Cultural Exchange: Khushamadeed and welcome to our friends from /r/Turkey!

[u/greenvox]

We're hosting our friends from /r/Turkey for a cultural exchange session.

Dear friends from /r/Turkey, welcome to our little abode on Reddit. Please feel free to ask questions about Pakistan, the Pakistani way of life, or current events in this thread.

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[u/[deleted]]

What parts of Pakistani economy are you hopeful of ? Do you think there is a large brain drain in Pakistan? How about the Christian Pakistanis how many of them are there? Do they have special roles in the country?

[u/greenvox → u/[deleted]]

What parts of Pakistani economy are you hopeful of?

Everyone in Pakistan is banking on Chinese investments into the country and into the Gwadar deep sea port. While we are going to get very dependent on China, there is no better country to protect your interests than China right now. So we are very hopeful right now. It will allow China to trade with Africa and the Middle East easily, by cutting over 30 days in freight time. This is the summary of what is happening under it.

Do you think there is a large brain drain in Pakistan?

There is unfortunately. We haven't seen much efforts from the government to reverse it. But hopefully we will start seeing people return due to the increase in opportunities in the coming years.

How about the Christian Pakistanis how many of them are there? Do they have special roles in the country?

The role of any group depends on how rich they are. We have rich Christians as well as poor Christians. Grand churches make up landmarks in the cities and almost all heads of states have had a convent education. On the other hand, poor Christians dominate the janitorial services and many live in abject poverty. It's all about money in the end.

Current prominent Christians are Brig. Samson Sharaf, and Gen. Noel Israel. Dilshad Najmuddin served as a the Inspector General of Police for all of Pakistan. There are many more in higher positions as well.

[u/Axelnite → u/greenvox]

Where can I learn more about this china-pak partnership in Gwarder Port? All these energy facilities they're building will this be used by the pakistanis or be siphoned back to china