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Building railways or HSR in case of China is never a bad thing. Depends on RoI but surely in the long run it will pay dividends. The Chinese Laos HSR might have a poor ROI today but with connectivity to Thailand and onwards to Malaysia, that’ll have a multiplier effect. Wrt to CPEC, most of...

It’s a smart move by Barrick. They know if Pakistan’s shares in Reko Diq are transferred to Saudis, the probability of this venture becoming a success increases. The Saudis can arm twist Pakistan into doing virtually anything. More so when Pakistan is in such a precarious situation...

I see Indians doing making idiotic comments and Pakistanis in their blind hatred for the establishment playing along. Pakistan would not be in existence had it lost 4 wars against India. Coming back to the topic, agriculture is not the army’s domain. One cannot barge forward with the idea...

Mods, can we ban these idiots. @waz

I think that myth is busted ie the army is incorruptible, sole surviving organized institution, protector against India, last bulwark against the West, army of the Ummah bla bla. They doing all this shenanigans only adds to their disrepute.

Somehow I feel, NADRA’s coup by the military ties up with its upcoming election project.

If the boys can rule the civilian institutions then would it be fair to allow bloody civilians to manage a military brigade?

Nice memes. Keep them coming.

There are many Indians on this forum who’re dissing Pakistan without punishments. Trying posting this crap on Indian forums and see what happens. I propose adding mod strength and get rid of the bad apples.

Ishaq Dar is a criminal and should be treated as such. No good can come out of him. Solutions are simple but hard to implement. Tax on real estate Tax on retail Privatize PSEs Tackle the IPP and circular debt issue Reduce defense budget Reduce subsidies Enact laws so that no government can...

They need a Fauji at Nadra. Political engineering and management season coming up shortly.

Demographics is on PTI side. But the next elections will not feature IK and its leadership in some areas will not be allowed to be represented under some cooked up pretext. The elections will be managed by this way and PMLN will be allowed to win. This way political engineering will not be...

There are multiple interests at play here far beyond IK or Sharifs or Zardaris. First, the establishment wouldn’t like to destabilize the border too much. Why? They benefit out of smuggling activities and that’s their bread and butter. So a miscreants creates trouble and bombs blowing up here...

A suicide bomb kills scores of Pakistanis, and the Faujeets will say there will be blowback from Afghanistan, ex FATA, ISIS, IEA, Good Taliban, Bad Taliban, Neutral Taliban, LeT, ISI Taliban cell. Essentially a cover up for cowardice. Be apologetic and repeat this 100 times and you have a...

I am not sure if there is a desert in Punjab. The land acquired is probably suitable for agriculture already.

Yes, had Imran Khan survived the NCV, Russian oil at 20%+ discount could have cushioned the inflationary effects. But Bajwa and Sharifs had something else in mind. And here we are.

This topic has been extensively discussed in economic threads. Budget deficit in Pakistan’s case is a reality if other indicators are healthy (forex, exports, GDP growth, inflation) especially after Covid and commodity super cycle. Ishaq Dar economic policies were damaging even admitted by his...

I see at a disturbing trend. Indian youth have minimal exposure to Pakistan except through the prism of their news channel and Bollywood. A stereotype has developed in which an average Pakistani sports a taweez and a kajal in his eye and ends every sentence with janaab. In addition to the...

If one calls $20bn forex reserves, 5%+ GDP growth, exports of $30 bn, manageable budget deficit and inflation then I’d take that bankrupt Pakistan any day. Nawaz Sharif had ample opportunity to provide sources of income which he failed to. Panama Leaks was not done by Imran Khan. The crook...

Thailand’s defense budget as a % of GDP is 1.17%. They’ve got a mediocre army to put it politely, but it pays to not have enemies and be on good terms with everyone.