Forget India, profit from rise of Pakistan: US Financial Times

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I'm glad to see security situation had improved 100 folds and Pakistan's economic progress is speeding up but Pakistan has still a very long way to catch up. The country should be a trillion$ economy until now.

The purchasing power parity is 1 trillion ,Does that count ?

 

[Finer]

That's an exaggeration.
But never mind I understand where you're coming from.
Till 70-80's I think your country did score high on GDP.
No denying that.
But you could not sustain it. Interestingly as the figures started to go down,extremism started to rise in your country.
There's still a lot to be done on that front.

Because of flooded with wars from 1971 to 2001 constantly. Even USA is in debt of trillion dollars after the invasion in Afghanistan. War happens, and it changes to worse.

The point is that Pakistan knew how to conduct the successful economy, and led the example to Turkey and South Korea.

During the middle, bad policy led the economy to the disaster which threw the hard work into the drain, similarity, Modi is undoing all the hard works of 90s that was built on the sound principal.

Pakistan did it before and Pakistan can do it again.

CPEC is debatable.
I have read posts by many prominent members from Pakistan attesting to it.

When is NS's term getting over?
Who do you think will be your next PM?
I'm assuming it's not NS after his infamous panama leaks.
Albeit,I think as a Pakistani PM he had been friendly to us (India).

CPEC is not debatable. CPEC is here to stay, and it is future soon-to-be International hub of port whether you acknowledge it or not.

And CPEC has nothing to do with the government. As long as Pakistan army is running behind the scene, elected government is bound to serve pro-CPEC no matter what.

If not Nawaz, then it will be Pakistan army as interval. I am certain PMLN will continue to win the next election since Pakistan army is not in the mood for the anarchist political party that happens to be pro-TTP. Big mistake.

The cooperation from General Raheel showed why PMLN is likely to be persisted for a while or the military takeover. Either way, they will have no bearing on CPEC since CPEC is reality now and here to stay along with the major economical port that is now MQM-Free. Good news are around the corner.

Whereas for Chabar port, far from the reality. As for now, it is just fantastical concept at best. As usual, India trails behind like in 60s.

 

[American Pakistani]

The purchasing power parity is 1 trillion ,Does that count ?

I'm not an expert but I think the real economy is nominal which is 330billion.

 

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CPEC is not debatable. CPEC is here to stay, and it is future soon-to-be International hub of port whether you acknowledge it or not.

And CPEC has nothing to do with the government. As long as Pakistan army is running behind the scene, elected government is bound to serve pro-CPEC no matter what.

If not Nawaz, then it will be Pakistan army as interval. I am certain PMLN will continue to win the next election since Pakistan army is not in the mood for the anarchist political party that happens to be pro-TTP. Big mistake.

Are you mad?
There won't be anymore dictatorships in Pakistan.
the law of necessity is abrogated ,Judges won't allow any second force to break away constitution like it did in the 1950s nor would the political parties allow it and even Pakistan army itself is fed up because thanks to them the 1971 episode happened and thanks to them we're at war which we shouldn't have been fighting .
A total utter failure to let our civilians get massacred like madmen for a decade all thanks to the GHQ policy makers,after 9/11 the entire army should've been deployed on western front,but they made some utterly stupid mistakes.
Pakistan is still suffering from the effects of musharrafs and Zia ul haq's dictatorship ,only fools wouldn't see that.

 

[Nilgiri]

I'm not an expert but I think the real economy is nominal which is 330billion.

What do you mean "real"? That has a very specific meaning in economics which is past what nominal and PPP are.

 

[Finer]

Are you mad?
There won't be anymore dictatorships in Pakistan.
the law of necessity is abrogated ,Judges won't allow any second force to break away constitution like it did in the 1950s nor would the political parties allow it and even Pakistan army itself is fed up because thanks to them the 1971 episode happened and thanks to them we're at war which we shouldn't have been fighting .
A total utter failure to let our civilians get massacred like madmen for a decade all thanks to the GHQ policy makers,after 9/11 the entire army should've been deployed on western front,but they made some utterly stupid mistakes.
Pakistan is still suffering from the effects of musharrafs and Zia ul haq's dictatorship ,only fools wouldn't see that.

You have pointed out why Pakistan army will not hesitate to bounce back. They almost tried again in 2014 with the help of Imran Khan but failed miserably due to the understanding between General Raheel and Nawaz Sharif, and why Marshall Law had been allegedly postponed because Nawaz Sharif agreed to power-sharing agreement with Pakistan army concerning the foreign policy of Pakistan.

