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India wants to have cake and eat it too..!

Since, India being the larger nation, obviously will be benefitting at least TEN times more than Pakistan, in this new warming up of the trade relations, between the two countries.

As such, as a quid pro quo, firstly, Pakistan must force India to allow all our TV channels viewing in India, without any restrictions and secondly, resumption of all Indian sports team’s (cricket, hockey, badminton, football etc.) visits to Pakistan.

This will be an acid test of the Indians, about their intentions of a genuine peace with Pakistan, else, confirmation of the eternal Indian self serving policy, to have the cake and eat it too.

In any case, it should not be a cake walk for India and side show for Pakistan.

Khurram Manzoor, boy you have dropped the series for Pakistan.

Since, India being the larger nation, obviously will be benefitting at least TEN times more than Pakistan, in this new warming up of the trade relations, between the two countries.

As such, as a quid pro quo, firstly, Pakistan must force force India to allow all our TV channels viewing in India, without any restrictions and secondly, resumption of all Indian sports team’s (cricket, hockey, badminton, football etc.) visits to Pakistan.

This will be an acid test of the Indian intentions, about their intentions of a genuine peace with Pakistan, or confirmation of the eternal Indian self serving policy, to have the cake and eat it too.

In any case, it should not be a cake walk for India and side show for Pakistan.

Just look at the difference between Talha and Rahat Ali, but our duffer and nincompoop captain, kept on playing Rahat Ali, in Tests after Tests.

My letter published by the English daily “Express Tribune”.

A proposal to improve our forex reserves By Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Letter Published: January 18, 2014

LAHORE: The government is making allout efforts to put the economy back on track as soon as possible. As they say, a sick economy is like a sick man, who regains strength slowly if the treatment is done along the right lines. In this regard, I suggest that the government launch a scheme, under which all US dollar deposits in Pakistan should get an annual profit rate of three per cent (to be paid biannually) from a fixed future date, for a period of five years.

Here, we already know that we are getting loans from the International Monetary Fund at three per cent and also that the government has plans to obtain $600 million from selected foreign banks at about six per cent.

In my humble opinion, if the above proposal is implemented, the government will receive a flood of US dollars and this will significantly improve our balance-of-payments deficit and foreign exchange reserves.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Published in The Express Tribune, January 19th, 2014.

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My letter in English to the Indian Prime Minister translated in Urdu and published by the Urdu daily “JANG” at page 9 today.

Link :- http://e.jang.com.pk/01-18-2014/lahore/page9.asp

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