Dr Afzal khattak
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Dr Afzal khattak
@afzalkhattak18
Prof & HOD Paeds LRH
Peshawar, Pakistan Katılım Ağustos 2018
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میڈم عرو گلاب چھوڑیں پٹرول سے دھویئں۔ تمہارے کونسا باپ کی جیب پیسہ سے لگتا ہے۔ پیسہ تو عوام کا ہی ضائع ہوتا ہے۔
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farrukh saleem@SaleemFarrukh
The tide is turning Twenty years. That is how long Pakistan went without opening its offshore frontier to new bids. On Wednesday, May 20, the government awarded 23 exploration blocks covering approximately 54,600 square kilometres of the country’s maritime waters. Initial investment into phase one: $82 million. Projected investment into phase two: $1 billion. Now consider this. Since its independence, 78 years ago, Pakistan has drilled exactly 18 exploratory wells in its entire offshore territory. Eighteen. In 78 years. In May 2026 alone, it awarded 23 blocks. Plain fact: Pakistan’s offshore sits wedged between two proven hydrocarbon giants – Oman and Iran to the west, India’s Bombay High to the east. Look eastwards. India’s Bombay High – discovered in 1974, just across the Arabian Sea – has produced over two billion barrels of oil. It once accounted for 38 per cent of India’s domestic production. It transformed India’s energy balance. It still produces today. The reality: Pakistan sits on the same geological shelf. The same Arabian Sea. The same limestone formations that made Bombay High a giant have also been identified in the offshore Indus basin. Geologists call it an “anomalous gap in a prolific petroliferous belt”. Translation: everything around Pakistan has oil. Pakistan alone has not looked hard enough. The signs are there. Along the entire Makran coastline, there are gas seepages, oil seepages and mud volcanoes that bubble methane to the surface. In 2013, an earthquake off Gwadar pushed a new island out of the sea. Methane. Hydrocarbons. The earth trying to tell us something. Yes, one well drilled in the Indus offshore tested gas at 3.7 million cubic feet per day. Encouraging. Not enough to celebrate. But enough to keep looking. Here is the brutal arithmetic: 18 wells drilled in 78 years works out to one well every four years. Norway, which discovered its offshore oil in 1969, has drilled over 5,000 exploration wells since. The comparison is almost unfair. Almost. The $82 million committed in phase one is a start. But let us be honest: $82 million across 23 blocks is thin. One deepwater well alone can cost $50–100 million. This is not yet a drilling programme. It is a signal. A declaration of intent. The intent is welcome. The execution is everything. Pakistan spends $20 billion a year importing energy it may well be sitting on. Twenty-three blocks have been awarded. The drills have not yet turned. When they do – and they must – the Arabian Sea may yet write a different story for this country. The tide, at last, is turning. Remember: Norway found oil in 1969. Remember: Norway drilled 5,000 wells. Pakistan found courage in 2026. It awarded 23 blocks. The arithmetic of ambition is simple: you only find what you are willing to look for. The good news is not discovery. The good news is movement. Pakistan has not found offshore oil yet. But Pakistan has reopened the door it kept shut for two decades. For once, policy is moving in the same direction as geology. The tide is turning. thenews.pk/print/1417933-…
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@81ShahbazRana @asmashirazi Yes a total failure
These vultures are now generating by petrol levies , fixed charges in gas and electricity bills , squeezing salaried class ,
Can’t dare to tax agribusiness, tobacco and sugar mafias
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FBR fails again!
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has missed its target by a wide margin of Rs864 billion, as the government's tax plan for the new budget may largely revolve around tweaking rates that can burden the existing taxpayers, except traders.
tribune.com.pk/story/2610592/…
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نائب وزیر اعظم اسحق ڈار کی واشنگٹن میں امریکی وزیر خارجہ مارکو روبیو سے اہم ملاقات....!
