THE economic comparison between Pakistan and India is usually presented through simplified narratives, headline figures and powerful propaganda in which India is portrayed as a ‘rising global economic powerhouse’, while Pakistan is depicted as a perpetually failing economy.
When this comparison is examined beyond slogans, the picture becomes far more complex and far less one-sided. The fact that India’s economy is larger than Pakistan’s is often used to construct the myth that size alone equals strength and prosperity, whereas, in reality, India’s massive gross domestic product (GDP) is largely a function of its enormous popu-lation, and aggregate numbers conceal deep structural weaknesse
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