Pakistan’s economy grew as strong as India’s in 2002 to 2006: Indian magazine
Pakistan in many ways is better than India in terms of transport infrastructure and communication means, India’s investigative magazine ‘Tehelka’ reported.
In the report, William Dalrymple, an expert on South Asia who travelled through Pakistan said, “Driving last week along the dual carriageways of Sindh, a week after bumping through rural Rajasthan, there was no comparison between the roads on either side of the border.”
“Pakistan still has the best airports, motorway and road network in the region,” he said.
The writer says many incidents in 2007 including lawyers’ protest, Red Mosque episode, series of suicide bombings and proclamation of emergency led many to predict that Pakistan was looking more like a failed state stumbling towards full scale civil war and, possibly, even disintegration.
“However, the country I saw last week on a long road trip from Lahore down through rural Sindh to Karachi was very far from a failed state…Instead, as you travel around Pakistan today you can see the effects of recent economic boom everywhere,” the writer said.
Dalrymple said Pakistan could not be termed as “the most dangerous country in the world” as being propagated by many. Instead the country is enjoying a construction and consumer boom, with growth approaching 8 percent – “the fastest-rising stock market in Asia”.
As part of economic growth, the writer mentioned new shopping malls and restaurant complexes, the hoardings showing latest laptops and ipods, the cranes at buildings sites, the smart roadside filling stations and the smokestacks of factories, the new 4x4s jamming the roads and also the endless stores selling mobile phones.
The article says the country in 2003 had fewer than three million cell-phone users with rising to almost 50 million by today. The car ownership has been increasing at roughly 40 percent per year since 2001. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has risen from $322 million in 2002 to $3.5 billion in 2006.
Dalrymple said while going to Larkana, he was asked to beware of dacoits along certain roads ambushing people after dark.
“But by and large, the countryside I passed through was calm and beautiful, and not obviously less prosperous-looking than rural India.”
The cities of Pakistan, in particular, are fast changing beyond recognition in the fashion scene. Also remarkable things are happening in the world of books with a fine crop of major non-fiction writers such as Ahmed Rashid, Zahid Hussain and Ayesha Siddiqa at the front of the pack – there has been an amazing renaissance in English-language fiction, with fine writers like Kamila Shamsie, Nadeem Aslam, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Moni Mohsin, Ali Sethi and especially this year’s Booker short-listee, Mohsin Hamid, all for the first time giving their Indian counterparts a run for their money.
Dalrymple also mentions the incredible new world of media that had sprung up, a world of music videos, fashion programs, independent news networks, cross-dressing talk-show hosts, religious debates, and stock-market analysis.
He gives credit to the Musharraf government for the rise of media sector, which resulted in the flourishing of television, radio stations and newspapers over the past few years.
“Little of this has been reported in the Indian press, and Indians generally seem remarkably ill-informed about the changes which have been quietly but profoundly changing Pakistani society beneath the media image of military stagnation and jehadi horrorism.”
Pakistan seeking parity with India surprises EU envoy
its like a peon(pakistan) wanting to be a CEO (India) ! hehehehe
(ANI)
Islamabad, Aug 23 : The European Union Ambassador to Pakistan Jan De Kok has said that there is a huge difference between India and Pakistan economically, and he is surprised by Islamabad’s demand to be treated equally with New Delhi.
“It surprises me when Pakistan sees India as a benchmark for trade talks with EU. There is a huge difference between Pakistan and India economically. The Indian economy is a larger one,” Kok responded when asked about the possibility of Pak-EU FTA talks.
Commenting on FTA talks with India, South Korea and ASEAN countries, Kok said that the EU member countries have decided after a long debate to initiate talks with the two leading countries of the regions of South Asia and ASEAN.
He said Pakistan is one of the major trading partners of EU and both sides are discussing further increasing the bilateral trade.
We have initiated a joint study to see ways and means of further improving the economic and trade relations, The Nation quoted Kok, as saying.
He said that the exports from Pakistan are of low quality, and wanted it to improve in order to face competition from India and China in the EU market.
