Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

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Then unless China needs Pakis to market J10 to Islamic countries like the JF 17, no J 10 will come to Pakistan, let alone 5squadrons.
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PKR slips to 176.75 against USD in first session of 2022
Pakistani rupee depreciated against the US dollar in the first session of 2022 by 24 paisas (-0.14 percent). The State Bank of Pakistan said that the dollar opened at Rs176.51 in the interbank market and closed at Rs176.75 on Tuesday. The rupee remained a bit volatile during the session, showing the intraday high bid of 176.75 and low offer of 176.20. Within the open market, the rupee was traded at 178/179 per dollar.
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May the most merciful one grant a depreciation of 72 paise per day against kuffar dollah.
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Trade deficit doubles to $25.5b in Jul-Dec
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit more than doubled to $25.5 billion during the first half of current fiscal year as imports could not be brought under control despite administrative steps amid an attempt by the commerce adviser to downplay it through dodgy figures.

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Wednesday released data which showed that the trade deficit widened to $25.5 billion in the first six months (July-December) of current fiscal year due to a significant surge in imports that outpaced the increase in exports. The deficit was $13.2 billion (or 106%) higher than the comparative period of previous fiscal year, it added. The annual trade deficit target of $28.4 billion has become irrelevant due to higher imports.

Imports during the first half increased two-thirds to nearly $40.6 billion. In absolute terms, the imports grew $16.1 billion, according to the PBS.
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-The trade deficit is between 325% to 400% more then their budgeted figure :rotfl:
-How come their toilet paper is still at 178 to a US$?
-How long before you see Zimbabwe style Currency notes printing of higher denominations?
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Pakis FY runs July to June. So July 2021-June 2022. The full year target for trade deficit is $28.4B. They have clocked $25.5B in first six months. If not for the growth in exports PKR would be touching 200 to a dollar by now.

But they have saved themselves. At least in a short run with good crop, global commodity prices cooling off and peak winter going over. No structural reforms though. Just chest beating, narrative building and promotion. With record imports they have record tax collection and they are showing it as a great win for the government.
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Pakis who loiter here need some reality check.


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^^^^ As nice as the headline sounds, one should not compare a sum accrued annually (GDP in this case) with the total value of an asset (LIC asset base).
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yensoy wrote:^^^^ As nice as the headline sounds, one should not compare a sum accrued annually (GDP in this case) with the total value of an asset (LIC asset base).
Yup especially since the same article points out that Apple's MCap right now is bigger than India's GDP
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Wow! Comparing market cap to GDP! That's a new one.
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Gas suspension: Pakistan loses textile exports worth $250m
Pakistan has lost textile exports of $250 million in December, 2021 in the wake of gas supply closure to the sector in Punjab for 15 days.
However, sanity prevailed in the government circles and the Ministry of Energy restored gas from December 29 though with less gas supply of 75mmcfd by mid-January
Commerce Ministry sources said that textile mills in Punjab are not getting smooth supply of electricity from the national grid due to interruptions, causing huge losses to the industry which may go up to $250-400 million per month.
Haram link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/923478 ... worth-250m
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And now this.

PTI govt’s three years an economic success story: PM Imran Khan
The PM said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s three years in government related economic success stories.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday the country produced 25,000 tonnes of urea daily, which was enough to meet country’s needs, warning that those involved in creating artificial shortages would be dealt with sternly.
There you have it. Im the Dim's brand alone is enough to produce success stories. His sitting posture exudes confidence and awe. You have to believe the guy.

Harami link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/923479 ... s-story-pm
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Im the Dim is doing such a splendid job of running the country into the ground, I wouldn't be surprised if he was planted by RAW :twisted:
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anupmisra wrote:And now this.

PTI govt’s three years an economic success story: PM Imran Khan
The PM said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s three years in government related economic success stories.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday the country produced 25,000 tonnes of urea daily, which was enough to meet country’s needs, warning that those involved in creating artificial shortages would be dealt with sternly.
There you have it. Im the Dim's brand alone is enough to produce success stories. His sitting posture exudes confidence and awe. You have to believe the guy.

