Pakistan’s Economic Crisis: Rising Debt, IMF addiction with elusive growth and broken politics
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With debt & inflation out of control, growth nearly negative Pakistan faces a worsening economic crisis that IMF handouts can’t reverse, esp given its broken politics. @ShekharGupta lifts the layers in ep 1489 of #CutTheClutter.
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As soon as I saw the title. I came just to dislike this video. Don't you @theprint see the fault in our government? R u getting paid by Pakistan? If not then talk about INDIA. We the people of India not Pakistan.. You all should be ashamed of yourself for being so low in morals..
YOU NEED TO DISCUSS DEEP ROOT CAUSE - WHY PAKISTAN ,SYRIA ,Lebanon, LIBYA ,once were rich and now they are begging with begging bowl . All Indian fools so called bloody secularist must do a research. In 1947 ,still Pakistan or the above countries were richers than Middle East or Arabic , But within 60 to 70 yrs , the same countries have lost everything. Same Land , Same People ..BUT No GRAINS AND NO EDUCATION ,NO MEDICINE ,NO WATER . But Unfortunate all are trying to apply ointment rather to know the root cause of dieses. We Indian are heading firstly towards destruction . People think the education will solve the problem of country .But unfortunately Adulatory , Corruption , Hates' have increased ..
Pakistan is lucky to have honest and selfless politicians and military people who love the country. They have safely invested Pakistani money in Papa John's pizza franchise, real estate in London, Canada, Dubai, and an island near Australia. These investments have made sure that Pakistani people don't waste their money on luxury items such as wheat flour, vegetables, electricity, clothing, and education.
Don't worry about Pakistan,
Gobar Lagao Corona Bagao...😅
Emerging super power can't handle bankrupt failed state Pakistan..😅
Sarcasm is off the charts 😂😂
But but
Pakistan is above India in Happiness index
Pakistan stock market all time high
😅
The poorest and the dirtiest corrupt country in the World is hindutva , global hunger index .plus World bank reports .
Since year 2000, Pakistan's nominal growth is just 2.5% while India's nominal growth rate was 9.6%.
While your point has merit please do remember that we should always look at real gdp growth when making time period comparisons. Pakistan also has had worse off inflation adding to their gdp growth.
Abhi Pakistan se hi compare karoge or aage baroge? Humlog sandas ko Pakistan bolte tha. When I was in Bombay way back in 1995.
Even with all that, India's per capita GDP surpassed Pakistan's only around 2008. I won't be surprised if the cowbelt Bimaru states have percapita GDP less than or equal to Pakistan even now.
@@tellsparckyou will not stop comparing even when you are rich.
This is the whole issue, Pakistani people need to stop comparing with other economies, they are a failed state, the amount of times they have borrowed from IMF, the debt crisis, electricity issue, lack of job prospects, educational divide. Does Modi care about india s comparison with others? His busy trying to improve india on all fronts. Right now and for the next 15 years pakistan needs to stop competing with India and others, they are nowhere near them. They need to work on all their issues and get in a government that works to stablise and fix it. This won't happen overnight, a week or month and year, it's a very long term project and people need to accept that!
Shekhar Ji, you always call fertility rate as "percentage". It's not a percentage. It's a number per woman
I was wondering the same
True😂
Also this is a no that does not factor for momentum and generational lag, so if the no is 2, the no for current 20-35 year olds is more like 1.25-1.33 wch no one mentions in the cut the clutter to give more practical understanding
Pakistani s know that night time fun is better than daytime toil.
There are 0% reservation in Bangladesh. But Why there are 92% reservation in Pakistan? That's why Bangladesh economy still better than Pakistan.
Why on earth are we talking so much about this country to give a false sense of pride to us Indians. We don’t care about this or other failed nations sir. Talk about China and teach the population how we can reach their per capita levels if tried
It is our neighbour
You should know very well about our neighbour
And it was a part of India one and separated based on RELIGION ( non secular)
Look at mallapuram of Kerala now
@@Sachinrohitfan what are we gonna learn from a poor, bankrupt neighbour?
