[🇵🇰] Pakistan declared as the cheapest country to live in

[Old School]

Source : https://immigrantinvest.com/blog/cheapest-countries-in-the-world-en/

Pakistan was also named the cheapest country to live in by numbeo.com, the largest database in the world, earlier in March 2023.

Numerous organizations have repeatedly named Pakistan the most affordable nation. Pakistan is among the nations where citizens enjoy superior living conditions.

According to the website "World Statistics", the low cost of living, utility items, accommodation, and purchasing power of common people made Pakistan as the cheapest country.

Pakistan declared as the cheapest country to live in

According to the World of Statistics, Pakistan is the most affordable place to live.

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We should improve the economy and make consumer goods as affordable as possible.

 

[Lulldapull]

I'm happy to go home right fukking now......but I need Infrastructure/ Security/ Financial stability! If da GOP can provide it, I'm happy to transfer my million dollar savings into PKR and live happily thereafter. Do mintt luggnay hain and I'm ready to do dis, if the the three listed conditions are met.

 

[ThunderCat]

Imagine prices have been increasing and they're calling us the "cheapest country to live in."

 

[ThunderCat]

I'm happy to go home right fukking now......but I need Infrastructure/ Security/ Financial stability! If da GOP can provide it, I'm happy to transfer my million dollar savings into PKR and live happily thereafter. Do mintt luggnay hain and I'm ready to do dis, if the the three listed conditions are met.

It looks like a sham. Stats commonly are fake or contain selective or truth-mixed information with nonsense.

 

[Lulldapull]

It looks like a sham. Stats commonly are fake or contain selective or truth-mixed information with nonsense.

Even in Bahria town/ AF town there are burglaries/ daketiyan now. Nobody is safe. Eating out in a clean place like bbq tonight in Karachi is like Rs 5000 per person, minimum. Massive inflation. And you already aware of our pkr's standing. So yes, these stats are fake, unless yous living in Orangi town in a servant quarter. $330 wouldn't last you a week, let alone a month.

 

[Old School]

My experience shows that these stats should be read upside down. The cheapest countries shown are the most expensive countries when you consider net income and inflation. The utility bills alone in Islamabad or Lahore are higher than in many places in the West.

 

[4MikeEcho]

Its cheap because there is nothing provided other than air. No law and order, no water, and electricity at rates that equal most western countries.

 

[VCheng]

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Pakistan was also named the cheapest country to live in by numbeo.com, the largest database in the world, earlier in March 2023.

Numerous organizations have repeatedly named Pakistan the most affordable nation. Pakistan is among the nations where citizens enjoy superior living conditions.

According to the website "World Statistics", the low cost of living, utility items, accommodation, and purchasing power of common people made Pakistan as the cheapest country.

Pakistan declared as the cheapest country to live in

According to the World of Statistics, Pakistan is the most affordable place to live.

english.aaj.tv

People vote with their feet, no matter what any indices say.

 

[ThunderCat]

Even in Bahria town/ AF town there are burglaries/ daketiyan now. Nobody is safe. Eating out in a clean place like bbq tonight in Karachi is like Rs 5000 per person, minimum. Massive inflation. And you already aware of our pkr's standing. So yes, these stats are fake, unless yous living in Orangi town in a servant quarter. $330 wouldn't last you a week, let alone a month.

These are the same type of stats that have been floating around regarding Bharat & bangladesh's "prosperity" 100% f**cking backwass stats.

These same "supapowa Bharat" & "joy Bangla" stats that have been hanging for over 20 years. F* off

 

[Lulldapull]

These are the same type of stats that have been floating around regarding Bharat & bangladesh's "prosperity" f**cking backwass stats.

These same "suppowa Bharat" & "joy Bangla" stats that have been hanging for over 20 years. F* off

yaar ager koi mainu paisay ve day that you go live in India or Bangla.......I'd turn down dat offer. Dono rehnay qabil ne hain.

 

[ThunderCat]

yaar ager koi mainu paisay ve day that you go live in India or Bangla.......I'd turn down dat offer. Dono rehnay qabil ne hain.

According to elite class Muhajirs & their Sindhi copycats, both BD and Bharat are "prosperous." But it seems they don't go live there. Instead they move to Lahore or Islamabad.

No need to wonder why.

 

[ThunderCat]

My experience shows that these stats should be read upside down. The cheapest countries shown are the most expensive countries when you consider net income and inflation. The utility bills alone in Islamabad or Lahore are higher than in many places in the West.

No I'd state they're not too bad regarding bills. Here our gas bill last month was only over 8000 rupees. However considering the unstable situation of the rupee, it becomes bad.

But when you got currency from abroad and match it with the rupee in our situation, it's not a bad thing. Islamabad was always an expensive city probably, but i'm not sure if compared to the West, Lahore even less so.

It's only "cheap" if you got assets abroad and got money to bring in to buy tons of rupees. Just like in Turkey. A country where just about everything else is too expensive for locals but foreigners can use everything cheap because they bring in much stronger currencies.

One of my mother's friends visited Turkey with his wife from Canada. It was so cheap for them since their Canadian dollars bought them so many Liras.

 

[Bilal9]

These are the same type of stats that have been floating around regarding Bharat & bangladesh's "prosperity" 100% f**cking backwass stats.

These same "supapowa Bharat" & "joy Bangla" stats that have been hanging for over 20 years. F* off

I will agree with the Bangladesh part, don't know about Bharat (though I visit every year in both places).

