| Civilization and consistent property laws are the keys to progress. Science and technology will flow naturally from them, but you'll never see them because you're so wrapped up in shariah... |
 President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday held out Pakistanâs resolve to promote science and technology, saying that economic growth achieved through modern knowledge would help alleviate poverty and curb extremism in the long-term perspective.
| Curbing extremism would alleviate poverty. Put your damned jihadis to work with productive jobs and put the money you're dumping into foreign adventurism into productive fields... |
Advancement in science and technology was directly related to the progress of society and economic development of the nation, he said while addressing the inaugural session of the 30th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs.
| "The effect we're looking for will surely lead to this cause..." |
âThe spin-off of scientific and technological development is immense as it leads to much higher growth and brings about a rapid improvement in the quality of life, therefore, encouraging scientific and technological uplift is in line with our commitment to pass on the benefits of economic gains to common man,â he emphasized. The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and the National Centre for Physics has jointly organized the summer college.
| Yeah. More nuclear weapons oughta do it... |
Dilating on the enormous socio-economic benefits, President Musharraf said: âWhen a nation grows economically, it contributes to poverty alleviation, which eventually helps in countering extremism and terrorism.â
| His lips are moving. Words are coming out. But they don't make any sense. |
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