Learn from neighbours who are better than you.
@@s-qc9nsi dont know, maybe learn not to repeat their mistakes? And any failed state is a really big security risk.. More unemployment means more radicals and more terrorists
@@s-qc9ns see don't insult others and be happy
@@s-qc9ns We can still learn from our neighbors,, because individually some states in India are heading the same way financially.. Easy to guess the states...
If Pakistan were run by patriots and not by the India haters, they could have salvaged the Afganistan and Iraq war by USA for der country and people benifit.
However, they used it for der own personal benefits and terrorism against India.
They are anything but patriotic.
Haters,bigots, etc can hardly damage whom they hate. They are actually bad for der own people and country.
We have a lesson here and should never divert on that path, whatever might be our political choices.
Army generals used that , looted money and no army high ranked individual stays in pakistan
"der" economy is in the mud.
Pakistan is lucky to have honest and selfless politicians and military people who love the country. They have safely invested Pakistani money in Papa John's pizza franchise, real estate in London, Canada, Dubai, and an island near Australia. These investments have made sure that Pakistani people don't waste their money on luxurious items such as wheat flour, vegetables, electricity, clothing, and education.
Patriots ----then there would be no Pakistan. It was made for the zamindars by the zamindars
Correction - not India hater, ruled by Hindu hater.
ughhh .... again Pakistan. Nobody wants to hear about Pakistan
I do. It’s heartening to know how far they’ve screwed up
@@Wack373 They are all over the news at Manchester airport.
@@garygeorge-wi7co what do you mean?
Then don't watch the video. Millions of videos on TH-cam. Hundreds on this channel itself. And you feel the need to comment on a video about Pakistan that you don't want to watch a video about Pakistan? -_-
You idiot. They are our neighbors. Do you know what the impact of the collapse of the social structure of that country would be? Our borders would be overrun.
That kid's scream in the ad in the beginning is too loud, please adjust the audio levels. The ad is a lot louder than the rest of the video.
all of the ads are annoying tbh
Much better than that bachooo screaming lady
Whenever I see the commercial, I directly skip the video to 0:30.
There are 0% reservation in Bangladesh. But Why there are 92% reservation in Pakistan? That's why Bangladesh economy still better than Pakistan.
I thought my phone’s speaker is dead 😢
Shekhar has still not realized that TFR (total fertility rate) is not measured in %. That number does not mean a percentage Gupta ji. So when you say a TFR of 3.4, it's not 3.4%, the number means there will be 3.4 children per woman in Pakistan. Basically, an average woman in Pakistan bears 3.4 children over her lifetime. This is why the replacement TFR is considered 2.1 (2 people die & 2 people should be born) for population to remain constant. The extra 0.1 is to account for child mortality.
Mr. Gupta is clueless regarding numbers. I see the same cluelessness amongst established journalists such as Barkha Dutt.
Fertility rate of Muslims in India
And demographic disaster in India
We want cut the clutter on this
There was a CTC on the topic of Hindu, Muslim fertility rate already. Spoiler alert: both are falling. Muslim base rate is more but it is also falling faster. Both should converge to below replacement in medium term future
@@vinaydeshpande862already seen that …. But after that actual figure came out very few days back … their population is growing enormously throughout India according to recent reports….
For example look at Malappuram of Kerala … they are even demanding separate state
@@vinaydeshpande862 still it is 2 times of hindu growth rate
This is so insulting
If yu take the birthrate as the number per a woman it is today 1 more than others for muslims. SG will articulate it is just 1% point to hide the truth
Doesn't matter what the state of the Pakistani economy is, their military strength doesn't degrade
unfortunately yes.
