Pakistan Economy: News & Discussion

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You are assuming too much. if Pork rupee devalues to 200 to a dollar (for this, their remittances and deposits by NRPs has to fall, which it will because Imrrand is running a ponzi scheme of high interest rates with his Roshaan Digital program), then they will probably belong to G100 and get the coveted LDC status. Then they will brag” hamaare paaas LDC hai; india is isolated”.
"Funds in these accounts are fully repatriable (no limit on inflow or outflow of money from the accounts)" WIKI
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WTF dollar in-dollar out or something else ? like dollar in -only PKR out. 6% p.a is good rate.wer the hell they get the money from for payback ??:crazy::crazy: lol
 

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"Funds in these accounts are fully repatriable (no limit on inflow or outflow of money from the accounts)" WIKI
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WTF dollar in-dollar out or something else ? like dollar in -only PKR out. 6% p.a is good rate.wer the hell they get the money from for payback ??:crazy::crazy: lol
This is a ponzI scheme. They are going to borrow to pay this. They cannot pay 6-7% dollar interest when dollar interest in the rest of the world is like 1-2%. Heck even india only offers 3-4% dollar interest rates. This program probably violates imf guidelines - one reason imf suspended the program. Pakshitstan is caught in a low income debt trap like the poorest African countries. They cannot get out of it for decades. Meanwhile by 2026, we should be an upper middle income country with per capita greater than $4000.
 

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"Funds in these accounts are fully repatriable (no limit on inflow or outflow of money from the accounts)" WIKI
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WTF dollar in-dollar out or something else ? like dollar in -only PKR out. 6% p.a is good rate.wer the hell they get the money from for payback ??:crazy::crazy: lol
so far they got 1.5 billion $ from this scheme, that means they have to pay above 100 million $ as interest next year. this at a time 400 million $ out of 800 million $ loan to maintain forex from world bank has been withheld. Forex by itself does not generate revenue, so this interest payment has to go from tax payers money.

what a mess. Desperate times desperate measures I guess.

 
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so far they got 1.5 billion $ from this scheme, that means they have to pay above 100 million $ as interest next year. this at a time 400 million $ out of 800 million $ loan to maintain forex from world bank has been withheld. Forex by itself does not generate revenue, so this interest payment has to go from tax payers money.

what a mess. Desperate times desperate measures I guess.

60% of their budget is already for interest payments. 30% for their military. 10% is for cleaning perennial garbage in Karachi. Now imraand has to crack the whip on poor Pakistanis to get $100 million more just to pay interest on this unproductive asset. Maybe they will ask their real central bank governor Hafiz Saeed to collect jihadi donations to finance their national budget?
 

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so far they got 1.5 billion $ from this scheme, that means they have to pay above 100 million $ as interest next year. this at a time 400 million $ out of 800 million $ loan to maintain forex from world bank has been withheld. Forex by itself does not generate revenue, so this interest payment has to go from tax payers money.

what a mess. Desperate times desperate measures I guess.

So this Roshan scheme is hurting Pakistan‘s economy in simple terms?
 

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Karachi-the city of lights and the #1 economy in porkshitstan - at its finest.
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i have to say poverty in Pakistan is horrendous. I was shocked to see the levels of poverty - famine like conditions. Crazy.
@RoaringTigerHiddenDragon your opinion on Delhi? Should we mock them?
 

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It will take more of a while. COVID has sucked shit out of India.
Southern India for sure will become upper middle income. Per capita average income in the South is already $3100. Major urban areas - Goa, Cochin, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai - are growing at a breakneck pace. I expect the south’s per capita and more importantly people’s wealth (from real estate appreciation) to grow by at least 10% per year. All social indicators are also getting to ASEAN standards.
A HSR connecting Bangalore-Hyderabad-Chennai triangle would in fact be the most viable corridor in India.
 

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@RoaringTigerHiddenDragon your opinion on Delhi? Should we mock them?
Old delhi is slowly getting redeveloped. The real estate is getting valuable there for unorganized settlements to be there.
But old delhi has a metro, a redeveloped Chandhni chowk including a luxurious omaxe mall, better electricity and water supply, better law & order etc.
Old Lahore looks like garbage and has nothing.
Khujliwal though is doing things very slowly - just redeveloped 1 road for show off. He needs to put money in and comprehensively redevelop the whole old delhi area like it is being done in old VaranasI. Tourism potential is immense in old delhi area.
Need to build much higher quality affordable housing for the poor there, not these eyesore looking shacks. Mohallas need to be beautified , painted and cleaned up, for sure. All old heritage buildings must be restored. Need EV bikes and rickshaws only allowed here. A very clean food street must be setup.
When BJP wins and takes over delhi state administration, you can be sure that all illegals and crime lords will be kicked out of old delhi, shahdara and comprehensive transformation will happen there.
But Lahore is worse than some Bihar towns. Lahore has very little modern infrastructure and even where they have it, it doesn’t work. The security situation is real bad. Johar town where their central bank governor Hafiz saeed was bombed is considered to be an upscale neighborhood there. Old walled city of Lahore is just a shithole - absolutely no infrastructure or development.
But on our side, yes, we need to start spending a lot more on our urban projects - urban area’s budgets need to double at least. A lot of PPP redevelopment has to happen. in very pro development pro urban states like Karnataka and Telangana, urban development/redevelopment is happening at a massive pace. Just visit Hyderabad, TL - the redevelopment there is massive. Some parts look exactly like the US’ technology towns.
Khujliwal needs to study how that works and implement here.
TL is going to be the first state in India to match developed nations’ urban and rural standards. Even BJP states should learn from it. You can get a fully approved real estate permit and start building in just 20 days. No corruption, no hassles, everything digitized there. Can you do that in khujliwal Pradesh?
 

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