Noting the historical pattern of Pakistan army, can you honestly say that Pakistan army will not hesitate to make the same mistake again?

On the record; I am against Marshall Law. Just in case if you didn't notice earlier.

 

[Abingdonboy]

stock markets trends are a terrible measure of a country's economic performance. Pakistan's stock exchange is very new and thus investors will be expecting to make a quick buck, I don't see how this new can be interpreted as good or bad other than for those investors. The stock market is fetishised too much.

The fact that China can buy 40% of Pakistan's stock market for under $100m says it all.

 

[xyxmt]

Something isn't right. The western media has been praising the Pakistani economy thru the roof lately. An attempt to save their lap dog nawaz sharif from the legal panama quagmire he is stuck in?

the height of lunacy

 

[GumNaam]

the height of lunacy

seriously yar. I dunno maybe I'm just too suspicious. Although in my last trip to Pakistan just this winder, I did see good signs, everyone was busy and had all kinds of work to do. Maybe I'm wrong and I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Bashido]

Something isn't right. The western media has been praising the Pakistani economy thru the roof lately. An attempt to save their lap dog nawaz sharif from the legal panama quagmire he is stuck in?

Seriously???
Care to explain this Mental masturbation?? Matlab kaha say lay atay hou bhae?? It is your democratic and birth right to disagree to agree but this is something next level. Stop following PTI fan pages.


@DJ_Viper on such threads. I really miss your analysis.

 

[GumNaam]

Seriously???
Care to explain this Mental masturbation?? Matlab kaha say lay atay hou bhae?? It is your democratic and birth right to disagree to agree but this is something next level. Stop following PTI fan pages.


@DJ_Viper on such threads. I really miss your analysis.

I'm just sayin' yar. I'm not pro PTI or pro PMLN. I'm just pro Pakistan. Maybe I'm too suspicious, I admit.

 

[Imad.Khan]

This my unbiased view.

India is a massive market and growing so i don't think investors will be shying away from it for a foreseeable future. Unless some extraordinary events happen. Majority of South Asian countries are on the rise including Pakistan and Sri Lanka so the future looks good for the whole region.

I hope we keep going to upwards trajectory as the growth of this region is well overdue.

 

[ziaulislam]

Pakistan did, and Pakistan can do it again. That was the point. When Pakistan was at the peak, India was, well, busy playing with the rocks.

Nawaz Sharif made the smart investment on the energy sector. Once the energy crisis is resolved, the investment will start flowing thanks to CPEC that is determined to go global.

Last time Pakistan had one economical port [Karachi] which was derailed by MQM, but this time, Pakistan will have two economical ports that can put Pakistan on the map like 60s, and even better.

well he did messed it up for first 15 months, there was confusion in what to do, from gaddani coal power project that was scrapped to furnace coal and nandipur projects, it were the chinese that later told nawaz govt what to do, imported coal at selected areas and LNG
end result= instaed of ending load shedding in 2016-2017, date pushed back to 5-6 years to 2018-2019

PPPP govt mistake was that they refused coal investment as they thought thar coal will go to waste while LNG was simply too expensive at that time

 

[AntiToxic]

Being a regular trader in stock market I am enjoying the PSX (former KSE 100) a lot. Whereas the BSE (india) is a question mark for international investor, here I am not talking about the individual stock.

Just read your Dawn paper today... how brokers cheated investors 7bn PKR....who will invest in your market.???

 

[my2cents]

Pakistan did, and Pakistan can do it again. That was the point. When Pakistan was at the peak, India was, well, busy playing with the rocks.

Nawaz Sharif made the smart investment on the energy sector. Once the energy crisis is resolved, the investment will start flowing thanks to CPEC that is determined to go global.

Last time Pakistan had one economical port [Karachi] which was derailed by MQM, but this time, Pakistan will have two economical ports that can put Pakistan on the map like 60s, and even better.

It is never too late to reverse what you lost. You have to appeal to your people to eschew violence for trade.

1. india's ludicrous and laughable attempts bring "terrorism" in while itself is a major sponsor of state sponsored terrorism is laughable.
2. we have crushed all forms of terrorism and continue discriminate between the world recognized movement for freedom for the Kashmiris and actual terrorism (kulbhushan yadav *cough* *cough*)
3. we don't share your genes. Most of the gene pool of Pakistanis has its roots with the arabs, pashtuns and persians so don't flatter yourself!

Genetics confirm that most Indians (and Pakistanis) are, in fact, people of mixed or foreign ancestry regardless of their faith.
http://www.riazhaq.com/2013/08/harvard-genetics-study-finds-most.html