He made it clear that there is no road blockades or hurdles in the way of Pakistani exports to the EU market, but suggested that Islamabad should diversify its exports by concentrating more on the value addition and maintaining quality and standards to continue exporting to EU.
source: Malaysia Sun
While reading this article i was shocked that so much of jokes are written. Actually india doesnot have any comparison with pakistan. India is very strong nation. Little countries like pak stands nowhere with india. Our education and lifestyle standard is very high. And the good things about us is that we dont misguide any other country like pak. Pak is using money and aid from usa in the name of anti terrorism but she was misleadind them and using that money to create terror in india. Well soon this country will see crisis in every form. India’s infrastructure and growth rate is much more higher than pak .
hi,friends
these are all rumours against pakistan.my beloved country is fightening against the war initiated by the americans.we are humble nation.india is no.1 terrorist which is involved in balochistan and providind military assisstance to terrorist in balochistan as well as in fata areas of pakistan.thats all
pak is just surviving on us aid…. with that also country is expecting growth of 4% and we are just growing at double rate… women i think for them what education is still yet to know thing in pak…
r u crazy?India is providing military assiatance to terrorist in Balochistan…this is all bullshit…Every Nation in the world knows that Pakistan is the epicenter of Terrorism and is spreading Terrorism in India.The shit Pakistanis are jealous of India’s growth ..dats y they r doing all this…Pakistan has nothing to be compared to anything in India..Pakistan is nothing Just a small chid of India left alone…..enjoy
hi,friends
these are all rumours against pakistan.my beloved country is fightening against the war initiated by the americans.we are humble nation.india is no.1 terrorist which is involved in balochistan and providind military assisstance to terrorist in balochistan as well as in fata areas of pakistan.thats all
Man, youre comparing a rogue nation with the democratic benchmark of the world. Bugger off.
Hah…just can’t stop laughing.This article whosoever has written it jst does’nt seem to touch on any realistic facts. In fact it shows the ignorance of pakistan towards itself by comparing itself with one of the worlds largest growing economies i.e India. Pakistan in what ways considers itself to be even hint closer to India….when India is rankin at the top of the world map today becoz of its ever growing economy, pakistan is in the news either for its political imbalance or as a hub of terrorism. Pakistan should try to concentrate on giving shape n future to their nation rather than comparing itself with India….No prejudice against pak but these sort of things do misguide people….so better get ur facts right before writing anything.
In terms of economic resources, India did much better than Pakistan out of partition. It inherited 90% of the subcontinent’s industry and the thriving cities of Delhi, Bombay (now Mumbai) and Calcutta.
It is now one of the world’s fastest developing economies with average growth rates of 8% over the past three years. It is also emerging as a serious global player in information technology, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals.
By contrast, Pakistan’s economy which was based on agriculture and controlled by feudal elites, was left with 17.5% of the British colonial government’s financial reserves after partition.
STRATEGIC BALANCE
DEFENCE BUDGETS
India: $22.10bn;
2.57% of GDP (2006)
Pakistan: $4.54bn;
3.14% of GDP (2007)
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ARMED FORCES (total strength)
India: 1,324,000
Pakistan: 570,000
TANKS
India: 3,978 main battle tanks including 1,133 in reserve
Pakistan: 2,461 main battle tanks including 1,100 in reserve
COMBAT AIRCRAFT
India: Air Force: 763, Navy: 34
Pakistan: Air Force: 352, Navy: 16
SUBMARINES
India: 16
Pakistan: 8
COMBAT SHIPS
India: 58
Pakistan: 12
Source: IISS 2007 Military Balance/ Jane’s Country Risk
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS (estimated total warheads)
India: 50 – 90
Pakistan: 30-60
Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/6922293.stm
you can’t Compare In ndia and Pakistan in terms of economy..
India is a very big country as compared to pakistan…
Indian GDP is very Big then Pakistan…
Pakistan could sustain a very Good economic growth …
But in terms of comparison ..Pakistan can never compete with india Because India is much bigger than pakistan in every term wheater it is army…or economy …or anything…..
You guys are stupid, the article clearly says between 2002 and 2006, it (Pakistan’s economy) grew almost as strong as of India…noone is comparing Pakistan’s economy to the current Indian economy…as for the report provided by Lucky, he himself mentioned that “India inherited 90% of the subcontinent’s industry and the thriving cities of Delhi, Bombay (now Mumbai) and Calcutta” after the partition…Seeing this, you have to give praise to how far Pakistan has come in the world…stop bashing and being biased against Pakistan (like most indians are) and appreciate the developments happening there…most of the pakistanis are peace loving people and want nothing to do with terrorism
Dear Murtaza,
We Indians have nothing against Pakistan and its people. You people were part of us. Our only complaint is some persons in your country are involved in terrorist activities in our country. As far as FATA and Waziristan is concerned if that is true then the Americans would be the first who will point fingers at us. Because these are the areas where Americans believe some terrorist are hiding. Just pointing fingers will not help. There numerous incidents (parliament attack in India, Kargil, Mumbai attack, Jammu and Kashmir’s assembly attack, Dawood, Indian Embassy attack in Afghanistan, Kandhar etc. the list is very long) which leads to evidence against Pakistan. Please live in peace and let others live in peace.
