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First Pakistani astronaut will go into space in 2022: Information Minister

Today it's become bit of a legend how Pakistan was doing so well in 1960s and how other developing countries like South Koreans would send teams to see how great Pakistan was doing. This is actually true because Pakistan along with South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Turkey, Iraq etc were under US umbrella and being developed by Washington to showcase how Washington helped it's friends in contrast to Soviet Union and it's satellites like North Korea, Cuba, Angola, Vietnam etc.

Unfortunately for Pakistan our relationship ruptured and we went astray from Washington which meant by 1970s Pakistan was very much on it's own. South Korea, Turkey, Taiwan kept firmly attached to USA through the decades and leveraged having a superpower to the point where today all three countries are wealthy and developed.

Now that we have another opportunity with China lesson for us not to muck it up. Heads down and just get the most out of China. Only one goal. Develop by gaining maximum advantage from China. Do not please fcukin piss on the helping hand of China by croaking on about Uighurs or Rohingya etc

Superpowers and that includes China do not appreciate being pissed on ....

Angola was under Portuguese rule in the 1960s. Vietnam was divided in the 1960s between communist north and anti-communist south

the big difference between South Korea, Turkey, Taiwan and Pakistan is that South Korea, Turkey, Taiwan kept their differences with their neighbors to minimum. Turkey did occupy North Cyprus in 1974.

No amount of american aid will help against a rival order of magnitude larger. it does not help if the other superpower Soviet Union is helping out
 
We should make it one way mission and let Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari and Maulana Diesel be our first astronauts. If UK want to do collaboration on the mission they can send Altaf Hussain from their side.
 

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