Military strength? More like terror funding
Well said
A military won’t degrade just because its economy degrade. A country can go on a national mobilization of economy, political and societal sphere to build a military and fight a war. All matters is social and political will
There are 0% reservation in Bangladesh. But Why there are 92% reservation in Pakistan? That's why Bangladesh economy still better than Pakistan.
A chapter on Pakistani military budget as part of national budget and a comparison to their education budget would have clarified the issues better
Would be much obliged if the Print would drop the usual north Indian fascination with Pakistan and start talking about Vietnam, Singapore and China which is were the true competition lies! Jeez!
South Indians r slave of arabs
SG and IMF looks like same addiction, Pakistan. Let's move on.
Hahaha .. well said
There are 0% reservation in Bangladesh. But Why there are 92% reservation in Pakistan? That's why Bangladesh economy still better than Pakistan.
there are 0% reservation in bangladesh. But why there are 92% reservation in pakistan? that's why bangladesh economy still better than pakistan
A strong Pakistan has always been a big headache for us. Right from 1947 they have used their resources to mount attcks on Indian nation. So it is a good opportunity for us to ensure that Pakistan has to increase their expenditure to defend themselves and save their establishment. A permanently bankrupt Pakistan should be one of our main aim of Pakistan policy.
Not fully bankrupt. That would also be bad.
Pakistan is lucky to have sympathizers...
empatjizers...like you it is really heartening to see your eyes, heart & etc bleeding profusely for pakistan.
Any country cannot grow on freebies received from foreign donors. Pakistan is the best example to quote. 😊
sir is worried about pakistan economy , dont worry when muslum becomes greater number ,indian economy follow the same path
100% May be in 2060
True! You will soon see it in West Bengal where Industries are packing their bags.
There are 0% reservation in Bangladesh. But Why there are 92% reservation in Pakistan? That's why Bangladesh economy still better than Pakistan.
there are 0% reservation in bangladesh. But why there are 92% reservation in pakistan? that's why bangladesh economy still better than pakistan
Saudis and Chinese will bail them out anyways, the remaining will get a haircut and overseas Pakistani diaspora will keep the remaining...Kenya would have been a better case study
Kenya
A country destroyed by loan shark china
Exactly
Why is IMF still giving out money? Several bail out is understandable but 20+ bailout is crazy.
If i Was in Pakistan, I Wouldn't Keep My Savings in A Bank, Because The Government Could at Any Time Seize it, To Pay the International Creditors.
Thankfully I'm in India
Welcome to the yearly edition of Pak's Economic crisis!
Gupta has so much of affection towards Pakistan. He always criticise the pride, economic and military power of India. But Gupta loves so much Pakistan.
Pakistan’s public debt interest payment is around 60% of net revenue and not 65%
Oh, this is not the abridged version😅
Thank you for honest and in depth analysis. Lots of respect 🙏
There are 0% reservation in Bangladesh. But Why there are 92% reservation in Pakistan? That's why Bangladesh economy still better than Pakistan.
there are 0% reservation in bangladesh. But why there are 92% reservation in pakistan? that's why bangladesh economy still better than pakistan
Good video. Being our neighbour we need to be aware about them. As we need to have a strategy in place in case this country implodes.
It also helps us learn from others mistakes.
I did a historic analysis and to my utter surprise found that at one point Pakistan's per capita GDP was 2.4 times that of India's per capita GDP. India edged past Pakistan in per capita GDP terms only in late 2000s.
American money😂😂😂 in afgan war helped them
Pakistan is such an ideal country- no corruption, no terr0ri5m, no undue army influence, governments completing 5 yrs, no religious extremi5ms, debt free, no imf bail outs and extremely peaceful!!
If you had uploaded same video from last year no one would notice.
Nothing changed.
PKR was artificially managed for last year..once IMF steps in it will go to 400=1USD
Waste of an episode. There's no new information here. Felt like I heard all these Pakistan economic woes before.
