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2022-10-20 India-Pakistan

Pakistan Eyes 'Mega Undertaking' Amid Economic Downfall

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Posted by Fred 2022-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 Pakistain estimated the total losses from flood could be as high as $40 billion

What is worth $ 40 b in Pakistain?!

Posted by Dron66046 2022-10-20 03:42|| 2022-10-20 03:42|| Front Page Top

#2 our demands and what we have received,"

Not 'our needs', not 'requirements'.
Our demands.

The maddening part is the idiocy of the world that they're gonna rush to pour as much of their taxpayers' money as they can into it before the FATF strikes again.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-10-20 03:45|| 2022-10-20 03:45|| Front Page Top

#3 ....linked to climate change.
Sheesh, don't monsoons happen seasonally in Pak?

The Monsoon of South Asia is among several geographically distributed global monsoons. It affects the Indian subcontinent, where it is one of the oldest and most anticipated weather phenomena and an economically important pattern every year from June through September, but it is only partly understood and notoriously difficult to predict.Wikipedia

Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-10-20 08:05|| 2022-10-20 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 You have to understand, anything caused by poor planning is "linked to climate change".

Posted by ed in texas 2022-10-20 11:48|| 2022-10-20 11:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I think that much was given to a Gender Studies school in Karachi. Just talking out loud here.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-20 15:30|| 2022-10-20 15:30|| Front Page Top

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