King of Bahrain Shaikh Hamad arrives in Islamabad

[Blackwater]

ISLAMABAD: King of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived in Islamabad Tuesday on a three-day official visit to Pakistan.

Shaikh Hamad arrived on the invitation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

During his stay, Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa will hold talks with President Mamnoon Hussain and the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on bilateral, regional and international matters of mutual interest.

The visit will also provide a good opportunity to explore ways and means to further strengthen cooperation in diverse areas of interest, particularly in expanding bilateral trade and enhance investments in Pakistan.


PM Nawaz Sharif, Army Chief Raheel Sharif and federal ministers accorded warm welcome to Shaikh Hamad on his arrival.

King of Bahrain Shaikh Hamad arrives in Islamabad | PAKISTAN - geo.tv

 

[Blackwater]

First papa amerika gave 1.5 billion$$

Then 2nd papa saudi gave 1.5 billion $$

Now pakis''s 3rd papa comes to give pocket money


pakistan : A lucky bastard

 

[The Messiah]

kitna daan mila paakiyo ?

 

[Blackwater]

kitna daan mila paakiyo ?

depends how pakistani makes him happy

 

[Neo]

depends how pakistani makes him happy

So how much did you get last year?
Who did you make happy?

Foreign aid to India:

2009 - 2.5 billion
2010 - 2.8 billion
2011 - 3.2 billion

Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) | Data | Table

Looks like an increasing trend, you are getting better and better.

 

[Neo]

So please tell us, 2012 aur 2013 me kitna daan mila?

 

[thethinker]

So please tell us, 2012 aur 2013 me kitna daan mila?

india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/a-global-shift-in-foreign-aid-starting-in-india/

Britain's decision to stop giving development aid to India by 2015 marks a turning point in the former colonial power's relations with New Delhi, and is raising questions about the global future of foreign aid in a fast-changing economic world order.

U.S. aid to India, targeted toward clean energy, food security and health, has dropped 25 percent in recent years, from nearly $127 million in 2010 to a proposed $98.3 million in 2013.

Now, let's discuss Pakistan's economic development on world stage, shall we?

 

[Neo]

india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/a-global-shift-in-foreign-aid-starting-in-india/

Britain's decision to stop giving development aid to India by 2015 marks a turning point in the former colonial power's relations with New Delhi, and is raising questions about the global future of foreign aid in a fast-changing economic world order.

U.S. aid to India, targeted toward clean energy, food security and health, has dropped 25 percent in recent years, from nearly $127 million in 2010 to a proposed $98.3 million in 2013.

Now, let's discuss Pakistan's economic development on world stage, shall we?

Aid is aid regardless its purpose.

Last time I checked the calender it was still 2014 so great super duper India is still recieving aid from UK.

So next time you guys post rants about aid, just check your own statistics.

3.2 billion dollar in 2011 is huge!! Even Ethiopia recieved less than that.

 

[thethinker]

Aid is aid regardless its purpose.

Last time I checked the calender it was still 2014 so great super duper India is still recieving aid from UK.

So next time you guys post rants about aid, just check your own statistics.

3.2 billion dollar in 2011 is huge!! Even Ethiopia recieved less than that.

You mean this aid which was refused :

British foreign aid: India tells Britain 'we don't need the peanuts you offer us' | Mail Online

David Cameron was under intense pressure last night to slash the £1billion in aid Britain gives to India after the country said it no longer wanted the money.

India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said the booming country should 'voluntarily' give up the £280million a year it receives from Britain.

He told the Indian parliament: 'We do not require the aid. It is a peanut in our total development spending.'






British foreign aid: India tells Britain 'we don't need the peanuts you offer us' | Mail Online

 

[thethinker]

Pakistan needs seven percent growth rate for survival: FPCCI - thenews.com.pk

Wonder where the aid to Pakistan is actually going?

Hmm...

KARACHI: Pakistan's economic condition is on the verge of collapse and in order to survive, it needs a growth rate of seven percent over the next few years as against the present three to four percent, reads a paper prepared by the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI).

FPCCI has presented this study to the government in response to the Vision 2025 prepared by the Planning Commission for the revival of the economy. The report has been prepared by the Research and Development wing of the premier trade body of the country and says that future challenges can only be safeguarded against if the country has a double digit growth rate.

 

[Neo]

UK is not the only donor for India. Billions poured into the countries between 2009 - 2011 according to the WB stats I provided above.

 

[maomao]

kitna daan mila paakiyo ?

Batameez Kafir......Dan nahi Zakat Bol!

 

[thethinker]

UK is not the only donor for India. Billions poured into the countries between 2009 - 2011 according to the WB stats I provided above.

It was you who so cheerfully brought up the "increasing trend" of foreign aid to India. Demolishing such misconceptions is simple and amusing as well.

