistake to priorities the CPEC projects. We should have done three things first.
1. Hydro dams
2. Transmission Lines to announced SEZs.
3. Industrialization.

For increasing exports, Pakistan needs industrialization, and for competitive industries we need cheap electricity, friendly business environment so that we could have competed regionally & then globally because of cheap total cost of products but Pakistan focused on motorways, roads, coal/wind & some hydro energy plants instead of completely focusing on big hydropower dams. (This is the biggest fault but really easy to understand). We should have worked on cheap hydro energy first since 2013. So today perhaps we will be exporting some goods, products.

Pakistan & China are still unable to build any successful SEZs yet because feasibility of final production cost is high even for textile if compare with Bangladesh & India. We have totally failed to resume our textile industry yet then forget about other industries.

Nah not really, what we need is the Beijing-Europe to Gwadar/Karachi railway then watch the dollars flood in and Pakistan rocket to super economic power status.

 

[shahbaz baig]

Nah not really, what we need is the Beijing-Europe to Gwadar/Karachi railway then watch the dollars flood in and Pakistan rocket to super economic power status.

It is our Pakistan. I am sad right now bro. See you soon all

 

[Armchair]

"industrialization" is a very vague term. It is open to subjective interpretation and different people will have different ideas about it.

Personally for me (coming from the Late Dr. Zafar Altaf, former Secretary of Agriculture), the central issue is to develop first a steel industry. The 1960s plan was a rail line between a coal producing area connected to an iron ore producing area. This would create a powerful steel industry that would be globally competitive.

 

[khansaheeb]

Steel and Sulphuric acid are the fuels of industrialisation.

It is our Pakistan. I am sad right now bro. See you soon all

Sadness to me is the happiest time, When a shining city rises from the ruins of my drunken mind. Those times when I'm silent and still as the earth, The thunder of my roar is heard across the universe.

Rumi

 

[nahtanbob]

When countries like Pakistan (Agricultural countries) take up loans to make up deficit , then IMF comes (Saudia, USA, Japan many others) all get profits from interest we pay

what is the interest on your recent Saudi loans ? 2.35%

 

[Krptonite]

I think we did biggest mistake to priorities the CPEC projects. We should have done three things first.
1. Hydro dams
2. Transmission Lines to announced SEZs.
3. Industrialization.

For increasing exports, Pakistan needs industrialization, and for competitive industries we need cheap electricity, friendly business environment so that we could have competed regionally & then globally because of cheap total cost of products but Pakistan focused on motorways, roads, coal/wind & some hydro energy plants instead of completely focusing on big hydropower dams. (This is the biggest fault but really easy to understand). We should have worked on cheap hydro energy first since 2013. So today perhaps we will be exporting some goods, products.

Pakistan & China are still unable to build any successful SEZs yet because feasibility of final production cost is high even for textile if compare with Bangladesh & India. We have totally failed to resume our textile industry yet then forget about other industries.

I'm unaware of the on ground progress of CPEC, but from what I've read from media reports, a major part of CPEC seems to focus on building the industrial capacity of Pakistan, has that not gone through?

As for oil, it's like an open secret at this point, developing countries like ours pay more than the developed ones, it's not a very fair economic system imposed on us.

 

[khansaheeb]

I'm unaware of the on ground progress of CPEC, but from what I've read from media reports, a major part of CPEC seems to focus on building the industrial capacity of Pakistan, has that not gone through?

As for oil, it's like an open secret at this point, developing countries like ours pay more than the developed ones, it's not a very fair economic system imposed on us.

Focus of CPEC is infrastructure, Industrialisation comes next.

 

[Krptonite]

Focus of CPEC is infrastructure, Industrialisation comes next.

I was under the impression that it was a bit of both, highways for the infrastructure and SEZs for the industry.

 

[khansaheeb]

I was under the impression that it was a bit of both, infrastructure for the highways and SEZs for the industry.

It's phase one of SEZ , construction/infrastructure, the actual industries inside them is phase two.

 

[Krptonite]

It's phase one of SEZ , construction/infrastructure, the actual industries inside them is phase two.

Just curious, has all the infrastructure related part completed or in the final stages or still ongoing?

How much time did it take to set up the first phase and how much is estimated for the second?