Muhammad Ali

Wealth introduces you to people;
poverty reveals who they truly are.
With money, others define you.
Without it, you discover the truth about others.

[Muhammad Ali @MAShami]

In #Pakistan, People are politicians by wealth and leaders by design. period!

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@cyalm Both. A mismatch made in politics.

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@AsadAToor @ImaanZHazir @AdvHadiali 😀

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@SammerAbbas With respect, you're the journalist. We follow you for answers, not questions. Half-baked teasers aren't reporting.

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@MohsinnaqviC42 Principles on Monday, U-turn by Friday. PTI's protests wear the mask of a cause, but the real agenda is staying relevant. The state's restraint isn't weakness: with fighting on the Afghan border and war next door in Iran, Pakistan can't afford chaos.

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@BBCUrdu Reminds me of that old joke with the punchline: "Te phir main na ee samjhaan?" 😄

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@cyalm Reading @cyalm is like decoding a cipher. We all know what he means. The question is why he won't just say it.

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@UmarCheema1 True that!! However, remove the log from your own eye before pointing out the speck in someone else's.

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Is it just me, or does the media blow PTI's political theatrics way out of proportion? More often than not, it's a storm in a teacup. #PTI #LongMarch #Pakistan

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@sabizak Reallllly!!!!!!!!😬

[Randar @Randarkis]

Un cuento de pescadores

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Claude's Independent Assessment — Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26**

Pakistan has stabilized. Let's be clear about that. Reserves at $22.6bn, primary surplus at 3.2% of GDP, interest payments down 23%, KSE-100 up 18% — these are real achievements, not accounting tricks. Senator Aurangzeb and his team deserve credit for holding the line under genuinely difficult global conditions.

But stability is not the same as health.

28.9% poverty. Let that number sit. In 2018-19 it was 21.9%. That's roughly 18-20 million more Pakistanis who slipped below the poverty line during the "stabilization" years. The survey mentions it in one bullet point and moves on. That silence is its own statement.

3.7% GDP growth sounds okay until you remember Pakistan's population grows at 2.07% annually with a massive youth bulge entering the workforce every year. You need 6-7% sustained growth just to stay ahead. 3.7% is treading water.

Inflation averaged 6.2% then spiked to 10.9% in April 2026. That spike is not a footnote — it's a warning. The stabilization is still fragile.

Exports at $22.7bn against imports of $50.7bn. Remittances are the bridge. IT exports growing at 20% is genuinely exciting — Pakistan's freelancers and tech sector are punching above their weight. But textile growth at 0.7% tells you the old engine is stalling.

Education: 0.8% of GDP. Health: 0.8% of GDP. These are not the numbers of a country investing in its future. These are the numbers of a country servicing its past — because debt interest consumed Rs. 4,947 billion in just 9 months.

The 5G auction happened. LSM grew 6.5%. Manufacturing is showing life. These are green shoots worth nurturing.

But here is the honest truth: Pakistan has been here before. Stabilize. Get IMF approval. Markets cheer. Then the next commodity shock, election cycle, or geopolitical tremor unravels it. The structural reforms — broadening the tax base beyond salaried workers, fixing the energy circular debt, making exports genuinely competitive, investing seriously in human capital — these remain the unfinished business of every single government for the past three decades.

The survey is well-presented, professionally compiled, and optimistically framed — as it should be, coming from the Finance Ministry. But read between the lines and the story is of an economy on a treadmill: working hard, generating heat, but not yet moving forward.

Pakistan deserves better than managed decline dressed up as recovery.

*This is Claude's independent assessment based on the Pakistan Economic Survey Highlights 2025-26, released June 11, 2026.*
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@AzazSyed what a bust!!

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@SaqibBanbh90290 18

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@marvisirmed 😀...

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@sherafzalmarwat Bhai jee, koi buhran nahi hai. Let’s not manufacture drama out of thin air, this is nothing more than a storm in a teacup.

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@NaureenJanjua That doesn’t sound like honesty. It sounds like damage control after a major mess. 😀

[RAShahzaddk @RShahzaddk]

دہشت گردوں کی اس ملک میں کیسے سہولت کاری ہوتی ہے آئیں مثال سے سمجھتے ہیں اسلام آباد خود کش حملہ آور کا تعلق پشاور سے تھا اگر پولیس اسے اسلام آباد میں گرفتار کر لیا جاتا تو اعزاز سید کا ٹویٹ آتا کہ اسلام آباد میں سکیورٹی ادارے پشتونوں کو پکڑ رہے اس کے بعد مطیع اور طور ویلاگ کرتے اور اس پر یوتھیے اور قوم پرست ایک رنڈی رونا شروع کر کے سوشل میڈیا مہم شروع کر دیتے اور حکومت وضاحتیں دیتی رہ جاتی
اس سارے دہشت گردی کے سپورٹ سسٹم کے بعد یہی لوگ منہ پکا کر کے پوچھتے ہیں کہ دہشت گردوں کو روکتے کیوں نہی ؟
روکیں تو بھی یہی سینہ کوبی کرتے کہ روکا کیوں ہے یہ نسل کشی ہے
سہولت کاری کا نیٹ ورک توڑے بغیر دہشت گردی کیسے رکے گی ؟

[Muhammad Ali @MAShami]

@AzazSyed If you’re reducing a complex issue to a two line poll, then there’s little hope left for journalism in Pakistan.