March 2014 Blog Posts (7)

NSG Must Accept Pakistan as a Member State



"The Pakistani establishment, as we saw in 1998 with the nuclear test, does not view assistance -- even sizable assistance to their own entities -- as a trade-off for national security vis-a-vis India". US Ambassador Anne Patterson, September 23, 2009



Pakistan has the world's fastest growing nuclear arsenal today in the midst of a fierce insurgency waged…

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Added by Riaz Haq on March 28, 2014 at 9:00am — 10 Comments

Foreign Aid to India

In spite of all of the recent news about aid to Pakistan dominating the media, the fact remains that resurgent India has received more foreign aid than any other developing nation since the end of World War II--estimated at almost $100 billion since the beginning of its First Five-Year Plan in 1951. And it continues to receive more foreign aid in spite of impressive economic growth for almost a decade.



India was the… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on March 24, 2014 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Pakistan Day: Is Pakistan a Warrior State? Or Failed State?

The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World by Canada's McGill University Professor Thazha Varkey Paul, a graduate of India's Jawaharlal Nehru University, describes Pakistan as a "warrior state" and a "conspicuous failure". It is among a slew of recently published anti-Pakistan books by mainly Indian and western authors which paint Pakistan as a rogue state which deserves to be condemned, isolated and sanctioned by the international community.…

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Added by Riaz Haq on March 22, 2014 at 5:00pm — 7 Comments

Help for Research on Reversing Brain Drain of Pakistan

I am pursuing a research on BRAIN DRAIN to identify reason/ factors of our high qualified Pakistanis to migrate abroad either for jobs or business or study and they don't come back in a given period. Therefore, I want o seek Email addresses and names/ qualifications of such Pakistani professors, Engineers, Doctors, IT professionals or Business people who are living abroad so as questionnaire is mailed to them. My email address for your feed back is: drqbaloch@icp.edu.pk

Dr Qadar…

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Added by Dr Qadar Bakhsh Baloch on March 19, 2014 at 9:32pm — 1 Comment

History of Literacy Rates in Pakistan

The parts that now constitute Pakistan were among the least developed regions of India and the rest of the world prior to 1947, and the last to be conquered by the British, according to an eminent Pakistani economist Dr. Kaiser Bengali. The British rule in Sind, Baluchistan and NWFP lasted about 100 years and these regions…

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Added by Riaz Haq on March 19, 2014 at 4:30pm — 13 Comments

Ashar Aziz: First Tech Billionaire of Pakistani Origin in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley has minted the first Pakistani-American billionaire with an incredible 377% surge in the price of Fireeye (NASDAQ: FEYE) shares since its IPO last year.



The advanced computer security software company , founded by Ashar Aziz, priced its initial…

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Added by Riaz Haq on March 6, 2014 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

Economic History of India Since 1 AD

When the British arrived in Mughal India, the country's share of the world GDP was 25%, about the same as the US share of the world GDP today. By 1947, undivided India's share of world GDP ($4 trillion in in 1990 Geary-Khamis dollars) had shrunk to about 6% (India: $216 billion, Pakistan: $24 billion). Since independence, India's contribution to world GDP has shrunk further to about 4%, according to British Economist Angus…

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Added by Riaz Haq on March 5, 2014 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

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    Pakistan Pharma Begins Domestic Production of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

    Several Pakistani pharmaceutical companies have started domestic production of generic versions of GLP-1 (Glucagon-Like Peptide-1) drugs Ozempic/Wegovy (Semaglutide) and Mounjaro/Zeptide (Tirzepatide). Priced significantly lower than the branded imports, these domestically manufactured generic drugs will increase Pakistanis' access and affordability to address the obesity crisis in the country, resulting in lower disease burdens and improved life quality and longer life expectancy. Obesity…

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    WIR 2026: Income and Wealth Inequality in India, Pakistan and the World

    The top 1% of Indians own 40.1% of the nation's wealth, higher than the 37% global average. This makes India one of the world's most unequal countries, according to the World Inequality Report. By contrast, the top 1% own 24% of the country's wealth in Pakistan, and 23.9% in Bangladesh. Tiny groups of wealthy elites (top 1%) are using their money to buy mass media to manipulate public opinion for their own benefit. They are paying politicians for highly favorable laws and policies to further…

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    Posted by Riaz Haq on December 15, 2025 at 1:00pm — 6 Comments

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