गुप्ता जी पाकिस्तान को जाने दो भाड़ में..आप सिर्फ आप भारत की बातकरो
एक ऐसा देश जो बर्बादी की कगार पर है जो खत्म हो रहा है us par कोई भी बात करनीही नहीं चाहिए
Even Pakistanis are not concerned about the downfall of their own country
Rahulji should provide them with more equity funding from US and also get other key partner to reinvestment their future earnings to revive their growth.
The lens through which I see SG article/video is that India is doing good in terms of economy compared to Pak.
It is another clever way to defend Modi 3.0 and the pathetic budget presented last week.
Like jihadis pay any substantial taxes
You can not put Bharat along this country
Have been hearing these doomsday predictions for Pakistan for quite a while now, but every year Pakistan manages to scrape by. How? Perhaps do a CTC giving a breakdown of how Pakistan has been able to fund its obligations in the last 2-3 years?
Because Pakistan is a giant heeramandi….they are young not with money but by using something else
Shame on you.. again Pakistan..come on we are not even interested.
Please stop this obsession with Pakistan.
Rather please talk about Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and China.
We need to take lessons from what went well.
Yes he is Educationing Pakistanis
Not because he hates them 😊
China is our main Rival
His obsession with pakistan is almost romantic.
Orgasmically romatic
He used to cover Pakistan in younger ages
Shekhar ji, with all due respect i don't think you completely understood the 1 grave 2 body metaphor 😂
Ultimate irony is that Bharat rapid economic growth has come in after Modijis PMship & stewardship, yet actual sponsored anti bjp, anti modi andh bhakts criticize him relentlessly. Bharat ka haal paxstan jaisa banaana hai kya tum logo ne?
This is a really good interesting presentation from you after a long long time.. Keep it up.
Pakistan economy is not much different to that of Sri Lanka which has been living with borrowed money for decades
There is no way Pakistan can pay back its debts. The only thing that Pakistan can do is to declare bankruptcy. 😊
Whether Pak declared bankruptcy or not, everyone knows that it is bankrupt
there are 0% reservation in bangladesh. But why there are 92% reservation in pakistan? that's why bangladesh economy still better than pakistan
The debt is as a result of teaching hatred to their children. Consequently, Wealth always stays away in their lifetime
I wonder if the Pakistani army intended for the election to unfold this way in order to prevent any party from achieving a clear majority. It seems like they didn't anticipate this outcome, but perhaps their goal was for Nawaz's party to emerge as the largest party without having a decisive majority.
Please discuss how India should read the present economic state of Pakistan and its implications or threats to India and what should be our strategy to counter the fallouts in Pakistan.
No, Pakistan has to reign in its military expense which is eating the country
They need to take some drastic measures like reducing their Military Budget by 90% & instead investing in Social Infrastructure.. They can divest areas like Kartarpur Sahib which India will be happy to support..
Wish these guys would mention that in 2014 the Indian Economy with it's awful CAD, Fiscal Deficit, High inflation, PSU Bank NPA's of 25+ lakh Crore (loans given to Congi Cronies)and low Forex reserves we were on way to becoming to what is Pakistan today.
Why Shekhar ji is obsessed with Pakistan? Over concerned abt only one country
I agree that Pakistan is not doing well economically. Still their military preparedness is not bad if we see how their air force is upgrading. I agree this is mostly on borrowed money and may not be sustainable in the long run.But for now we are really lagging behind in a lot of areas of military preparedness. Hopefully things will get better by next decade. But pak and china also know this. There is high chance of war in my opinion due to this in the short term.
Hi tech machine doesn't mean much. In the war, only the courageous soldier wins
Nice episode. From an IMF' s perspective, Pakistan is more stable than Srilanka as far as servicing this debt is concerned. Srilanka has a worse record when it comes to meeting out IMF conditions. IMF recently commented about the unpredictability of a new government coming in Srilanka since debt servicing & IMF conditions themselves are a big political issue in SL.