Harami link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/923479 ... s-story-pm
Nothing surprising. This is normal behavior and thinking of a typical genetically mutated (Offspring of cousin marriages) Porki.
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TSP will have to raise taxes if IMF is to provide them with further loans and relief against existing loans. Raising taxes will however increase prices all around and cause further drop in immy's popularity.
IMF accepts request to postpone review of loan plan
KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has accepted Pakistan’s request to postpone the review of its $6 billion loan programme scheduled for Jan 12, sources told Dawn on Saturday.

The review is now expected to take place either on Jan 28 or 31, they said.
The government on Jan 4 laid the controversial Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2021, generally known as mini-budget, before the Senate following its introduction in the National Assembly on Dec 30, 2021 along with the State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill 2021.The approval of the two bills is necessary to ensure that the sixth review of the country’s $6bn Extended Fund Facility gets cleared by the IMF’s Executive Board. The government initially aimed to have the two bills passed before the IMF board’s meeting scheduled for Jan 12.
If passed by the parliament, the mini-budget will net additional revenues to the tune of Rs343 billion, equal to 0.6 per cent of GDP, mainly by withdrawing sales tax exemptions.

Although Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has dismissed the suggestion that the new tax measures are inflationary in nature, the withdrawal of the exemptions and the increase in sales tax rate on a large number of goods are likely to push up prices going forward.
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Op India article on Pak bankruptcy.

https://t.co/Mbx3mny4VF

Uses Harpreet' s tweets!
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When you smoke top quality Afghani stuff................ :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Pakistan's economic condition better than India: Imran Khan
MONEYCONTROL NEWS JANUARY 12, 2022 / 10:11 AM IST

Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister, believes that his country is in a better economic position than India, despite the economic turmoil Pakistan has been experiencing.

The Times of India reported that Khan, at the summit organised by Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), said, "Pakistan is still one of the cheapest countries compared to many countries in the world. They (opposition) call us incompetent, but the fact is that our government has saved the nation from all crises." :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

His claims come as the government is introducing a finance bill in Parliament as part of a condition requested by the IMF. The bill, if cleared, will clear the decks for $1 billion tranche in aid for Pakistan.

The beggar is saying that its their achievement, to bring one bill in so called parliament , to borrow another 1 bn USD

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/busin ... 26311.html
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America, EU, IMF, World Bank, ADB Please ensure supply of just enough Liquid Oxygen to Porkistan
Aam Abdul and Ayesha - Please Please make sure Charsi Imran is elected in the next election :rotfl:
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Mollick.R wrote:When you smoke top quality Afghani stuff

