Comments by "agon noga" (@agonnoga6100) on "Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: ‘Democrat’-turned-dictator’s damage to Pakistan u0026 India, and his tragic dynasty" video.

  1. @SG Several Bengalis were PM and president of Pakistan. Problem was Mujibur's 6 points which meant two countries under one flag. This is why West Pakistan opposed Mujibur and the military crackdown in East Pakistan which led to a 9 months bloody Civil War culminating in the Pakistan army's humiliating defeat and birth of Bangladesh. Ironically, the condition of Sindh is not very different from East Bengal. It too has large economy with next to zero presence in the Pak army.
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  2. @SG Pakistan did extremely well in the mid sixties due to massive aid from USA after Pakistan became a part of CENTO and SEATO. There was again massive aid from Arab countries and USA after Pakistan broke up in 1971. Ironically, Pakistan was responsible for the patch up between USA and China in 1972, a year after Pakistan broke up into two. 1978 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan was another major windfall for Pakistan as flow of funds from USA and gulf countries sky rocketed. This good time lasted till 1990. With the pull out of USSR from Afghanistan and collapse of USSR, not only funds from USA stopped coming but Pakistan faced all kinds of sanctions due to its clandestine nuclear program. This is when Pakistan's economy showed signs of trouble. Then 9/11 happened and Pakistan's good days started. With the pullout of USA from Afghanistan in 2021, and trickling down of aid from Arab countries, the true nature of Pakistan and Pakistan's economy is starkly visible before us. Your talk of Pakistan's economy being better than India was and still is dependent on foreign aid. India as far as I know was never dependent on foreign aid even in our worst days. Till 1960s East Pakistan had a larger economy than West Pakistan. The coup in 1958, accentuated siphoning off resources from East by West Pakistan which ultimately led to 1971 and break up of Pakistan. Forget India, today Bangladesh is almost 460 billion dollars economy whereas Pakistan is around 350 billion dollars economy. This is smaller than the economy of Maharashtra.
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