Yesterday, i read a very odd statement from the Prime Minister in the papers.
He had stated that the government was trying to make a reduction in the petroleum prices and further that the prices were still lower than the "neighboring" country.
What I don’t seem to understand is that why we only compare ourselves with India in terms of the factors we are better than them and why is false impression always given to the ppl by comparing ourselves with India.
The PM is a very good financial analyst and I personally respect him a lot, but these statements don’t help. The ppl are not fools my dear PM we all know that the Indian rupee is much stronger than ours so this makes the price of petrol near equal does it not? Furthermore, Pakistan produces about 15% of its requirements in terms of these products which India does not. So if it’s said that the price of petrol is $50/Gallon it only applies to the rest of the 80% that is bought from the international market and certainly not of what is sucked up from our own soil.
Adding to this, any person who has the slightest interest in the economy of the country knows that we don’t buy oil from the South American states, our major sources are in the Middle East and Baluchistan gets some from Iran as well. So how come we buy oil at the rate which is in the London market? And not at the rates of the Middle East market?
We all know that the Pakistan gets discounted oil rates from Saudi Arabia as per its aid for Pakistan.
Its amazing, isn’t it that we only compare the prices of oil. The ex factory price of the cars in Pakistan and India have quite a difference between them
And why just go for the price thing, have we ever compared ourselves with India in terms of education? Have we ever compared their railways with ours? NEVER.
I am more than proud to be a Pakistani but for god's sake realize that such stupid statements should not come from such a responsible person. Realize that we are not the same ppl who trusted words without action, realize that we can differentiate between right and wrong.......