Pakistan's economic condition better than India: Imran Khan
Bilawal dubs PM Imran Khan ‘crisis of this century’
Bilawal said: "There is a crisis in every century and the crisis of this century is Imran Khan.” He said that the government's deal with the IMF would have devastating effects on the nation.
Bilawal said that never before have "such bad economic indicators in the history of the country" been witnessed.
Harami link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/92463 ... is-century
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Mollick.R wrote: "Pakistan is still one of the cheapest countries compared to many countries in the world.
I would have to agree. There is no country cheaper than Pakistan.
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They can sell their army to the lowest bidder at any time, now beat that evil kuffar baniya.
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External sector vulnerabilities multiply: Pakistan has to pay $8.638 bn foreign loans till June
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s external sector vulnerabilities have multiplied and touched alarming levels as official data confirms that Islamabad will have to pay back a bulk amount of $8.638 billion on account of foreign loans in the second half (Dec-June) period of the current fiscal year. The repayment of foreign loans has gone up by 399 percent in the last four years in rupee term. It stood at Rs286.6 billion in 2017-18 and now it is estimated at Rs1,427.5 billion. In dollar terms, Pakistan had to repay foreign loans, both the principal and mark-up, to the tune of over $12.4 billion.
With the prevailing situation of the external sector, if the IMF program does not revive by the end of January or early February 2022, then a full-fledged crisis will be knocking at the doors of Pakistan’s struggling economy by end of the current fiscal year.
Dr Pasha said that foreign debt obligation became a monster as the country would have to pay back the bulk of the amount of over $8 billion in the second half of the current fiscal year. He was of the view that the debt repayment would further escalate in the next fiscal year 2022-23 exactly at a time when the country would be entering into a fever of electioneering after completion of a five-year term by the incumbent ruling regime. He said that the current account deficit might touch $15 to $16 billion for the current fiscal year. In such a scenario, he warned that the foreign currency reserves might start declining, so there are fears of the eruption of a full-fledged balance of payment crisis on the horizon of Pakistan’s economy.
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More and more people are pointing at an emerging balance of payment crisis in TSP.
Economic Conditions of Pakistan
If increasing import numbers are being considered mysterious, a probable U-turn on the upcoming Textile Policy is termed as deadliest for the sector giving more than 50 per cent of exports of the country. Inflation is going double-digit followed by discount rate-making cost of living and doing business more expensive. Everything is related to the Balance of Payment crisis and to secure the last trench of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government needs to take harsh steps towards financial legislation. IMF is focused to secure its repayments whereas the government cannot play anymore with the general public and the business community. However, the grant of IMF final trench and positive assessment is related to fetching further loans from other international financial institutions, issuance of bonds and already held Saudi Grant. Control over financial emergencies is also related to government efficiency towards knocking down new variants of Coronavirus while the world may not witness another great global lockdown. The deadly virus has hit the world economy badly where the international commodity market is witnessing inflationary pressure at large.
According to a report, statistics related to imports show some anomalies to be addressed by the government as swelling numbers are giving a very gloomy impression of increasing trade deficit. November 2021 recorded the highest ever import figure which stood around Rs 8 Billion approximately. Half-year current fiscal calendar trade deficit popped up with a dangerous figure of $24.79 billion where imports are increased 63% as compared to the same period of last fiscal year. Though in December 2021 imports recorded less than $1 billion from last month however increasing Trade Deficit and Current Account Deficit i.e. Twin deficits making an overall picture of Pakistan Economy in a problem towards the balance of payments. Government officials suggest that the pace of Export is improving and by end of the current fiscal year exports to increase to $31 billion with Remittance to record at $32 billion. Apart from the increasing inward flow of Dollars, imports are making the economic picture troublesome for Twin Deficits. Imports mainly increased due to 3 most important segments of present times; Oil, Machinery and Vaccine.
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Growing financing needs: Pakistan may have to seek new IMF loan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s gross financing requirements are estimated to go up to $30 billion in the next budget for 2022-23, leaving no other options for the government but to seek a fresh IMF loan after the expiry of the existing programme in September 2022.
The IMF has assessed that Pakistan’s gross financing requirement will be standing at $28 billion in the next fiscal year 2022-23 but keeping in view the higher current account deficit projections, it is expected that the overall external financing requirement will cross $30 billion mark in the next fiscal year.

Now the question arises that how the country is going to manage the external financing of $45 to $50 billion over the next 18-month period (Jan-June) 2021-22 and next fiscal year 2022-23.

The National Security Policy recently approved by the federal cabinet recommended not to get loans from the IMF and other multilateral creditors but keeping in view the existing debt trap, it seems impossible to manage the external financing requirements without the support of the IMF programme.
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Dilbu wrote:Growing financing needs: Pakistan may have to seek new IMF loan

The National Security Policy recently approved by the federal cabinet recommended not to get loans from the IMF and other multilateral creditors
So, they have not yet received the last IMF loan and are already talking about another one? Looks like the much-vaunted NSP turns out to be just a pie-in-the-sky exercise written to impress who?
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Countdown..

Yawn - Dollar ‘may cross Rs200’ mark after 16pc withholding tax
The dollar price may cross Rs 200 with the sudden imposition of a withholding tax on exchange companies, which are getting notices to the tune of hundreds of millions of rupees from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

Representatives of the exchange companies told Dawn on Wednesday they are getting notices from the FBR on non-payment of the withholding tax that was withdrawn in 2016.

Tax notices have created panic among the exchange companies while their representatives insist the added cost will be passed on to customers, which may push the dollar rate beyond Rs200.

“It looks like a conspiracy against the government. There is lot of pressure on the exchange rate. The government is already facing criticism due to the devaluation,” he said. :mrgreen:

The black market will replace the legal business of the exchange companies if the dollar reaches Rs200, he said.

“The grey market has already taken a big chunk of our business. It offers a higher price. Dollars are being sold at higher rates to smugglers, hawala people and Afghans,” said Zafar Paracha, who runs one of the country’s largest exchange companies and also serves as general secretary of the same association.
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Manish_P wrote:Countdown..

