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2018-12-02 India-Pakistan

Pakistanis mock PM's 'chicken plan' to ease poverty

[Al Jazeera] Pakistain's Prime Minister Imran Khan

... aka Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
has hit back at criticism over a proposal to alleviate poverty by developing the local poultry industry, citing a similar recommendation by US billionaire Bill Gates.

In a wide-ranging speech on Thursday marking his government's first 100 days in office in the capital Islamabad, Khan said rural women will be given chickens and eggs to start poultry businesses, which he said is a "great plan" to help eradicate poverty.
and a rape epidemic
"I'm proposing such a plan which doesn't require billions of dollars," said the cricketer-turned-politician.

"The project has been experimented with. If we provide them (rural women) with injections, this will raise the [chickens'] protein intake and they (women) will have more chickens and eggs to sell. This is a way to uplift the poor."

An estimated 24.3 percent of Pakistain's population lives below the national poverty line, according to the latest World Bank figures.

Khan's recommendation was received with both applause and amusement in the audience, but social media users and opposition politicians later mocked him, poking fun at the prime minister's "eggonomics".

"Dear Imran Khan please think 100 times before you speak on national and international platforms. Discussing eggs and chickens on a day when you're presenting 100 days plan is ridiculous," wrote Usman Khan on Twitter.

Posted by Fred 2018-12-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 From a song by Southern Culture on the Skids:

The man pulled up, he said "What's the word?"
"The word around here is poultry turd..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-02 07:34|| 2018-12-02 07:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Pakistan’s prime minister is in the habit of saying stupid things.

From The Times of Israel a few days ago, but didn’t seem worth posting at the time:

Pakistani PM denigrates Jesus, wants world convention to prevent insult to Islam

‘There is no mention of Jesus in history,’ says Imran Khan, ‘but the entire life of Muhammad, who was Allah’s last prophet, is part of history’

But he was apparently arguably the second best cricketeer in the world, and good looking in his youth, so he never developed his mind. Canada elected a similar one, though theirs lacks the physical achievement his face deserves.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-02 11:09|| 2018-12-02 11:09|| Front Page Top

#3 I must be missing something here. No fan of the PM's intellect, but raising chickens seems better for the country than wanking of blasphemy and insults to the Profit.

Posted by SteveS 2018-12-02 11:15|| 2018-12-02 11:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Useless so long as an accusation of blasphemy can raise a police-approved mob to lunch the woman who "got above her station" by raising healthy chickens.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-12-02 13:42|| 2018-12-02 13:42|| Front Page Top

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