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The same has been said multiple times over the past 70+ years. Let me just say this, we won't default iA. Secondly, countries have defaulted and carried on. Pakistan was never invincible nor infallible, rather we manage to eke out our existence. So if the idea is to get by with "juggad"...

But why would those things happen? If anything, more people will leave Pakistan and more will send money back to help their relatives.

Whether they call it quits or not, they have wasted their political capital and that is what may make them irrelevant in the future....Gandhi family like. The current economic situation is working directly against them. Some of it is cumulative baggage and the other half is political/economic...

Not sure what the 50% drop is based on? People are already sending money through non-official means like Hawala etc. Is that what you mean by holding back? People overseas should realize that remittances aren't a good tool for political dissent.

Short term pain but we, as a country, cannot and should not rely on remittances to balance our books. We need to rely on our exports and fiscal discipline to not overspend. If anything, remittances should help to create a forex reserves surplus.

Missing the forest for the trees.

They just hide or buffer our inability to export. As said many times before, we are shamelessly one of the most underperforming populations of the world (Indians are no better but since they are not the ones in dire straits, they can be kept out of this). This is primarily because of economic...

Whatever the politics of it, if everything becomes a road block then how will this country work (or crawl)?

Please read my other note. In our country, there is no "neutral"...everyone is branded as belonging to one camp or another. I am just stating the reality of the situation and not living in the "ideal" of the idea of neutrality.

Can you find someone who is considered "impartial" by both sides? Realize the extreme polarization, its an impossibility right now. If I am not wearing your uniform, I am not in. The same for the other side. So if someone is being picked without a traditional "political" background, why not...

Why would he be neutral? When PTI was in power, they put their people in various jobs. PDM is doing the same now. Isn't this how the governments work? The gauge should be whether or not he is delivering to the people. What if he works out and does well?

As evil as the "Establishment" is, it is the only entity to get the country to swallow this bitter pill.

I agree. If anything IMF's "cruel" guidelines will teach us some fiscal discipline. My only concern at this time is that "politics" are taking precedence over the well-being of the country. I.e. there is no time left but to get IMF engaged 100%. PDM are thinking about their political...

So what is the issue with Mohsin Naqvi? Why so much partisanship in everything? Why is everything controversial just because he is not "your" party's man? FGS, give this divisive narrative a break. Thank you!

Not that I know the man personally but if Punjab has had the sharifs, Chaudhries and a Buzdar running the CM House, why can't a Naqvi do the same?

I understand the frustration but Pakistan cannot live without their patronage and trade regardless of how much your/our ego is hurt. So talk is cheap about establishment giving in to the west. Even IK et-al were customers of IMF so blaming "west" for our own self-created problems is not the...

Liberalism may have damaged Pakistan earlier, but you'd be lucky to find a "liberal" of thought in Pakistan now. What has unsettled Pakistan is extremism of thought on both ends of the spectrum. Stick to the middle of the road - miyanarawi....never goes too wrong.

People that are misguided and being "used" cannot be given carte blanche. Do you think these "leaders" don't know the military's mandate, as per the law and the NAP, in Gwadar? These "leaders" are not simpletons. They are pretty cunning and conniving because they know they can use the public...

Because TTP never left! You needed continued operations to ensure they never got a refuge in Pakistan. Our FATA tribals let these folks in and gave them refuge, our government of the day (PTI) gave them all the space for reasons being mentioned by IK and that is why the TTP is inside our...

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