I hope the country’s economic managers have a fair idea of what the writer is talking about.
UPPER MARLBORO, MD, US: I hope the country’s economic managers have a fair idea of what the writer is talking about because if nothing is done then the gap will only widen. Consider this: if Pakistan grows at the current average growth rate of three per cent for the next 30 years, its GDP per capita will be around $2,000. And if India continues to grow at eight per cent for the next 30 years, its GDP per capita will be eventually be around $15,000.
That is why it is going to become very hard to convince the Kashmiris to side with us if a situation ever, if at all, arises and they have to choose sides.
Jawad U Rehman
Published in The Express Tribune, October 31st, 2011.
