😀

PAF has some 32 F-16 block 15 which are also going to be given MLU.

should weight in at around $4bil counting spares, training and munitions.

They need to produce Osama or mulla omar to have Unkil pickup the full tab on this one.

Unkil is not going to pick up the tab. BTW your numbers may be on the low side. I estimate it will be closer to 5 billion easily.

BTW, I had mentioned on April 14 that Pakistan was asking for a two-part deal with initial delivery from USAF reserves. Chalk up the third straight correct prediction for GA.

SOC,

Can you compare what the US did to Saddam versus the tapdance it is doing with Kim Jong-Il?

SOC,

The $100B figure is expected to hit at the end of this year or middle next financial year. He has been in charge for 6 years or will be 6.5 at ETA. The claimed figures versus actuals fit like a glove. Where is the great discrepancy?

Fits like a glove? Let’s see:

http://www.finance.gov.pk/survey/chapters/01-Growth.pdf

Above is the official Pakistan government economic survey site. It says Pakistan has had a real GDP growth rate of 3.1%, 5.1% and 6.4% in the last 3 fiscals. How do they average to 7%? 😀

I really dont want to get into a childhood math contest with anyone explaining slight variations between actuals and stated expectations.

That is because you know your numbers are bogus. Can you say 1+1=5 and then say it’s only a “slight difference”? 😀

Prime Minister Aziz has worked hard to become a Financial wiz.

Good for him.

He has been voted as such by fellow professionals in an international body.

What vote? Mr.Pakistan? 😀

Why is this so hard and painfull to accept?

Nice dodge. Why is it hard for you to accept that he was a money launderer, as printed in your own media? :rolleyes:

AAS,

Did your govt claim 7% growth over the last 5 years? They did not. So where does the number come from beta?

BTW, about Shortcut Aziz here is a Pakistani expert

To end this piece, it is fair to say that the ex-private banker and current Prime Minister knows better than anyone how to get money in and out of Pakistan without documenting it since in his past life his job was to help people stash their cash.

Mr. Aziz’s speciality at Citibank was to launder money for Saudi Prince Al waleed bin-Talal. Anyone who knows Citibank knows that.

Aziz,

Even my nephew has some “funds available.” But will it still be available after he buys his candy?

When you post numbers why don’t you list what is in the pipleline and how much will be needed to cover that and as a result how much will be left over?

Let me help you out with some paper napkin calculations:

Pakistan’s defence budget for 2004-05 is approx US $3.2 billion.

US Baksheesh = $300 million per year

Pentagon reimbursement assuming a favorable profit margin for Pak = $0.7 billion approx per year

Total = $ 4.2 billion

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55 F-16s package = approx $3.4 billion
AEW = $2 billion minimum
P-3C deal = $1.2 billion
Harpoons = $0.18 billion

I guess there is enough room to buy more…

PS: BTW you do realize that Shortcut Aziz, your PM, increased the GDP in 2004 by changing the base year, don’t you?

Vikas,

I’ve given up addressing your puerile questions which focus on trivialities rather than the substance of my posts. Two last points:

1. Even a man undergoing bankruptcy proceedings receives offers for big screen tv loans in the mail.

2. I did not say anything about the Pak economy lasting, just about the “baksheesh economy,” meaning buying things based on other people’s money being given to you. I just said that you cannot keep buying things assuming you’ll get free aid in the future. Responsible countries budget based on their projections of growth and not what lottery they might win.

You’re back to my ignore list. I should not have wasted the effort to read your pathetic post.