Very Well Written Sanjeev,,Cheers,India is great
India>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pakistan
to All pakistanis ,,This is the Little difference that India and Pakistan have …..
one thing more if u have very proud for ur nation economy and power then just compare ur country with a smaller nation japan ..ur country population which is at about 400 crore aprox and india is a big nation in the world we all know that ok than compare ur power with Japan heheheheh and i think japan is smaller than pakistan but they are much richer , powerfull , and a very very technological country and as far as religion concerned than just explore the web and islam is only the religion which is widely fastely spreaded all over the world with a huge ratio …… just hit one missile on pakistan and than ccc ….pakistan is poor, pakistan is not rich, pakistan economy is nothing we accepted but remember only 1 muslim is equal to ur 100 hindus and thats the reason that u till now does’nt occupied a small kashmir from pakistan …..
Dear Mr Sanjeev..
i just want to say this … now the time is up for the setlmnt with u indians its time for action ok …just do what do u want to do we are waiting.
Thank You for sharing this one!
good joke
ok we agree india is very strong and we are nothing in front of india but remember one thing and its a challenge just hit only one missile in pakistan and then see just a minor missile ……
we have sikh.u must know 1 sikh is equal to 1 sikh=1000 muslim….dekhi jau
tu ki sada lan pat lau….hahahahahhahaha
pak actually licks the feet of americans for the aid that they give u….both for arms and what so ever…..but india is building its own ICBMs….which you can never even dream of getting such things on ur own…..a small missile can blow away the whole of pak….a missile is tooo big of a thing…4get abt arms and defence….ur cntry achieved 4%growth in 2006 but since 06 our groth is just double….drawing comparisns is smthng that u have 2 avoid doing…..and hakkas bacche tereko pata nahi ki india tumhare saath kya kar sakti hai…..if any action vil be taken,im sure pak will not appeaar on the globe….v can take u for some serious rough treatment…..handling pak for india is llike playing wid toys for india…..
big shame for india that after its endless efforts pakistan was able to get its own land..let it grow on anyone’s aid or whatever. the matter of the fact is that now pakistan is an independnt state plus has its own economy which to an extent has done way better than any other developing country. and the economic growth is comndable.
and most of the all india after so many years being a developed country is amzingly striving hard to raise itself above from the poverty line.. pakistan over here is thousand times better than india that atleast pakisani ppl do not sleep on the railway stations and atleast own a hut of theor own..
i want to say one thing there is no camparion between india and pakistan.because india very strong country in terms of power,money,papulations,technology.and japan also nothing in front of india.and don”t forget war of 1971 and 1999. and only 1 hindu is equal to ur 10000 muslims.
I think you indian bastards must come out of your arrogance, so you are comparing yourself with Japan?Japan is way way ahead of you in technology and science.and you are comparing yourself with Japan? Even Americans praise Japan and you are comparing yourself with Japan?
this article is a really only fake article.
Guys dont fight, i will put full stop to paki shit mouths, firstly all pakistanis were hindus, they all got converted to islam by force under mughals. check ur DNA fucking assholes.
Brother..we admit that India is much bigger than Pakistan and is stronger in terms of educated manpower, scientific research and development, military power, political stability and ……but we cannot ignore the fact that both countries have some advantages over each other. Like in Pakistan the distribution of wealth is better than India and from independence to until 1991 Pakistan’s economic growth remained consistently higher than that of India so it has a better infrastructure (developed in the past). Not all the Pakistanis are terrorists neither all Indians peace activists. One thing is a fact that we both are well behind the developed world. We share common culture and customs, and history, although some radicals on both sides will contradict me. Its time to find ways of cooperation and peace and not to be obsessed with anger and hate….
i agree that their economy is storng,education,population also butt if they attack on pakistan we wiil fuck them untiil death.i tell u somthing more u talk about economy we dont need economy we need only one saladin, tariq bin ziad, qasam then we wiil tell you who are we.we are the son of mountains,we are the people NWFP,Blouch,and phatano k bare main janane ki zarorat he nahe un ko to ap jate he han flim industry he dakh lo kis tarhan parh rahe han tmhe .agar attack ho gia to phir kia ho ga
saliyon har vari tusi attack kita a.te haarde v o…..
our atomic powr are strong then every country except america u can see in ANALYSIS THE STRONG ATOMIC power .2005. pakistan zinda bad……………………..
