UAE's economy is bigger than the economy of 80 million big Iran despite a 8 times smaller population.
List of countries by GDP (nominal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The complexity of the economy of the UAE far exceeds that of most other ME countries including Iran. Nor is UAE depending on any migrants be they Arab or non-Arab. Literary millions of people want to get into the UAE but can't. It's one of the countries that have experienced the highest migration rates in the world of late.
For your information then the GCC alone is a 2 TRILLION dollar economy (GDP nominal).
Lastly nor is anybody going to deport anyone outside of illegal migrants and criminals as usual which is standard procedure in every sane country. The relations between Pakistan and the GCC and Arab world are still extremely close on all fronts. This decision is not going to change anything and it was always symbolic. This is an Arab coalition dealing with an internal Arab conflict for a reason.
Every first grade student knows that having God given resources has nothing to do with you being a better and superior nation... Even when God given resources are taken into account Iran is times wealthier than you... with hundreds of trillions dollars...
Iran's total wealth of natural God-given resources
When you have no card to play with in front of advanced nations, you have no choice but to show you have more God given resources... It is silly when you are comparing yourself to Iranians... It is like that 10 yo guy in my neighborhood who every time I passed their area, used to start to challenge me by saying words learnt from his father....
I recently realized that when a Khaliji Arab talks we need to be sympathetic and understand them... the way, you should not fool a child or a retarded person... it is not right attitude... so, let,s be merciful and say "OK, you Arabs are the best" and you own the world and other nations... you are too good to be true actually... you are masters and Pakistanis are slaves!!
When I shared my perception about how Arabs and specially GCC Arabs think and analyse issues with my friends and family, they said the same... they are very different in mindset and analytic... They see issues like no other normal nation on earth... Their kings... princesses... ministers... leaders... TV analysts... political and social analysts on TVs and internet... I noticed recently that all kind of Arabs have a very weird logic like it is from some other planet... If a pakistani, Iranian or Turk or Western analyse a 2+2 = 4 .... Arabs analyse it like... it is 3 for sure... or when I saw a Saudi king says, Arabs of Jazirah are a great nation because God sent its prophet to them!! seriously? Does n't he think maybe God sent you the prophet becoz you needed the guidance more than other nations and you were the most needy to be guided!!?? or God was disappointed of you figuring the right way by yourself?? I,m not saying it is true but I,m sure you know what I mean!
I expect Pakistani brothers to keep their dignity and act like they supposed to as a great nation and great power... they think becoz a small percentage of Pakistanis are working in their countries, then they are less-human or second class slaves... I have personal observations about this in Dubai...
No one is better than others but in Taghva... in nation scale, no other nation is better than others..becoz every nation has its strength and weaknesses...but normally nations who use their brain the most are respected more...
But for you Arabs... I just figured it out recently that instead of trying to correct you I should act like you,re all right... you can not teach nano tech to a 3 years old kid... It is alright... you,re gonna be fine.. although, the way you are now is cute... Arabs are so cute...
btw, economists compare countries by this new measure since a while now , maybe you better adopt it if you want to have a normal logic!!
Iranian economy size:
List of countries by GDP (PPP) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iranian Per Capital GDP:
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ok, honestly, let,s compare Iranian economy's current situation with GCC Arabs:
Let,s be fair....
- A country like Iran being under the most unprecedented sanctions for more than 36 years now
- A country has a total of 18 billion dollars of oil exports last year and all of it can not be paid in cash but in form of low quality Chinese or Indian merchandise..
- A country with 78 million citizens and more than 3 million non tax payer refugees residing in its land and consuming its resources
- A country that no country is willing to help her with tech and science
- A country that has many other spending holes in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan in form of billions of dollars of help
Let,s be fair...
Iran has a $16500 PPP per capital well above world average in par with Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Mexico, etc and well above countries like Brasil and a 1.3 Trillion Dollars worth of GDP when compared in purchasing power parity... All this numbers with above mentioned restraints that kills off most nations on earth, let aside being higher intermediate level income.. and a HIGH Quality of life (HDI)...
Now, let,s imagine Saudi Arabia is stripped off its oil exports!! what is left to be counted? it will become a country like Moroco or Maldive in its best... UAE is performing better but still the same... stripped off their oil income then they will dive down to low quality of life... so, with population of Pakistan and no oil exports... they are not doing well but not doing that bad either...
Let aside all these logical explanation as it is intended for Pakistani people who have logic and accept logic...
One last question: Why Arabs no matter how rich they are... King or Princess... all still eating with their bare hands in 21th century? I could not explain this uncivilized habit to my Australian colleague when Dubai air port officers, sat down on bare stone ground eating with their hands from a shared big Sini!!? I could not explain it... I just said... They are not used to civilization yet... they became a country just in 1970s...!!
I,m not a racist kind of guy...but even if you make trillions of dollars you are still an ARAB to me... I can't help it... you are what you are... no offense... When I say GCC Arabs people remind a few people in sahara with camels, drinking camel milk and lizards!!