 

[Neo]

Pakistan needs seven percent growth rate for survival: FPCCI - thenews.com.pk

Wonder where the aid to Pakistan is actually going?

Hmm...

KARACHI: Pakistan's economic condition is on the verge of collapse and in order to survive, it needs a growth rate of seven percent over the next few years as against the present three to four percent, reads a paper prepared by the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI).

FPCCI has presented this study to the government in response to the Vision 2025 prepared by the Planning Commission for the revival of the economy. The report has been prepared by the Research and Development wing of the premier trade body of the country and says that future challenges can only be safeguarded against if the country has a double digit growth rate.

Yes, economy needs to grow atleast 7% for next 5 years and we can do it.
When Musharraf took over in 1999 the country was almost bankrupt. Reforms under his government saw the economy expand rapidly and grew at 8.4% few years later.

With China's current FDI of around $7.5 billion per year for the next 5 years, things are looking good for Pakistan.
KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuweit and UAE all have signed MoD to invest billions under the curret government.

EU's grant of GSP Plus status will boost our export within few years so 7% growth or more is likely to be a hieved in FY 2015/16 already.

 

[Neo]

It was you who so cheerfully brought up the "increasing trend" of foreign aid to India. Demolishing such misconceptions is simple and amusing as well.

It won't change the fact that India is a recipient of huge foreign aid.

 

[thethinker]

It won't change the fact that India is a recipient of huge foreign aid.
Neo

Oh but it is changing and continue to.

India's foreign aid program catches up with its global ambitions | Asia

Foreign aid provided by India :

Citing its newfound economic strength, India revealed plans to reorient its positioning in the aid community just over a decade ago.

"A stage has come in our development where we should now, firstly, review our dependence on external donors. Second, extend support to the national efforts of other developing countries," said then-Indian Finance Minister Jaswant Singh in February 2003.

Since then, India's ambition of transitioning from aid recipient to donor hasn't panned out completely. Despite its increasingly dismissive posture toward Western aid donors, the Indian government still receives billions of dollars in foreign aid money each year. In 2011, India's official development assistance to gross national income ratio stood at 0.2 percent, on a par with Egypt and Angola and up from 0.1 percent in 2003.

Yet even as India remains among the largest recipients of foreign aid, the country has come a long way toward bolstering its standing as an emerging donor. In its latest budget unveiled in February, the Indian government set aside nearly $1.3 billion for foreign assistance in 2013-14, a fourfold jump from 2003-04. Over the past four years, Indian foreign aid spending has grown annually by an average 32 percent.

Now, while India is transitioning from being a major aid recipient to a major aid donor globally, what is Pakistan transitioning towards?

 

[Neo]

Batameez Kafir......Dan nahi Zakat Bol!

And how do the English call aid given to India?
Oh I remember....its called Bakhshish

 

[Neo]

India's foreign aid program catches up with its global ambitions | Asia

Foreign aid provided by India :

Citing its newfound economic strength, India revealed plans to reorient its positioning in the aid community just over a decade ago.

"A stage has come in our development where we should now, firstly, review our dependence on external donors. Second, extend support to the national efforts of other developing countries," said then-Indian Finance Minister Jaswant Singh in February 2003.

Since then, India's ambition of transitioning from aid recipient to donor hasn't panned out completely. Despite its increasingly dismissive posture toward Western aid donors, the Indian government still receives billions of dollars in foreign aid money each year. In 2011, India's official development assistance to gross national income ratio stood at 0.2 percent, on a par with Egypt and Angola and up from 0.1 percent in 2003.

Yet even as India remains among the largest recipients of foreign aid, the country has come a long way toward bolstering its standing as an emerging donor. In its latest budget unveiled in February, the Indian government set aside nearly $1.3 billion for foreign assistance in 2013-14, a fourfold jump from 2003-04. Over the past four years, Indian foreign aid spending has grown annually by an average 32 percent.

Now, while India is transitioning from being a major aid recipient to a major aid donor globally, what is Pakistan transitioning towards?

Pakistan's economy is 9 times smaller than Indiayet we have provided $250 million in aid to Afghanistan.
Palestine recieved little fanancial aid from us as well.

 

[Pratap]

Batameez Kafir......Dan nahi Zakat Bol!

You yourself are ignorant. Zakat is one that is paid as a religious obligation to state ( normally 2.5 percent of fixed assets) , "Khairat" seems to be better word here.

 

[thethinker]

Pakistan's economy is 9 times smaller than Indiayet we have provided $250 million in aid to Afghanistan.
Palestine recieved little fanancial aid from us as well.

Fananical aid? You mean fanatical aid as in exporting Jihadists? That seems plausible.