Yawn - Dollar ‘may cross Rs200’ mark after 16pc withholding tax


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PKR amping up strike rate late in innings like kufr Rohit Sharma. Unlike kirket, there is no over limit and no possibility of getting out.
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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/pa ... d=msedgntp

PIA Pilot refuses to fly as his shift had ended :-)
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I want what Im the Dim is smoking! Apparently, Baki GDP rose from $260 Bn (2020) to $346 Bn (2021). The 2020 figures are World Bank's. But the real answer is in the "shifting of goalposts" and "using a new chini calculator". Read on.

Govt revises up FY21 growth rate to 5.4pc, GDP to $347bn
The size and growth rate of Pakistan’s economy increased significantly during 2020-21, making it the second-highest economic growth recorded in the last three years of the incumbent government.
As a result of the rebasing exercise, the growth rate improved from the earlier estimate of 3.94pc to 5.4pc
the size of the economy rose to $346.76 billion from the provisional estimate of $296 billion
The size of the economy grew in dollar terms as the rupee strengthened against the greenback — the highest-ever increase in any year.
Per capita income has also been re-calculated at Rs266,614, up from the earlier figure of Rs246,414 for 2020-21.
The ministry of planning and the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics rebase the national accounts as well as price statistics after every five years, as both go hand in hand to capture more areas and economic activities that have taken place in the last couple of years. However, this time around the accounts and prices were rebased after 10 years.
With the rebasing and level shifting of the economy from Rs29.1trn to Rs32.7trn in 2015-16, the GDP at market prices increased to Rs55.5trn in 2021 while the gross national income increased to Rs59.3trn, respectively.
And, that's how it is done. Lesson learned from their chini birathers?

Haram link: https://www.dawn.com/news/1670673/govt- ... p-to-347bn
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The case of missing 1.4 billion USD !
The import mystery continues

There are now several unexplained import numbers in November and December which require serious explanation from the government. The import bill of $15.6 billion in the last two months is simply hard to digest. There are gaps in petroleum imports and vaccine imports which are too big to ignore. It seems that something else is being parked in these figures. :rotfl:

According to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS),5.1 million tons of petroleum products (petrol, diesel, furnace oil etc.) and crude oil was imported in the last two months. That is not possible. The country’s ports do not have capacity to handle such volumes. The data compiled by OCAC shows that 3.7 million tons of oil and products were imported in Nov and Dec 21.

OCAC data is based on ships being discharged at ports. PBS data is based on shipment imports. There could be a lag of 1-2 cargos. However, here in two months, estimated 24 cargos of petroleum products and 3 cargos of crude oil are being discharged on port according to PBS data.Where has all that oil disappeared? That is like missing one ship every second day. Is David Copperfield pulling a sleight of hand atthe ports? :lol:

The missing petroleum ships account for around $800 million. That is not a small number. OCAC data is cross-checked by the Ministry of Energy and it is in line with country’s average monthly imports in the past. For example, Pakistan imported 22.9 million tons of oil in 2019 and 18.7 million tons in 2020. This implies a monthly average of 1.7 million tons as against the monthly average of 2.5 million tons reported by the PBS in the last two months.

That is the story of oil imports where something is seriously wrong somewhere. The other element to note is COVID vaccines imports. The number is recorded in the medicinal imports withinthe sub-section of agriculture and other chemicals. Pakistan started importing vaccines in March of 2021. The total payment made or yet to be made is $1,590 million for the procurement of 157 million doses. This makes (excluding retroactive financing) $10 per average dose value.

There are another 87 million doses which are grants from COVAX and China. No payment are to be made against these. However, they are recorded in the imports number. The question is what value PRAL assigned to these vaccines. If the price is assumed at $10 (which is the average price of purchased doses), the import number should be $870 million. Add this to paid vaccine share, the total vaccine import bill should be $2.5 billion.

Pakistan imported $3,655 million worth of medicinal products in March-Dec2021.Covid vaccines are being recorded here. The average medicinal products imports in previous three years March-December period stood at $774 million. Assuming same number for non-COVID vaccine medicinal imports, the vaccine imports come at $2.9 billion. COVID vaccine imports were estimated at $2.5 billion. This implies, the value assigned to donor vaccines is higher by $400 million.

