Pak on track? Pakistan confronts something unfamiliar: optimism - Economist

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I don't know whether the notorious reputation of British Pakistanis is a generalization or not. I am going to UK for a year in September so will find out first hand. As for the US, I agree that they tend to get the better ones such as doctors etc.

But then what about Australia? Seems they are not particularly integrated there also. And while I cannot say anything decisively about Canada because I don't know the complete picture, I have read enough accounts as to how parts of Toronto are becoming Pakistani ghettos.

No Pak ghettos in Toronto... there is an area where there is a higher concentration of poorer (newer immigrants) from pakistan called thorncliff. That Dawn article was way off base... thorncliff has many other communities there and very recently there been a lot of economic growth there recently and infrastructure investment by the city. It doesn't look anything like a "ghetto" ! Lol.

 

[Jacob Martin]

No Pak ghettos in Toronto... there is an area where there is a higher concentration of poorer (newer immigrants) from pakistan called thorncliff. That Dawn article was way off base... thorncliff has many other communities there and very recently there been a lot of economic growth there recently and infrastructure investment by the city. It doesn't look anything like a "ghetto" ! Lol.

Yup, Thorncliff was the place I had read about. I must take your word at face value. But still, what would these Pakistanis contribute except repatriate some money? They are not scientists, economists or well-placed professionals. No brain drain to be reversed.

This is what I found out in my university years in the US. Pakistani boys mingle with the crowd party with education and get average grades and get normal jobs. Indians on the other hand are like sheeps, a flock, no other nationality talks to them because they look weird, dress awkward, eat smelly food and smell real bad...all they have is each other and studies. So, yes Indians are ahead of Pakistanis..Even Mexicans would be in this situation, all human are smart it all depends on who become a social pariah and hence excel in education...I myself would rather be a Pakistani than Indian.

Okay. Keep believing that if it helps. Indian Americans are the highest earning demographic in the US. And that is because they are maladjusted geeks/nerds who have a parochial outlook. Whatever helps you sleep better I guess.

 

[Arsalan mehmud]

Only need to invest lots in education and make whole Pakistan literacy rate to 100%.. and that is key to stability and prosperous Pakistan.

 

[fitpOsitive]

Western media is really talking positively these days. Something must be cooking.

Nice catch. And they do so when they want us to be at ease so that everything is done according to plan.