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| Goods cheaper, wages higher in Pakistan than in India: Musharraf |
| 2008-01-18 |
| Islamabad : Rejecting the charge that the Pakistani economy was in doldrums, President Pervez Musharraf Thursday said commodities of daily use were cheaper and wages higher here compared to India and Bangladesh. He said that mutton was available in Pakistan at Rs.260 per kg, in India also at Rs.260, but at Rs.300 in Bangladesh. He, however, did not clarify the currency he was referring to in case of India and Bangladesh. The Indian rupee and the Bangladeshi taka are higher in parity against the Pakistani rupee. "The minimum salary of a labourer in Pakistan is Rs.4,600, in India it is 3,700 and in Bangladesh it is just 3,000," he said, again without specifying the currency in the two cases. "Every one says that Pakistan's economy is in bad shape but it is not - see the difference. Our wages are much better than the countries in the region. I can't understand why the politicians are making statements on poverty in the country," he said. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #3 He said that mutton was available in Pakistan at Rs.260 per kg, Who gives a rat's ass? How much for an AK-47? |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-01-18 19:21 |
| #2 This wouldn't actually surprise me. India has a tiny sliver of its economy devoted to IT outsourcing which employs maybe hundreds of thousands of people. Pakistan has a big chunk of its economy devoted to textiles - probably tens of millions, based on the amount of Pakistani-made clothing I see in stores. You hear a lot about Bangladeshi illegal immigrants in India, but not much about Pakistani ones. The fact is that Pakistan really doesn't have to do much to outpace India in economic growth - all it has to is free up its economy a little more than India. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2008-01-18 11:43 |
| #1 what goods? bullets or bomb making components. |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-01-18 11:16 |