Please do not waste Indians time. JAI HIND
No matter how worse is the situation of common Indian,the Indian media will always create an obsession of Pakistan
😂😂 india is the only working democratic country in the region and the fastest growing ECI in the world 😂😂
SG, amazing insights of the economic doldrums in Pakistan only you can do, and a Good you brought out the UPA era fraud resulting in the NPA of 12 Lakh Crores just from the Banks, Big lesson for Congress Left Islamists who have a soft corner for India Hating Nation. We would have gone Pakistan Srilanka way if change hadn’t happened in 2014 and would have gone Yemeni way post Covid. Due credit to be given to NAMO on CAD Fiscal Deficit Inflation GDP to Debt Ratio Forex reserves etc etc
thank you Guptaji ke bete, you may not be as good as sharmaji ka beta. However after getting a screw job of a budget for a middle class Indian, your video on pakistan's misery gives me some solace
We should consider sending them Nirmala/Vasooli Daadi. She would make the stingy IMF look like generous Raja Harishchandra in comparison.
😂😂👌🏻 pls send
They need narasimha rao or Vajpeyee or Modi in Army uniform. Even good employee like MMS will be dull dude without CEO like NSR/VJP/Modi.
Another Pakistan obsession episode. SG was part of track2 and Track3 conflict entrepreneurship ecosystem natured by Indira congress. Many people in Delhi/Kashmir and Indian ashrafi Bhadraloks worldwide have made global careers on this conflict entrepreneurship. Thats industry not dead yet but is struggling to survive.
Dear SG, can you now once-for-ever outgrow your Nehruvian ecosystem's 7 decades grooming about "obsession with Pakistan, Islam & Muslims". We don't care what they do to themselves. We today have leadership that will fix them if their non state actors "cross the line". We today have enough mass of "assertive kuffars" to put pressure on leadership to act decisively. Don't need to waste more energies on Pakistan, Islam and stories cooked by "pressure release valve liberal Muslims".
Pl use your privileges & time to build mood against that stupid "no indexation" clause presented in this budget. Also, stupidity of not increasing "long term" tenure for stock and real estate. This was lost opportunity budget.
Don’t worry about Pakistani. They are doing fine in their choosen way. They are going n crisis since many years and continue like that. Nothing more will happen. No country will perish due to this. Venezuelan crisis Argentinian crisis are testaments.
Pakistan Story is on the cards for theprint, after a disaster India budget. This template is so busted longback.
Shekhar indian economy itself in deep crises and being covered by people like you. One day bubble will break
Gupta ji why do you have so much care for pakistan. They are failed state let them deal with that.
Ye jo dehshatgardi hai, uske peeche WARDI hai.
Free Imran Khan, he needs 'Kaali Dal' 😅
Nah, Imran Khan is good in Jail. He is a motermouth who badmouths India. Why should we care about him? Let him rot in Jail. Serves him right. Cheers and best wishes!
Guptaji what is this special love for Pakistan
You are the only channel in india that is trying to keep this wretched and irrelevant country pakistan alive
There are so many problems we hhave in Indi - and paakistan 's condition ia not one of them
Shekharji analyse how Pakistan which was far richer than India in all aspects dropped into this state.
failed state.. prop by the A..
Well this is running for decades by Pakistan. Real question is even after all the gyans the lenders are having why would they keep on giving money to them?
Milk so costly?!
गाय की हाय लग गई।
They eat beef.
Hence the divine punishment!
Thank you for the information
Pakistan needs to fix it’s ties with India. No amount of Chinese or American or IMF bandaid will reconnect its economy to the larger region. Thereby keeping it chronically unsustainable.
