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The John Batchelor Show

#Pakistan: #Bangladesh: Imran Khan vs the Army & What Is to be done? Sadanand Dhume, WSJ

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0

This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Bachelorette.

0:12.3

This is CBS Eye on the World. I'm John Bachelorette. To Pakistan, the headlines are alarming.

0:17.9

The Prime Minister says guilty of terrorism directed at Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister,

0:24.0

whose arrest and release and arrest and release has created disorder throughout the streets,

0:30.1

not only of Islamabad and Karachi, but also Raul Opindi, the headquarters of the army.

0:36.4

For example, Khan supporters vandalize military installations to be tried under stringent

0:42.0

Army Act, or what is the official Secrets Act that Pakistan Army wants to use against

0:47.3

Imran Khan? That's right. This is the Army versus Khan, more than it is the current Prime Minister

0:53.2

versus Khan. And I welcome Sadden on Dume of the American Enterprise Institute,

0:59.4

writing his column for the Wall Street Journal editorial page, because this is not only about

1:04.9

Khan and his disorder. It is also about the fate of Pakistan, these many years after the partition

1:15.2

of the middle of the 20th century, in two directions, East Pakistan, aka Bangladesh,

1:21.6

and West Pakistan, aka Pakistan. A very good even to you, Sadden on, your column makes a profound

1:28.2

point that something is wrong in Pakistan, that it continues to retreat in the face of world

1:36.8

prosperity while Bangladesh, the far poorer and far marginalized part of the country once upon a

1:43.8

time, pulls the head. How far ahead? What can we say of Bangladesh now? Good evening to you, Sadden.

1:50.4

Very good evening, John. Well, I mean, here's one statistic, right? As recently as 1999,

1:56.9

per capita income in Pakistan was $420, per capita income in Bangladesh was slightly lower.

2:05.3

It was roughly around $400. So 1999, fast forward to 2021, and the average

2:14.7

Bangladesh issue is per capita income is closer to $2,500, which is 60% higher than Pakistan.

2:22.3

So they've gone from being poorer than Pakistan to being on average, 60% richer, which is I think a

2:30.7

pretty, pretty big difference. Yes, they practice growth in Pakistan, maybe practicing growth,

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