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Pakistan under Musharraf.

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Pak Economy in 1999 was: $ 75 billion
Pak Economy in 2007 is: $ 160 billion

GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in 1999: $ 270 billion
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in 2007: $ 475.5 billion

GDP per Capita in 1999: $ 2,000
GDP per Capita in 2007: $ 3,004

Pak revenue collection 1999: Rs. 305 billion
Pak revenue collection 2007: Rs. 708 billion

Pak Foreign reserves in 1999: $ 700 million
Pak Foreign reserves in 2007: $ 17 billion

Pak Exports in 1999: $ 7.5 billion

HAS IRAN REALLY DONE IT ?

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Petro-Euro Vs Petro-Dollar 

Welcome to Vice Presidential Candidate Mr. Jon Greenspon.

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We take this oppertunity to welcome Vice Presidential Candidate Mr. Jon Greenspon to Millionaire Business Club. Good luck.

Get In Shape

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Its really not that bad...You knew this was coming…it was only a matter of time. I don’t think I’ve addressed the topic of physical fitness more than once or twice since the inception of this blog, and then only briefly. Sure, we’re all busy, some of us are getting older, and others aren’t athletically inclined…so what?

The Bears Are Back

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The bear is backIt was just a matter of time until it became official…The Bear Market has returned. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed today at its lowest point since the summer of 2006 falling more than 166 points and finally coming to rest at 11,215.51 at the closing bell. Those of you who read this blog frequently know that I’m perhaps the antithesis of a pessimist, but I do consider myself to be a realist.

Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation

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It is my hope that today’s post will serve to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things. Let me state right from the outset that I place little value on ideas. Not only do raw ideas have little intrinsic value, but they are often very costly. While I stipulate to the fact that ideas can sometimes lead to great things, I also submit that it is more frequently the case that ideas lead to disapointment, tragedy, and disaster.

Prime Minister i beg to disagree !!!

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Why Pakistan can't have political stability like India? asked an Arab reporter.

Because military intervention aborted or derailed democracy in Pakistan many times, answered the PM.

IT companies asked to evacuate Evacuee Trust building.

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As many as 21 IT companies have been asked to evacuate the Evacuee Trust building by the new Govt.

Evacuee Trust building is one of the major software Parks in  Pakistan , which houses companies like Microsoft, Avenir Technologies, cogilient Soloutions, LMKR ect.

Expecting miracles from jackasses

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A strange nation we are, expecting wisdom from morons, radicalism from born opportunists, and virtue from knaves whose principal claim to fame is daylight national robbery.

What do we take the national scene to be, the result of a Nepalese revolution or a Chinese long march? Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan after a deal brokered by the Yanks in whose prowess she had invested all her hopes. Nawaz Sharif's return to the country came about as a result of Saudi royal intervention. Hard to detect the glimmers of any Che Guevarism in either of these Roman triumphs.