ayesha khan
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ayesha khan
@31ashii
just reminding myself daily to reduce expectations and you won't be disappointed!!
Islamabad, Pakistan Katılım Mart 2014
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Pakistan installed so much rooftop solar that it broke its own grid.
Daytime demand collapses when the sun comes up. Evenings? 4,000–6,000 MW shortfall.
Load shedding is back — not because of too little power, but wrong power at the wrong time.
Meanwhile in the UK right now:
→ 67.6% clean electricity
→ Carbon intensity: 56g CO₂/kWh
→ Importing 7.85 GW via interconnectors to Norway, Belgium & Ireland
That last point is the lesson Pakistan needs.
The UK doesn't just generate — it trades. Cables to 4+ countries mean surplus gets sold, shortfalls get filled. The grid becomes a market, not a silo.
Pakistan is landlocked from friendly grids. No interconnectors. No storage mandate. No flexibility market.
Pakistan installed so much rooftop solar it broke its own grid.

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@ajmaljami All these WhatsApp journalists🙄Their modus operandi....First send very vague cryptic tweets and then if any news comes , claim they knew and informed everyone before. If you have some news then share it directly.
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@kashoz @MehlaqaCAPJ Lo, dream on. There will be no cheaper oil for us
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@MehlaqaCAPJ once the deal is done , sanctions shall be lifted from Iran , we will be able to buy cheaper oil , please have a heart ..understand the greater perspective
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Trump just stated that he “might go” to Pakistan if the Iran deal is signed.
Praying for the people of Pakistan if that happens. The regime will bend over backwards to roll out the red carpet for this fraudulent war-monger--imposing strict security lockdowns and major disruptions across Islamabad.
Ordinary Pakistanis will bear the brunt: paralyzed streets and heightened restrictions, all so the leadership can host a deranged leader who will eagerly claim credit for a “peace deal” after starting the war himself.
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@Ravan06076274 @SaleemFarrukh @Sajjad_Haiders Yeah you as an Indian know more than a Pakistani economist,... Shut up!
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@SaleemFarrukh @Sajjad_Haiders Pak military, Hides its Defence budget by Removing budget for Nuclear & Missile forces, ISPR and Defence Pensions from Defence budget & show them as separate Misc head under Federal government..The total will come as 58% of the total revenue available to government
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Pakistan’s most dangerous division
Here’s the hard truth: Pakistan’s Power Division has the power to bankrupt the economy. Yes, the Power Division has formally announced more than two hours of daily loadshedding. Lo and behold, Pakistan does not have a power shortage, Pakistan has a power management failure.
Pakistan has an installed capacity of around 45,000 MW. Peak demand rarely crosses 25,000-28,000MW. That is a surplus of 17,000-20,000MW. And yet, the Power Division is switching off power. Why?
The Power Division offers a justification. Loadshedding, it says, is to “reduce the use of costly fuels” and “prevent a sharp increase in tariffs.” This is a deeply flawed argument. To begin with, it confuses price with cost. Switching off cheaper available electricity during peak hours does not eliminate cost. It merely reallocates cost. Capacity payments, now exceeding Rs 2 trillion annually,do not disappear when plants are shut. They continue to accrue.
The truth the Power Division won’t state: This policy does not control tariffs. It guarantees higher tariffs over time.The Power Division has made demand destruction its explicit policy. It admits the system can meet full demand. It cuts power regardless. Call it what it is: not load shedding, not shortage management, deliberate curtailment. Electricity exists, the Division simply decides you cannot have it.
Pre-2006, circular debt was essentially zero. In 2006, it stood at Rs111 billion. Today, power sector circular debt stands at around Rs2 trillion, with total energy sector debt (power plus gas) exceeding Rs5 trillion. That is a 17-fold increase in 20 years.
The reality: Circular debt has been compounding at an annual rate of 15 per cent per year for two decades straight.At its current rate of growth, Pakistan’s circular debt will cross Rs8 trillion by 2030. No war, no flood, no external shock, just 25 years of the same policy, compounding at 15 per cent a year. That is what makes the Power Division the most dangerous institution in Pakistan.
The Power Division is running a parallel fiscal deficit. It is hollowing out the federal budget. It is killing growth. None of this is abstract. Electricity at Rs50 per unit has pushed large parts of industry to the edge. Textiles, steel, chemicals -- scaling down. Households choosing between food and electricity -- scaling down. Pakistan is not facing a power problem. It is facing an economic contraction. And the Power Division is driving it.
Red alert: The Power Division is not just draining rupees. It is destroying dollar-earning capacity.Pakistan is not running out of electricity. Pakistan is running out of paying consumers. Pakistan is not running out of electricity. Pakistan is running out of money -- and the Power Division sits at the centre of that drain.
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@Richard00655575 @AKMB05 @LBC @lewis_goodall Yes I'm a Muslim woman and I exercise my free will. Stop telling us how we feel.
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@AKMB05 @LBC @lewis_goodall Are you saying that Islamic women are not subjugated & that they are exercising their free will?
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‘Are you saying that Muslim women can’t be trusted to make their own decisions about their faith?’
@Lewis_Goodall and Reform's Robert Jenrick go at it over a Muslim prayer that took place in Trafalgar Square.
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@Farh68557456 @_ZachFoster @AnnCoulter Except we are doing it for actual good moral reasons and not purposefully going for the civilians.
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"Iran lured Jared Kushner & Steve Witkoff to peace talks, and then murdered them"
"Iran bombed an elementary school in Texas, murdering 160 school girls."
"Iran is waging a war of annihilation against New York City, whose residents will suffer from cancerous ailments for decades because the US bombed an oil refinery in NYC, turning NYC skyline into acid-oil-rain."
"Iran murdered Donald Trump"
"Iran murders 1,300 Americans in first week of war of aggression waged on the USA"
This is how the news looks like if you are from Iran.
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@ANONYMOUSISLIVE @Reuters They should have thought of this before starting the war
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@Reuters War is brutal for everyone involved. Seeing kids in costumes trying to have a normal Purim in a shelter is heartbreaking—no matter which side you're on. Hoping for de-escalation and peace soon.
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@Cereal_Twit Getting suspended for that is ridiculous . Hopefully won't happen again.
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Pakistan was 122/3 the last time i checked, they are now 149/8 😳 #T20WorldCup
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@Cereal_Twit Got notification that you tweeted after a long time, was wondering where were you
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@NaeemahBenjamin Ah, as Pakistani we've been targets of these ridiculous ads plenty of times 😂
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