Pakistanis have invested around 3 billion dirhams (PKR 85 billion) in Dubai realty market in last 6 months. According to the report based on Dubai land department that appeared in UAE media, Pakistanis are just behind Indians and Britons. India has invested a whopping amount of 7 billion dirhams while Britons made an investment of colossal 4 billion dirhams. On the other hand, Pakistan is No. 3 on the list
Before I get into the contents of this article in detail, a few things need to be clarified beforehand. This article specifically addresses Muslims in Pakistan who belong to the Sunni and Shia schools of thought. There are several sub-sects in these respective schools of thought; for example, Barelvis, Deobandis, Salafis/Wahhabis etc come under the umbrella of ‘Sunni’ whereas Ithna Ashari (Twelvers), Zaidis, Ismailis, etc come under the umbrella of
With regular random bombings being just one of their constantly growing fears, Pakistanis hardly have much reason to be a happier nation in 2011. We haven’t stepped into particularly hopeful terrain this year. The CIA World Fact Book estimates that Pakistan’s net emigration rate is 9% higher in 2011. This gives testimony to the fact that many things are wrong in the country – the most glaring 3 of which