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Joined January 2013
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Made “Economy of Pakistan” forum as a non-partisan non-political forum over a decade ago. Few years back these fakers @pakistanomy belonging to a political party stole this ID and used it for their anti-Pakistan agenda from abroad. Had to rename my account to avoid confusion.
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“Economy of Pakistan” account running from US? These fugitives stole the ID and turned it into a political tool to bring down Pakistan economy. You don’t even live in Pakistan. Put all you stakes in Pakistan - you and your family - and then talk about Pakistan.
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This is good step. And govt should also enforce regulation to check exploitation at school canteens where they steal children, and other public places, selling them regular items at multiple times the regular prices.
The Competition Commission of Pakistan has served show-cause notices on 17 leading private school systems for allegedly treating 26 million students as "captive consumers" under a tie-in arrangement by forcing them to buy up to 280% more expensive logo-bearing stationery and
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"I wasn't the fastest guy in the world. I wouldn't have done well in an Olympiad or a math contest. But I like to ponder. And pondering things, just sort of thinking about it and thinking about it, turns out to be a pretty good approach. - Jim Simons
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Terry Tao told me something wild: America’s greatest living mathematician had his approved federal research funding erased overnight—no warning, no explanation, no scientific reason. If this can happen to Terence Tao, what does it mean for every young scientist trying to build a
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“Mutual fund management companies need to charge a fee for their services. Basic math says that average returns minus fees equals below-average returns … after subtracting fees and other expenses, the vast majority of mutual funds do not beat the market averages over time.”
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END THE IMF PROGRAM BEFORE IT ENDS PAKISTAN’S ECONOMY After a few days in Islamabad and meetings with senior officials, one thing is obvious: the government finally understands the scale of the crisis and is trying to pull the country out of it. But let’s be brutally honest:
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“You will learn: • How to view the stock market • Why success eludes almost all individual and pro- fessional investors • How to find good companies at bargain prices • How you can beat the market all by yourself - The Little Book That Beats the Market, by Joel Greenblatt
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“This book was originally inspired by my desire to give each of my five children a gift. I figured if I could teach them how to make money for themselves, then I would be giving them a great gift—truly one that would keep giving.” - Joel Greenblatt https://t.co/Xk4BJqgTCt
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In 2005, Joel Greenblatt published a book that is already considered one of the classics of finance literature. In a bestseller with 300,000 copies in print Greenblatt explained how investors can...
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Excellent book, written by Mehran Gul. I first met Mehran as he sat next to me on Daewoo ride from Lahore to Islamabad. A student of LUMS, he spent most of the journey engrossed in a thick book, punctuated with conversations way beyond his years … Many years later, I met him
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Keep the border closed to cut Khawariji’s supply line. When they opt for alternate routes they will also export terrorism to those countries and soon they will all agree to end this curse from this region.
Mullah Baradar Akhund head of the Afghanistan economic commission . “From now on, all traders should choose alternative countries instead of Pakistan for exports and imports. If, from today onward, any trader faces problems in Pakistan, the Afghan government will neither listen
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Unnecessary Criticism on 27th Constitutional Amendment The amendment is about modernisation and clarity, not concentration of power. Purpose of the Amendment ▪️27th Amendment aims to modernise defence management in line with global military models. ▪️Seeks to eliminate
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“There may be people smarter than me,” Jensen once told his executive staff, “but no one is ever going to work harder than me.” From the book: The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant, by Tae Kim https://t.co/bwuVPf4Fv6
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If you have bought a car worth ~$35,000 in Pakistan, but did you contribute more than this amount towards exports?
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#book “Today we have the kind of access to information and knowledge that past Masters could only dream about. Now more than ever, we have the capacity and freedom to move toward the inclination that all of us possess.” - Mastery, by Robert Greene
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Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with...
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پاکستان کو افغان باڈر کسی صورت میں نہیں کھولنا چاہیے۔ یہ دشمن کی سپلائی لائن ہے اسکو کاٹے رکھیں۔ افغانستان اب تبھی مکمل تباہی اور ٹوٹ پھوٹ سے تببچ سکتا ہے جب یہاں بھارت کا کردار ہمیشہ کے لیے ختم نہیں ہو جاتا جس نے بیوقوف افغان حکمرانوں کومسلمان ہمسائے کے خلاف پراکسی بنائے رکھا ہے
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The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills. Norway - 0 UK - 0 France - 0 Spain - 0 Portugal - 0 Denmark - 0 Australia - 0 Iceland - 0 Italy - 0 Finland - 0 Ireland - 0 Germany - 0 Netherlands - 0 Sweden - 0 Japan - 0 Canada - 0 United States - 643k
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