If the whole world hates me I can as easily with look of scorn say 'piff sah whatever'. But in the real world everything has a ramification. Counttries that do well leverage everything and all opportunities. Countries that don't miss out on opportunities right under their noses. So it is with Pakistan.
Central Asia. One of the worlds resource region with massive gas and oil reserves with a industrial belt further north in Russia that produces most of that countries heavy industrial productts including hi-technology sector. All this to Pakistan is like continental Europe is to UK. Whereas million trucks roll across from Europe into UK and vice versa there is almost zero trade between Pakistan and Central Asia.
In fact Central Asia is more connected by pipelines to Europe and Turkey then Pakistan despite it being closer to Islamabad then Karachi.
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Gawdar and Pakistan should have been trading and energy hubs for Central Asia instead of far off Europe or even Turkey. Tajikistan has massive hydro potential yet small population. That means cheap electricity for Pakistan as Tajikistan is just 70 miles across the Wakhan Corridor.
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But alas all this potential is lost. We have countries that go across the other side of globe to leverage the opportunities. Pakistan can't even use the opportunities sat right next door. Reason? Have a look at the map. Afghanistan comes in the way. It is the doorway to all that potential.
