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2011-12-26 India-Pakistan

PTI: If elected, we'll create an Islamic welfare state

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Posted by Fred 2011-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 I wish him the best in creating a welfare state as we have millions of Pakis in UK living on OUR welfare state!

They might go home LOL

Posted by Paul D 2011-12-26 07:33|| 2011-12-26 07:33|| Front Page Top

#2 This could be a winning strategy. Compare Pakistan with Mexico of not too long ago, in that by far the most important thing, as far as the man on the street was concerned, was keeping the price of tortillas, rice and beans low. If a politician could come through with that, they would vote for him.

He could do about anything else he wanted, as long as staple food was cheap. But if he lost his focus on that, no matter what else he did or was doing, they would turn him out.

Pakistan has 188 million people. The average wage is about $1/hr.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-26 09:03|| 2011-12-26 09:03|| Front Page Top

#3 That wage can fall very quickly.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-12-26 14:53|| 2011-12-26 14:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Pakistan already is a welfare state. If not for remittances from Pakistanis working in the other countries and foreign aid from the US, among others, Pakistan would be broke and its people would starve.

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-12-26 17:36|| 2011-12-26 17:36|| Front Page Top

#5 "Pakistan would be broke and its people would starve"

What's the downside, LG?

Posted by Barbara 2011-12-26 17:58|| 2011-12-26 17:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Starving people do rather extreme things.

That includes starving people with nukes.

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-26 17:59|| 2011-12-26 17:59|| Front Page Top

#7 From Ace

The Red Cross just knocked on my door and asked if we could contribute towards the floods in Pakistan. I said we'd love to, but our garden hose only reaches to the driveway.

Posted by badanov 2011-12-26 18:00|| http://www.freefirezone.org 2011-12-26 18:00|| Front Page Top

#8 IIRC Islamic Governance is already a pre-determined/established Welfare State, iff only to Muslims - in essence ole Khan is calling for major upgrading of the methodology of the histor Islamic Welfare Model.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-12-26 19:14|| 2011-12-26 19:14|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL badanov - that's a classic.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-12-26 19:30|| 2011-12-26 19:30|| Front Page Top

#10

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2011-12-26 19:58|| 2011-12-26 19:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Aren't all muslim countries welfare states (except those that sell oil the west found for them?)

Posted by Hellfish 2011-12-26 21:05|| 2011-12-26 21:05|| Front Page Top

#12 The average wage is about $1/hr.

That's high. China has 4x Pakistan's GDP per capita and its average wage isn't as high as $1/hour.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-12-26 23:58|| 2011-12-26 23:58|| Front Page Top

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