Pakistan, as it is
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Daily Times, Pakistan, Thursday, July 30, 2009
We may or may not wake up to this reality but the Saudis and the Qataris are aware of what’s in store for humanity in the coming decades. They want to buy fertile land in poor countries like Pakistan to feed their people when half the world would be dying of hunger
Recently, I thought of Thomas Robert Malthus because our President made the good old Reverend turn and squirm in his grave. A week or so ago, the President said in Karachi, “We are making plans for Pakistan that will have a population of 250 million in the future”. Try as you might, you would not be able to make a more catastrophic statement.
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We may or may not wake up to this reality but the Saudis and the Qataris are aware of what’s in store for humanity in the coming decades. They want to buy fertile land in poor countries like Pakistan to feed their people when half the world would be dying of hunger
Recently, I thought of Thomas Robert Malthus because our President made the good old Reverend turn and squirm in his grave. A week or so ago, the President said in Karachi, “We are making plans for Pakistan that will have a population of 250 million in the future”. Try as you might, you would not be able to make a more catastrophic statement.
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Labels: Governance, Politics, Poverty
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