That is why you are surviving by eating nothing but atoms.
can you qoute the source for the following mentioned in the article?
“The car ownership has been increasing at roughly 40 percent per year since 2001”
No doubt we pakistanis are kaminey and harami. We are creating terrorism and in no way we are comparable with indians. India is great and I will be happy if I could be born in india
Ok i see both side but why the Pakistan is begging from US and world with this flood. Ur prime minister and president are begging with open hands from world to help. One more thing, when tsunami came world offered help to India but Indian prime minster refused help saying they are self sufficient.
Another fact-India has never attached any other country in human civilisation .
i agree wid u justin….pakistan is a countrey which support terrorism……
Indian haughtiness,proud on their ECONOMY how can v improve our ECONOMY? Due to bad economy INDIA bluff at us, they know Pakistan has no money to fight a war with an economic giant INDIA Economy brings money and money buys tongue & the world hears from those who have tongue. Money give u power to buy defense and money give u power to make defense. Economy is the key which INDIA holds and not Pakistan. 1 bullet of an ordinary gun = 16 rupees. If v make our economy strong then nobody going to bluff at us, nobody going to intimidate us. For this v have too have good LAW and ORDER situation. How do u think v can make our economy strong? That’s is the question every Pakistani need to answer & work on madly.
In 1991, India’s GDP per capita was $328, Pakistan’s was $458. In 1991, India was 28 per cent behind Pakistan. In 17 years, India has gone 30 per cent ahead. How did this happen? and v need to do the same
http://www.thenews.com.pk/editorial_detail.asp?id=150625
According to my opinion Pakistan.s economy is also better in these days instead of india; Because if pakistani Govt can gave full attention on our agriculture . coal and water sector a great achievemnet can be held ; due to which pakistan can move forwards instead of india . Important talk is this that why we can compare our economy with india. If we want to move forward in an economy so we can follows the rules of china . indonesia and malaysia who have a great economy and have a good name in a world according to the economical behaivor……………..
Hats off to d authr of this article….wow wat a gr8 imagination!!!!!!may b he shd try for a movie in BOLLYWOOD…..PAK infra betr thn INDIAN infra???? betr read news b4 posting anythng…..while PAKISTAN is BEGGING fr INTERNATIONAL aids fr ur floods n so on so in our gr8 INDIA the guys lik OBAMAS,SARKOZYS n CAMERONS r queing to tap deals n agreements wit our gr8 nation….if u hv gud INFRA thn us thn des wilnt b happening….knw d fact n talk u PAKISTANIS…
i am satyamurthy from india from tamilnadu state.India is a second fastest growing major economy which is growing at the rate of 8.5% grouth rate.while pakisthan is just at 4% grouth rate.The pakisthan was at healthy state when musaraff was thier in power.but now it is weak ruled by weak government.
well guys read all ur comments….could not remain silent…Its not fare to compare India and Pakistan in this way…Both have positives and negatives..but it is true that the number of negatives are far more in Pakistan than India…Pakistan has F16s,,many missiles–Shaheen,,Gauri and many more..it has a large army and also has a navyy..but does that guarentess Pakistani a prosperous life or even security…a country of $165billion GDP spend $5billion on defence–just wonder why common pakistanis does not questions the goverment…It is said that inequality of income is low in pakis and also distribution of national wealth is good,,,if it is true at all then why is condition of education so poor in pakistan..??i am not saying that India is 1oo% educated but goverment here is spending huge money on education and it is developing day by day…goverment of pakistan is spending more on army than on education—only and only out of fear of Indian threat…never ever in history has India attacked pakistan…all the wars were the result of pakistani attack…but even after spending such huge money on defence pakistan still fears India which was very much visible by the flying of f16 after the mumbai attack…
While reading the comments of some of my Indian friends, I really can’t stop myself laughing and thinking when and how this nation (Indians) would come out of self denial!
