Monday, August 07, 2023

Pakistani woman wins.

"What PM Shehbaz Sharif blurted out recently," "Though none in high office can admit it publicly, in a moment of despair he admitted that wherever he visits, disdain is written on the faces of hosts," wrote Pervez Hoodbhoy. Even worse, "This understated the truth: Pakistan is seen everywhere as problematic even as major world powers cosy up to India; foreign companies are fleeing skill-empty Pakistan but high-tech semiconductor manufacturers woo India; and Pakistan's space program has faded away even as Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan elevated India to the world's top four space-faring nations." "The economy is projected to grow at two to three percent, and the average inflation rate is expected to decline to the range of 20-22pc in FY24, from 29.2pc in FY23, according to the latest State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) monetary policy statement." The rupee will decline by 20.4% in FY24, according to the IMF. It is trading at 284.80 to 1 USD. xe.com. The economy grew by a dismal 0.29% in FY23, the economy shrank from $375.449 billion in FY22 to $341.554 billion in FY23, and per capita income fell from $1,766 to $1,568. Dawn. The latest census estimated the country's population at just under 250 million, total fertility rate is at 3.3% and the population is projected to cross 400 million by 2050. Dawn. Politicians are competing to use religion against opponents. "Jinnah was labeled Kafir-e-Azam by the hard right. Zia used Nizam-e-Mustafa to ascend to power." Dawn. "But what is happening now is different. Politicians have begun taking more and more extreme positions, and it is actually working." "The game of 'Who is a Better Muslim' needs to end. Unless it does soon, it will turn into a trans-generational shift towards extremism and violence, the likes of which we have not seen before." Then there is the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). "The recent militant attack in the Zhob town of Balochistan, where the Pakistan military lost nine soldiers, was one of the latest in a string of attacks targeting security forces in areas that were previously considered relatively free of militancy." Dawn. It would therefore seem to make sense that Pakistani woman Seema Ghulam Haider apparently sold her house in Pakistan, flew to Dubai and then to Nepal and finally crossed the land border between Nepal and India by bus, with four children, to marry and live with her lover Sachin Meena, whom she met online while playing PUBG. dseodisha.in. Life in India should be much easier than in Pakistan. Hence, it is impossible to understand why, "A 34-year-old Indian mother of two children who traveled to a remote village in Pakistan to marry her Facebook friend after converting to Islam." ET. "Anju - who now goes by the name of Fatima after converting to Islam - on July 25 married her 29-year-old friend Nasrullah, whose home is in the Upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." ET. Common sense says that Pakistani Seema has got a much better deal than Indian Anju. Hence, Pakistani woman more intelligent than Indian. Much more.

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