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The Western and Indian media feed us a steady diet of stories about bomb blasts, gunfights, kidnappings, torture, subjugation of women, dysfunctional government, and scary madrassa schools that are training the next generation of jihadist terrorists. And yes, to many Westerners and especially Indians, Pakistan is the enemy, embodying all that is wrong in the world. Incidents such as the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl, 26/11 and the Osama Bin Laden raid in Abottobad have not helped the cause either. Numerous international relations analysts proclaim that Pakistan is “the most dangerous place in the world” and the border with India is “the most dangerous border in the world.”
Original Post By RiazHaq
I admit,many imdians think of pakistanis as dirt poor,barbarian and backward and that attitue has to change
I was impressed by the massive, well-maintained parks and gardens surrounding the airport. I was also impressed by the general cleanliness, the orderliness of the traffic, the quality of the roads, and the greenery. Coming from a city government background, I was surprised at how organized Karachi was throughout the ride.
Only thing pakistan airports are better than india is the orderliness of the traffic.Airports in india are are way better than pakistan
I also didn’t see many beggars the entire way. I had just spent significant amounts of time in two major Indian cities, Mumbai and Bangalore, as well as several second-tier cities like Mangalore, and none would compare favorably on maintenance and city planning, especially when it came to potholes and waste management.
he havent seen navi mumbai,gandhinagar or greater noida
Karachi was also less dense and crowded than India’s cities.
100% true but it is more crowded than delhi NCR
My second pleasant surprise was to see numerous large development projects under way. I had read about Pakistan’s sluggish GDP growth and corruption in public works and foreign aid disbursement. This may be true, but construction was going on all over the place: new movie theaters, new malls, new skyscrapers, new roads, and entire new neighborhoods being built from scratch. In this regard it was similar to India and every other part of Asia I had seen recently: new development and rapid change continues apace, something we are seeing less of in the West.
Sorry about skyscrapers.
List of tallest buildings in Mumbai
82 done(above 100 m)tallest 260 metre,
115 under construction(above 144m),
63 approved(above100m)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Pakistan
7 done(above 100 m)
13 under construction(above 100 m)
11 approved/proposed(above 100 m)
We were also able to do some things which may sound more familiar to Americans: bowling at Karachi’s first bowling alley, intense games of pickup basketball with some local teenagers at a large public park (these kids could really play), or passing through massive and well-appointed malls filled with thousands of happy people of all ages walking around, shopping, or eating at the food court. We even attended a grand launch party for Magnum ice cream bars, featuring many of Pakistan’s A-list actors, models, and businesspeople. A friend who is involved in producing musicals directed an excellent performance at the party, complete with live band, singing, and dancing. This troupe, Made for Stage has also produced shows such as the Broadway musical Chicago to critical acclaim with an all-Pakistani cast for the first time in history.
and India doesn't have a bowling alley or a mall?
Lahore is more beautiful overall than Karachi or any large Indian city I’ve seen
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Yes. Yes, you read right. The roads. I used to live in Mumbai and now I live in Delhi and, yes, I think good roads are a great, mammoth, gargantuan luxury! Face it, when did you last see a good road in India? Like a really smooth road. Drivable, wide, nicely built and long, yawning, stretching so far that you want zip on till eternity and loosen the gears and let the car fly. A road without squeeze or bump or gaping holes that pop up like blood-dripping kitchen knives in Ramsay Brothers films. When did you last see such roads? Pakistan is full of such roads.
hyderabad outer ring road
Have seen a lot.mumbai is a space shortage island city.but even it has got 8 lanes + service lane avenues.
Delhi has best infra in south asia lot of expressways and metro,bus rapid transit.
if there is one thing we should learn from the Pakistanis, it is how to build roads. And oh, another thing, no one throws beer bottles or trash on the highways and motorways.
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ndias has lots of good roads like delhi gurgaon,panipat elevated corridor,hyderabad orr and have 13000 km of 4-6 lane highways of good quality.
That realization hit me as a rude shock the moment I stepped out of the plane and entered Islamabad's plush International Airport, easily far more efficient, modern and better maintained than any of its counterparts in India.
delhi airport
Delhi airport ranked second best in the world
islamabad airport
Pakistans concrete block airports are no match for new glass and steel airports in india.
every tier1,tier 2,tier3 airports have one
trivandrum airport
^^^^^^That one was designed by Atkins (UK)
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http://www.defence.pk/forums/econom...er-stories-pakistan-visits.html#ixzz0VdRd7jtU