Development in KPK

[Muhammad Gujjar]

[Muhammad Gujjar]

Peshawar

آپ سمجھ رہے ہونگے کہ یہ لندن یا پیرس... - Ustad Imam Din Gujrati استاد امام دین گجراتی

[Akbar]

MEANWHILE IN BUNDJAPI CITY OF LA*****.
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[Muhammad Gujjar]

[Akbar]

[Muhammad Gujjar]

Kohat Tunnel

[Traveller]

While it is true that some Afghan members of this forum exagerrate how underdeveloped and disadvantaged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is compared to the rest of Pakistan I think it is probably better that an actual Pakistani Pashtun from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa clarify the misonceptions. A Punjabi making a thread like this will only create unnecessary conflict.

[Elias]

You can build as much concrete jungles and nukes you want.

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[maneatinglizard]

Don't know who this guy is trying to fool. Many of us have lived in KP ourselves, and some of us even live there now.

Stop shilling for your government and start demanding that they actually fix your hellhole of a country. It's embarrassing for Pakistan to be in the state that it's in, after 70 years of independence.

While it is true that some Afghan members of this forum exagerrate how underdeveloped and disadvantaged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is compared to the rest of Pakistan I think it is probably better that an actual Pakistani Pashtun from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa clarify the misonceptions. A Punjabi making a thread like this will only create unnecessary conflict.

I've been to KP myself. It's not in a good state. I haven't seen the rest of Pakistan myself, but from the descriptions of others who have, it seems places like Karachi and Islamabad are way better off.

The HDI of KP versus the Pakistan average seem to confirm my personal experiences too. KP's HDI is .48, equal to that of Afghanistan. The sad part for me is that I was mostly in Peshawar, which actually has a better HDI (.55) than the rest of KP, so most people living in KP actually have it worse than what I saw.

[Traveller]

I've been to KP myself. It's not in a good state. I haven't seen the rest of Pakistan myself, but from the descriptions of others who have, it seems places like Karachi and Islamabad are way better off.

The HDI of KP versus the Pakistan average seem to confirm my personal experiences too. KP's HDI is .48, equal to that of Afghanistan. The sad part for me is that I was mostly in Peshawar, which actually has a better HDI (.55) than the rest of KP, so most people living in KP actually have it worse than what I saw.

Wrora, Karachi and Islamabad are extreme examples. Peshawar in reality isn't much different from other second-rate cities of Pakistan. KP isn't in a good state but so isn't most other parts of Pakistan.

As for HDI. That index is bull. I've checked the statistics within KPK and it shows Swabi as being less developed than Lakki Marwat which makes zero sense. There is no way a southern district(The far southern districts are the most neglected part of the province) like Lakki Marwat is less developed than a district of the Peshawar valley like Swabi. People from Afghanistan generally migrate to KPK and not the other way around so I think we can safely say KPK is more developed.

[Sarbani]

Wrora, Karachi and Islamabad are extreme examples. Peshawar in reality isn't much different from other second-rate cities of Pakistan. KP isn't in a good state but so isn't most other parts of Pakistan.

As for HDI. That index is bull. I've checked the statistics within KPK and it shows Swabi as being less developed than Lakki Marwat which makes zero sense. There is no way a southern district(The far southern districts are the most neglected part of the province) like Lakki Marwat is less developed than a district of the Peshawar valley like Swabi. People from Afghanistan generally migrate to KPK and not the other way around so I think we can safely say KPK is more developed.

You're right that Karachi and Islamabad are extreme examples, but the HDI may not be inaccurate.

Swabi is very undeveloped and rural. It wouldn't surprise me if Lakki Marwat was more developed. There's a tremendous difference between Swabi and Peshawar, or even Mardan. Swabi has a downtown center like most districts do, but other than that there aren't many places to shop. Actually, they opened a mini-mall recently there and some gas stations have been built, but overall it's still pretty poor. If you exclude downtown Swabi (Swabi city) the district pretty much entirely looks like this:

[jama0112]

It looks...kinda nice though.

[Traveller]

You're right that Karachi and Islamabad are extreme examples, but the HDI may not be inaccurate.

Swabi is very undeveloped and rural. It wouldn't surprise me if Lakki Marwat was more developed. There's a tremendous difference between Swabi and Peshawar, or even Mardan. Swabi has a downtown center like most districts do, but other than that there aren't many places to shop. Actually, they opened a mini-mall recently there and some gas stations have been built, but overall it's still pretty poor. If you exclude downtown Swabi (Swabi city) the district pretty much entirely looks like this:

I know that Swabi is probably the least developed district of the Peshawar valley(half of my family is from Swabi and I've been there or driven through the district many times) but at the same time the southern districts(of which Lakki Marwat) as a whole are known for being extremely neglected and underdeveloped compared to the northern districts. I highly doubt Lakki Marwat is more developed than any district in the Peshawar valley. Marwat member like [MENTION=18842]Samandri[/MENTION] (once his ban is finished) and [MENTION=18475]marwat[/MENTION] can correct me if I'm wrong.