06-04-2008, 03:16 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Jun 4 2008, 12:04 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Jun 4 2008, 12:04 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->5.5 is very good for Pakistan size country, it means they are performing better than India.
Numbers look too good to be true.
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<b>Mudy Ji :</b>
You are right on both counts.
Pakistan has done much better by a humongous increase in âPoverty for the Masses Programmeâ as well as fooling its people with Salwar Kameezâs Fine Art of Creative Budget Accounting :
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>But one cannot deny that it is the duty of the state to protect the poor. Officially, 71.2 million people live below the poverty line or are vulnerable â accounting for 44.4 per cent of the countryâs population. More people are likely to be pushed below the poverty line.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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