China and America should be liberal in funding them with equity instead of Debt
Our union budget is looking pretty good now
Shabbar zaidi has told several times that Pakistan will have to default on the internal debt and let banks collapse. They'll come up again
A unstable Pakistan is not in indias interest
Pakistani Govt should cut the salaries to the terrorists .. it will save a lot
Forget about Pakistan's economic hardships, talk about india & hardships faced by common man during modis regime. Anyway, pak is failed state & there is no point in discussing over it. 😊
The Print has too much care and concerns for Pakistan 😂😂😂😂
Why do make so many videos about Pakistan, who in India gives a damn about Pakistan
If you are talking about Pakistan to make us feel good about the budget it is not working. Let us talk about countries that went from poor to rich in the 21st century. Likr China, Russia, Israel, Dubai - we can be all these countries in India.
Respected Sir, I greatly respect you as a journalist. However, I would like to point out that there is an inclination among Indian journalists(and politicians) to make us feel good. I hardly see journalists discuss how far behind we are China. In the early 90's, India and China had the same per capita GDP(actually China had a bit lower GDP per capita). As of 2023, GDP per capita of India was 2239 USD and per capita of China is 12174 USD. If seasoned journalists during the 90's had made Indians aware of how poorly we are performing versus the Chinese and instilled a bit of inferiority complex, we could at least have a smaller gap. But our media is the 'make us feel good' media. We can also compare ourselves against Sri-Lanka and feel even better. India only started economic reforms when it received a kick on its backside. Maybe you can make an episode which shows how much we lag behind China. Of course, Indians would also prefer not to watch that episode!! All I can say is 'Wake up, Pakistan is no longer our competition, China is'.
If we're Pakistan army chief, i would ditch the country.. move the assets to common location, and carve out a separate country for themselves... Maybe they are already thinking about it. Easy way to get rid of all that debt.
Imran Khan vs Pak army chief is like Mughal princes fighting for the Throne with the idea of Takt ya taboot
Its time India stops taking interests in our neighbours failures rather learn from it. And a middle class need not bothered about such lectures. This talk is for Indian Lawmakers and politically exposed persons. For Us please talk about Income Tax, BJPs failed promises. Best reporter is the one who critizes the running government else whats the point of Journalism being the fourth pillar. Enough of Pakistan Gyanbaji,
How many episodes of cut the clutter you have watched mr. Idiot!
Pakistan has had 23 IMF bailouts including the 1995 well nourished pakistan Shekhar had been too😂😂
Shekhar ji, I am just amazed how are you able to find different details about Pakistan after writting/recording for so many years about Pakistan.
You should get one mini Bharat Ratna for that.🙂
what you do knowing about pakistan
SEKHAR SIR , DO YOU REALLY THINK 🤔 ARMY SERVICEMEN KNOW ABC ABOUT ECONOMY ?
Why are we talking about pakistan? They are irrelevant. And if the current NDA government keeps on ignoring indian middle class then NDA will become irrelevant soon.
😂😂 The guys who call themselves are not actually middle class…no tax payers in india are middle class only 2% Indians pay direct income tax 😂So if ur are paying tax then you are not middle class…Top 20% of the country is upper class next 59% is middle class😂😂 So by definition everyone crying they are middle class are actually upper class (by Indian levels)
why do we care
Yah
Please discuss the developed country not a third world nation
Sir you seem to be more interested in Pakistan’s economy rather than India’s.
@ThePrint - Understand the intention to soothe the subscribers with feel good story. But please this is getting cringe template,
The lovestory continues shekar❤️ Pakistan
So, absolutely nothing new?
First let us get our house in order
You are saying till 1985 Pakistan is in a better position than India so you mean to say Neharu has performed pathetically.....
India should give interest free loan of $ 50 billion to
Pakistan. Insaniyat bhi koi cheez hai.
😂😂😂
Shut up🤡🤡🤡😡😡
Traitor
Gandhi and Nehru is their haste to grab power , neglected the Sane advice of Babasaheb Ambedkar , leading to india maisfortune !! He had suggested population exchange on religious basis if gandhi over his own not so dead body agreed to divide india on religios ground !
No direct trade please