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Pakistani Politicians' Rallying Cry: `Let Them Eat Grass'; Impoverished Populace Is Skeptical of Belt-Tightening Urged by Leadership Amid Costly Arms Race
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With Pakistan facing bankruptcy because of sanctions stemming
from its nuclear weapons program and a likely rise of defense
spending in a new arms race with India, top leaders have asked their
countrymen to do their patriotic duty and "eat grass" so money will
be available for national security.
But in a country rife with corruption, where politicians
traditionally line their own pockets instead of funding programs for
the poor and illiterate, less affluent Pakistanis say those leaders
should first chomp on a little grass themselves.
Take, for instance, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, ...
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