In Bangladesh one category of people (those in absolute power or their graded levels of sycophants) during Hasina regime lived in standards far above even upper middle class people in the West Coast of the US (Malibu, Newport Beach, La Jolla). I have seen houses/lifestyles in both places. Interior appointments in Bangladesh rivaled the West. I mean there are showrooms for German luxury kitchen cabinets (Poggenpohl) in my neck of the woods in Dhaka - where I may not count as a customer, but many of the nouveau riche do. Gareebon ka huq loot-newallah.

Average 3000 sqft. condo goes for twenty crore.

But these uber high living standards did not filter down to your average driver or housemaid in Bangladesh, whose lives have become unbearable due to inflation. Worse than even the reported GINI index.

But one area where improvements have taken place is infrastructure such as air, road, rail (public transport) infra. But these have happened mainly because of percentage looting by Sheikh Hasina's cohorts rather than genuine intent to improve things. There are some videos for these megaprojects in the Bangladesh section.

Bangladesh Infrastructure

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[Vsdoc]

No place better to live and love in than your own motherland. Your own people. Your own chicks.

Yes, I am sure it sucks to be poor and disadvantaged.

But I'm sure it sucks to be that in an alien land as well.

 

[Bilal9]

According to elite class Muhajirs & their Sindhi copycats, both BD and Bharat are "prosperous." But it seems they don't go live there. Instead they move to Lahore or Islamabad.

No need to wonder why.

In spite of the issues in Pakistan (which are all temporary and overblown by detractors) - Pakistan infra-wise and living standard-wise remains a better place to live (especially in the North) than most places in India or Bangladesh. Just my two cents.

Especially if one has money.

 

[ThunderCat]

In spite of the issues in Pakistan (which are all temporary and overblown by detractors) - Pakistan infra-wise and living standard-wise remains a better place to live (especially in the North) than most places in India or Bangladesh. Just my two cents.

Especially if one has money.

Agreed. This is what i've been stating all along.
Just because i'm frustrated at nationalistic Bharatis & Bangladeshis for their emotionally driven ignorance, doesn't mean I have any ill towards like-minded ones.

 

[Vsdoc]

The biggest joke is a Bangladeshi and a Pakistani, both living in North America, talking about Indian infrastructure and living standards, like gyani babas come down from Mount Kailash.

Only on the friggin Internet.

 

[Bilal9]

The biggest joke is a Bangladeshi and a Pakistani, both living in Canada, talking about Indian infrastructure and living standards, like gyani babas come down from Mount Kailash.

Only on the friggin Internet.

Please don't make uninformed comments. I don't live in Canada.

And I did not comment on Indian living standards in this thread - though I visit almost every year.

Apparently you have failed to catch on to clues I provided.

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Nov 20, 2024

You guys are so consumed with politics - and who will take revenge on whom. Nothing matters in the end.

The art of enjoying life is to chill and take in the surroundings, especially on a weekend. Relish the finer things in life.

One of my favorite digs (especially on weekends) is Nobu in Malibu for Sushi and Sashimi, and a bit of tempura on the side for crunchy variety. Temps in the afternoon (year round) are usually around 60~65 degree F (15 degrees C). They also have a branch in Doha.

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[ThunderCat]

No place better to live and love in than your own motherland. Your own people. Your own chicks.

Yes, I am sure it sucks to be poor and disadvantaged.

But I'm sure it sucks to be that in an alien land as well.

I agree. I never wanted to leave Pakistan.

 

[ThunderCat]

Nothing against you bro. You're cool.

Its the lungi blowhard whos been getting on the nerves of us Indians for quite a while now.

All 5 feet 2 inches of him.

What happened in my case my parents divorced when I was nine. by age 11 & a half I fully settled at my father's parents house as well as settled into school.

By this time my mother wanted me to live with her & my sibling in Abu Dhabi. It was a very painful conflict. I returned to Karachi in December 1998.

Turned 13 in January. Was all set for senior school in August. When I returned from UAE in December of 1998 I realized there was nothing like living in your own country.

But then to please my mother I moved to UAE for the second time and for a "temporary" move to Canada. But after spending years here and seeing how badly Pakistan has changed, i cannot adapt to life there.

But I visit more frequently. More than anything I want to go back to the Karachi of my childhood and stay there.

 

[Vsdoc]

What happened in my case my parents divorced when I was nine. by age 11 & a half I fully settled at my father's parents house as well as settled into school.

By this time my mother wanted me to live with her & my sibling in Abu Dhabi. It was a very painful conflict. I returned to Karachi in December 1998.

Turned 13 in January. Was all set for senior school in August. When I returned from UAE in December of 1998 I realized there was nothing like living in your own country.

But then to please my mother I moved to UAE for the second time and for a "temporary" move to Canada. But after spending years here and seeing how badly Pakistan has changed, i cannot adapt to life there.

But I visit more frequently. More than anything I want to go back to the Karachi of my childhood and stay there.

I had that go-no go moment, like most docs, very early on in my career, just after graduation. I got married very early (both by doctor and Parsi standards). My wife never wanted to leave India. Says (to this day) that we as a community and a people (tribe) would never be happier or safer anywhere else in the world. Lots of Parsis truly believe that. Young and old. Once the moment had passed, life took over, and we had a family to grow. Did well. No regrets. We kept our family together. Parents. And siblings.

 

[Lulldapull]

Pakistan is not a cheap country to live in anymore. You go out to a decent restaurant now days, the bill is Rs 5000 per person! That's like USD $16 per meal. Rents are very high and so are all utilities and other bills. You couple all this with high crime, water/ power/ gas shortages and other inconveniences like busted ass roads and raw sewage and pollution, off and on riots and religious processions/ protests shutting down roads and whatnot and you realize it’s a failed state.

People refuse to go back to Karachi now.