How and why is Bangladesh better off than Pakistan today?

[AgnosticIndian]

single party dictatorship

people who have to defend China day after day are talking of single party dictatorship lolololol. Pakistan is also a single party dictatorship, and that party is called "the Establishment". Most top leaders of Pakistan is past decades have been backed by the army.

 

[BoggedDown]

>> The total reserves of pakistan in 1971 was around $2.5bn. It needs to be split with real time inflation built in.

A state bank reserve is not net asset. Similarly in personal life the amount in your bank account is not necessarily your net savings, there can be many collateral against the amount which may make your net asset to negative.

Learn first basic economics instead of believing in propaganda.

>> You seem to be so confident that Bangladeshs contribution to PK exchequer was negligible and expenditure in the west was funded at the expense of the east. If so prove it.

I do not have to prove anything. I gave you few points to make the calculation...1) What was the foreign currency export value of jute 20 years before and after partition. 2) What was the foreign currency import value of rice, sugar, salt and other food stuff before and after 20 years of partition...you can easily do the math.

 

[hussain0216]

people who have to defend China day after day are talking of single party dictatorship lolololol. Pakistan is also a single party dictatorship, and that party is called "the Establishment". Most top leaders of Pakistan is Pas decades have been backed by the army.

Defend China????

Why would we care what political choice China makes????

China is just a massive help to South Asia because it has beaten and humilated a hindutva extremist communal India

This control of India is a immensely important for South Asia and it's why China gets so much support


Pakistani in 70 years have never voted for a Extremist party and Extremists like Modi or yogi, our politics has always been reasonable

We currently have a democratically elected government


Bangladesh is a one party autocracy

India is a hindutva extremist communal state

This is just the current situation

 

[AgnosticIndian]

never voted

they took power anyway, didn't they? I doubt Zia ul Haq was an any less communal than Modi. his protégé Nawaz was voted in multiple times.

autocracy

again, so are China and Vietnam and so were Singapore and South Korea. all of them doing better than Pakistan. there's a difference between Kim Jong and Idi Amin autocracy Vs "autocracy" that actually cares for the country and wants to see it grow against the wishes of certain fasaadi elements of present in every country. and we both know the condition of "democracy" in India and how whether Imran Khan could have been "elected" without support from behind the scenes.

 

[hussain0216]

they took power anyway, didn't they? I doubt Zia ul Haq was an any less communal than Modi. his protégé Nawaz was voted in multiple times.

Pakistani politicians have never been Extremists, nawaz, zardaris, Bhutto's may be corrupt crooks but they are relatively liberal people

Pakistani people in 70 years have never once votes for animals like Yogi

again, so are China and Vietnam and so were Singapore and South Korea. all of them doing better than Pakistan. there's a difference between Kim Jong and Idi Amin autocracy Vs "autocracy" that actually cares for the country and wants to see it grow against the wishes of certain fasaadi elements of present in every country. and we both know the condition of "democracy" in India and how whether Imran Khan could have been "elected" without support from behind the scenes

Yaar they are a single party dictatorship

They have no fair elections and have been this way for over a decade now

 

[H!TchHiker]

Consistency in politics is the key part and not fighting other wars....bangladesh has progressed well after 1971....separation has been proven good for common folks there

 

[AgnosticIndian]

votes for animals like Yogi

to be honest, Indians also didn't vote for Ajay Bisht aka Adityanath. he was never promoted as CM candidate during the election but instead was "imposed" by BJP high command.

 

[Meliodas]

I am sure you would have thought of saying India but then realised it's a common neighbour to both. Anyway, Who made Afghanistan like the one it is today...you contributed a lot in that, didn't you?

Read history of Afghanistan (pre Pakistan) and then let's have a debate.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

17% of Pakistan is better than Bangladesh...

 

[SpaceMan18]

17% of Pakistan is better than Bangladesh...

Won't be like that for too long lol

 

[S.Y.A]

pakistan also benefited by illigally keeping back Bangladesh portion of currency reserves in 1971 whilst BD accepted its share of united pakistans liability, stole all the deposit of cash from Bangladeshi citizens held in pakistani controlled banks

dont lie please. everyone knows that bangali branches stopped cashing pakistani checks from march onwards. and also, even if that happened, consider that to be compensation for all the factories set up by Pakistani businessmen (adamjee and the like) that were forcefully taken over by bangalis and awami league.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Bangladesh actually lost its independence to India, looking at the Indian infringement in BD affairs, kind of a client or a vassal state.

So it's a found and lost...

And that country gained independence from India in 47...

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Well Pakistan cannot be compared to BD as the former is multi-ethnic and the latter is mainly of a single-ethnic group. Look round the world and the single-ethnic countries do better than multi-ethnic ones economically.

Pakistan had those 24 years between 1947-1971 where it was able to use BD resources to enrich itself. No surprise that after BD left in 1971, Pakistan has mainly done poorly and is behind BD now in all indicators apart from military strength but the 2 countries have different needs in terms of military power. Pakistan is somewhat disadvantaged economically over BD as it has to spend far more on the military over BD due to it's relations with India over Kashmir.

Pakistan needs to get rid of its feudal system, better educate its population and carry out major economic reforms as otherwise it will be left behind India significantly by as early as 2030, let alone BD which is powering ahead economically at rates only seen before in East Asia.

Honestly mate, I don't think Pakistan lagging behind has anything to do with the military and if it has it comes right at the bottom of the reasons. The multi-ethnic, multi-lingual factor is true but even that is insufficient to explain as Singapore has done wonders despite being a Chinese/Malay/Indian combine.

The primary reason and the reason the writer has skirted around. A reason most Pak members here will assidiously avoid is the elephant in the room. The Bangla state is a very boring, simple formula. To look after, care for and enable a healthy and prosperous life for it's citizens. That is it. And it has worked on this goal with much success. The future is bright and with luck Bangla will follow the path of East Asian Tigers. There might well come a day when some Pakistani's will be jumping on boats to Chittagong.

The formula for Pakistan on the other hand is grandiose and idealogical. The Pakistani state has morphed into a global contractor of Islam. It's primary goal is not welfare of citizens but the trumping of Islam. The sad part is a greedy eite has used this as a cloak under which it has raped the Islammic Republic while singing songs of Islam. To put it bluntly instead of recieving literacy and improving human indicators the masses have been fed Islam, Mullahs, Madaris, Ummah.

And you see the result.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

dont lie please. everyone knows that bangali branches stopped cashing pakistani checks from march onwards. and also, even if that happened, consider that to be compensation for all the factories set up by Pakistani businessmen (adamjee and the like) that were forcefully taken over by bangalis and awami league.

Valika textile mills was the largest in the region, all mills taken over and looted by the Indian army...and by the muktis.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

The formula for Pakistan on the other hand is grandiose and idealogical. The Pakistani state has morphed into a global contractor of Islam. It's primary goal is not welfare of citizens but the trumping of Islam. The sad part is a greedy eite has used this as a cloak under which it has raped the Islammic Republic while singing songs of Islam. To put it bluntly instead of recieving literacy and improving human indicators the masses have been fed Islam, Mullahs, Madaris, Ummah.

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