Anu

Ghamidi's limited knowledge is quite conspicuous here!

A rare and great Pakistani thinker. So wise and so ahead of the idiots he comes from that it is impossible for them to get him.

The situation as it stands at 1930 PST 1. Formal response from Iranian side about confirmation of delegation to attend Islamabad Peace Talks is still awaited. 2. ⁠Pakistan as the mediator is in constant touch with Iranians and pursuing the path of diplomacy and dialogue. 3. Ceasefire ends at 4:50 am PST, 22 April. Decision from Iran to attend the talks before the end of two weeks ceasefire is critical. 4. ⁠Pakistan has made sincere efforts to convince the Iranian leadership to participate in the second round of talks and these efforts continue.

Petrol at Rs 30/litre in Pakistan sounds crazy. It is not. What is crazy is the policy failure that prevents it. Petrol is around Rs 300/litre today, excluding government levy, here's how it can effectively be Rs 30/litre. People do not consume petrol for its own sake; they use it to travel. The average Pakistani rides a motorbike. A fuel-efficient motorbike can travel about 60 km on one litre. An efficient electric scooter can travel about 30 km per kWh, so it needs only 2 kWh to cover the same 60 km. What should 2 kWh cost in Pakistan? Pakistan is one of the best places in the world for solar, with an all-in LCOE cost of around 5 cents per kWh. The electricity cost is 10 cents, or Rs 30/litre of distance travelled! The Rs 30/litre calculation remains the same for cars. The 300-versus-30 gap is the cost of bad policy. It reflects billions of dollars of saving that could instead finance EV infrastructure: charging, distribution, battery swapping, and smart pricing software etc. - boosting much-needed domestic investment. Since solar is highly modular. You do not need massive scale to get reasonable efficiency. That creates business and employment opportunities for small domestic power producers. Instead, Pakistan leaned into large fossil-fuel plants financed by dollar-denominated borrowing and guaranteed returns. Local firms face credit constraints, but solar creates a natural collateralizable cash flow through electricity sales to the grid. With the right regulatory framework, this could have unlocked large private domestic investment, and employment. Battery swapping is another area where small local businesses could have emerged and scaled. Electricity enables smart pricing. When solar supply is abundant, prices can fall, and poor households and firms can shift usage to cheaper hours - automatic demand stabilization Better air quality would mean longer, healthier lives and higher productivity. That is a growth multiplier Green technology industries could be developed domestically with the right industrial policy, easing balance-of-payments pressure while raising employment and investment. Instead, Pakistan chose imported-fuel power plants, protected a backward-looking domestic auto sector, and raised electricity prices by burdening them with the fixed costs of those plants and heavy taxation, slowing EV adoption. Then came the net-metering fiasco, all to keep zombie power plants alive. Pakistan’s energy policy may be the clearest example of a broken nervous system. I hope someone fixes it, because people are paying the price, 300-versus-30

مطیع اللہ جان کی صحافت اور کردار میں واضح فرق کیلئے یہ دو تصویریں کافی ہیں جس میں بائیں جانب والی گاڑی اس وقت کی ساتھی ہے جب سچ انکا ساتھی تھا اور پھر نئی گاڑی نیا گھر انکی منزل بنا اور وہ پروپیگنڈہ جھوٹ ڈس انفارمیشن کے راہوں پر چل دئیے نرگس نے اپنے جسم کو بیچ کر نویں گاڑی اور بنگلہ حاصل کیا جبکہ مطیع نے ۔۔۔

میرے خاندان میں دو لڑکیاں ایسی تھیں جن کو دیکھ کر میں ہمیشہ سوچتی تھی کہ یہ جس گھر میں بھی شادی ہوکر جائیں گی وہ گھر کتنا خوش نصیب ہوگا۔۔۔! ان میں سے ایک آج میری بھابھی ہے اور ہمارے گھر کی رونق ہے۔۔۔ آج اسے میرے گھر میں خوشیاں بکھیرتے ہوۓ پورا ایک سال ہوگیا۔۔۔! ❤️