This makes donated vaccines at $14.7 per dose. Is something else being parked in the COVID vaccine figures? :wink:

Adding vaccine and oil anomalies, the unexplained number is around $1.2 billion. The good thing is that current account deficit would not count these anomalies.
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Guys any idea while the Indian Rupee is struggling against USD at around 74.5, why is the Paki Ruppee relatively stable at 176 to the USD, they are not any strides for a quick 200-250?
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Pakis wonder why no one invites their leaders to international summits anymore. Ever wonder why?

Pakistan to seek loans from Russia, China, Kazakhstan
Pakistan plans to borrow $3 billion from China, $2 billion from Russia and Kazakhstan
The federal government has decided to seek $5 billion in loans (The chutzpah!)
the finance ministry has finalised the plan for the loan and an agreement in this regard will likely be signed with China during Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Beijing next month
Islamabad is planning to spend $2 billion on the ML-1 Railways project while $3 billion from China will be used to strengthen dwindling forex reserves.
the loan agreement with China will be signed for one year period
The development came amid Islamabad’s hectic efforts to revive the stalled $6 billion loan programme of the International Monetary Fund as all the prior conditions have been met in this regard before the Executive Board’s meeting scheduled on February 02.
According to an earlier report published in The News, Pakistan’s gross financing requirements are estimated to go up to $30 billion in the next budget for 2022-23
Top official sources had confirmed to The News that if everything goes well and Islamabad manages successfully to revive the existing stalled IMF programme worth $6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) after completion of the sixth review, then two more reviews seventh and eighth would be required to be accomplished till September 2022 for qualifying to complete the 39-month EFF programme.
Despite the National Security Policy recently approved by the federal cabinet, which advises refraining from getting loans from the IMF and other multilateral creditors, Islamabad, in reality, will have no other option but to get a loan from the Breton Woods Institutions (BWIs) in the wake of yawning gross financing requirements.


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Hasn't the world bank imposed the condition that Pakistan cannot use the loan amount to pay back any amount owed to the chinese (principal and/or interest)?

How does Imran charsi propose to pay interest on these loans? Unless of course he is basically asking the chinese to build the rail line for free.
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I think Pakistan is doing very well economically with the Paki Rupee stabilizing in the 170's to the USD.
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Aditya_V wrote:Guys any idea while the Indian Rupee is struggling against USD at around 74.5, why is the Paki Ruppee relatively stable at 176 to the USD, they are not any strides for a quick 200-250?
It is the Indian Rupee that has been stable (no change in 9 months and a 3% depreciation in the last year). the Pak rupee has depreciated approx.
10% this year. (159 to 176). In rough terms the depreciation of a currency is roughly equal to the difference in the rates of inflation. With a stable currency, India's exports are still expected to rise to $ 650 billion in 2021-22, while Pakistan will be approx $ 26 billion.
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There is no comparision but I waiting for INR PKR 1:3 to ratio soon
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Inflation at its highest in 2 years in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan continues to reel under high inflation. The country’s general inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) clocked in at 24-month peak of 13 per cent in January as prices of almost all commodities and utilities maintained a growing trend.

The sectors that posted double-digit growth in prices when compared to January 2021 included perishable and non-perishable food items, energy, transportation, clothing, restaurants and health, reported Dawn news.
This is the highest CPI inflation since January 2020 when it was 14.6 per cent.
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Pakis have done a secret deal with West.

75 year policy of propping up Pakis continues, it will end only when enough of them migrate to European Countries and become troublemakers there.


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https://www.dawn.com/news/1673007/imf-o ... bn-tranche
IMF okays 6th review, ready to release $1bn tranche
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Wow, their economy really must be in a bottomless shithole if they have to resort to selling an imaginary Modiji's visit to Beggaristan to buoy up their morale.

“If things improve between the two neighbours, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could visit Pakistan in a month,” the chairman of Nishat Group told a gathering of businessmen at the Lahore Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday.

“If the economy does not improve, the country may face disastrous consequences. Pakistan should improve trade relations with India and take a regional approach to economic development. Europe fought two great wars, but ultimately settled for peace and regional development. There is no permanent enmity.”

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Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Post by Pratyush »

What does a visit to NaMo to TSP have to do with internal economic situation in TSP?
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