I don’t know why Indian nation don’t want to see the reality, rather they think everyone fool and try to misguide the world:
Here are some of the facts about India:
– More than 37% of India’s population of 1.35 billion still lives below the poverty line, which is 3 times of Pakistan’s total population!
http://www.economywatch.com/indianeconomy/poverty-in-india.html
– As of 2008, 17.2% of the total population of Pakistan lives below the poverty line.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_Pakistan
– India currently has the largest illiterate population of any nation on earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_India
– According to the statistics given by Indian government there are 20 million child laborers in the country, while other agencies claim that it is 50 million. (Try to find Pakistan will have less then this).
http://www.childlabor.in/child-labour-in-india.htm
– In India, prostitution itself (the exchange of sexual services for money) is legal,[1] but a number of related activities, including soliciting in a public place, keeping a brothel, pimping and pandering, are outlawed. (What a Joke).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_India
– Child Prostitution:
Many surveys have been conducted to find out the extent of child prostitution. Dr. Gilada’s paper on perspectives and positional problems of social intervention” shows that,
“70% of women are forced into prostitution and 20% of these are child prostitutes.”
Statistics of the survey done show:-
City Population Prostitute Population
Bombay 10 million 100,000
Calcutta 9 million 100,000
Delhi 7 million 40,000
Agra 3 million 40,000
A survey conducted by Indian Health Organization of a red light area of Bombay shows:-
1. 20% of the one lakh prostitutes are children.
2. 25% of the child prostitutes had been abducted and sold.
3. 6% had been raped and sold.
4. 8% had been sold by their fathers after forcing them into incestuous relationships.
5. 2 lakh minor girls between ages 9yrs-20yrs were brought every year from Nepal to India and 20,000 of them are in Bombay brothels.
6. 15% to 18% are adolescents between 13 yrs and 18 yrs.
7. 15% of the women in prostitution have been sold by their husbands
8. Of 200m suffering from sexually transmitted diseases in the world 50m alone were in India.
9. 15% of them are devdasis.
WOW What a mind blowing statistics!
My dear Indian friends….. we have nothing against u…..there are some religious fools in Pakistan who provoke us against each other……India is a great nation……I really appreciate their intelligence and hard work they have done to achieve their present state……Pakistan is an unfortunate state with no popular and honest leadership……we could not find a good leader after Muhammad Ali Jinnah….our political parties and system is corrupt…….but still the people of Pakistan are very friendly with everyone…..We have people of every religion here…….even I have many Christian and Hindu friends….the point is that we shouldn’t be fighting against each other…..and the Us aid u r talking about does not reach the people of Pakistan i assure u that bcz that aid is used for military and for filing the bank balances of our corrupt leaders…..our country is very good…..we have intelligent intellectuals,scientists,accounting and finance professionals,doctors,agriculturists and teachers……the only problem is negative propaganda……we shouldn’t be fighting…..Imaging if Pakistan and India become good friends….there will b no need to spend so much on defense budgets and nuclear bombs and that money may b used to generate one hell of an economic activity…..subcontinent can become a better version of Europe……The thing is that we need to eradicate extremist factors on both sides and work in collaboration with each other make subcontinent the best place in this whole world……..and only WE the people of both countries can do that……this war and agitation against each other will give nothing but deaths on both sides……millions of people have died till now in Bomb blasts in Pakistan….if u compare the terrorist killings in Pakistan,the people of Pakistan are the topmost victims of terrorism……..every second day we hear on our news channels that 20 or 30 or even 100 people died in suicide attack……and yet u say that WE are the terrorist nation?…….we should think about our future…..we should work together to build a better place for our future generations…..thank u
religious fools are present in both India and Pakistan**
if pakistan has roads,transportation system & airports then why are you comparing that with india.,almost all the roads in pakistan are built by IMF & chinese,.THE WORLD BANK owns you. pakistanis have to pay 100% taxes in the form of toll taxes including other additionals that is what you people dont understand bcos you dont know any better.
in india we build our own roads & airports..while you are happy in slavery(ignorance is bliss)
Farooq Sakina,
May I ask you some questions, ok fine , Pakistan takes help from foreign countries in the construction of these highways, but Indias economy is one of the fastest growing economy in the world. India has a huge market and its GDP is more than Pakistan, then why is it that your infrastructure is weaker then Pakistan? Why does your govt spends less on roads and highways?
For your information, the Roads in most of the cities of Pakistan are built from local funds, it is the highways in Pakistan that are given to foreign companies on contract basis.
Doesnot India takes help from other countries? Recently India launched a satelite in space.and it took help from 6 countries in the making of that satelite eg. Canadian Institute of Research and German Research Center.
Millions of Indians donot have access to clean water and public toilets, now the question is that where is the revenue that India earns through exports actually goes?