ایران امریکہ معاہدے اور مذاکرات کے اگلے دور کے حوالے سے تبادلہ خیال کیا گیا
انشاللہ پاکستان ہی واحد ملک ہے جو ایران اور امریکہ کی جنگ کے معملات حل کروائے گا
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وزیراعلی مریم نواز شریف کا ستھرا پنجاب ایک بہترین اور کامیاب پروگرام ہے۔ اس دفعہ تو ڈرون اور سیف سٹی کی مدد سے عید کے روز لائیو مانٹرنگ کی گئی۔ پورے پنجاب کو صاف رکھنے کا یہ منصوبہ اپنی کارکردگی کو منہ بولتا ثبوت ہے۔ وزیراعلی کی نگرانی میں وزیر بلدیات زیشان رفیق اور ڈسٹرکٹ ایڈمنسٹریشن نے بہترین کام کیا ہے۔ @MaryamNSharif
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@SecRubio @MIshaqDar50 Also ask him to uphold the law and follow democracy in his own country please
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Met with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister @MIshaqDar50 and thanked him for the role Pakistan continues to play in advancing peace in the Middle East. We agreed upon the importance of working together to further strengthen a meaningful partnership for better security and more prosperity for our two nations.
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یومِ تکبیر صرف ایک دن نہیں، پاکستان کی خودمختاری، وقار اور دفاعِ وطن کی علامت ہے۔
آج ہر پاکستانی خراجِ تحسین پیش کرتا ہے Zulfikar Ali Bhutto اور Abdul Qadeer Khan کو، جن کے وژن، عزم اور قربانیوں نے پاکستان کو ایٹمی طاقت بنایا۔
قوم ہمیشہ آپ کی مقروض رہے گی۔ 🇵🇰
#Youm_e_Takbeer #28May #Pakistan #DrAQKhan #Bhutto
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@nadeemhaque Who says we have democracy here in Pakistan
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Most countries do something major for a constitutional amendment. A big debate. A referendum or even an election.
We pass ours without debate in 5 minutes.
Is this democracy?
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@MushtaqGhaniPTI @JunaidAkbarMNA اس عدم برداشت کے نتائج بہت ہی خطر ناک ثابت ہونگے
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صوبائی صدر جنید اکبر کی غیر قانونی گرفتاری اور صوبہ بدر کرنے کے اقدام کی پرزور مذمت کرتے ہیں۔ امپورٹڈ حکومت اور اس کے کارندوں کی یہ اوچھے ہتھکنڈے ان کی بوکھلاہٹ اور ناکامی کا واضح ثبوت ہیں۔ ایسے بزدلانہ ہتھکنڈے نہ پہلے ہمارے حوصلے پست کر سکے ہیں اور نہ ہی اب کرسکتی ہے
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@SaleemFarrukh What else you can expect from these vultures
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1. Petrol Price in Pakistan May 2022 to May 2026: Rs179.86 → Rs403.78 (+124%)
2. Brent (per barrel): Rs22,600 → Rs25,300 (+12%)
3. Government claims that petrol prices in Pakistan are pegged to international oil prices???
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The Lake District has stunning views ماشاألله 😍
📍Ambleside
Ambleside, England 🇬🇧
مریم نواز صاحبہ نے لاہور کے ہسپتال شریف میڈیکل سٹی میں اپنا علاج کروایا ہےحالانکہ وہ دنیا میں کہیں بھی کروا سکتی ہیں۔ اللّہ تعالی انھیں صحت عطا فرمائے۔ آمین
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صدر نیشنل بینک آف پاکستان رحمت علی حسنی کی تنخواہ بشمول مراعات لگ بھگ ایک کروڑ روپے ہے
چیئرمین ایس ای سی پی کی تنخواہ ساڑھے36لاکھ روپے ہے
صدر زرعی ترقیاتی بینک کی تنخواہ ساڑھے54لاکھ روپے ہے
صدرایگزم بینک کی50لاکھ،صدرفرسٹ وومن بینک کی22لاکھ
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ہم اپنے گھر کے معاملات 18 سال کے بچے کو نہیں بتاتے تو ملک کا لیڈر چننے کے لئے اسے ووٹ کا حق کیوں دیا جاۓ: قمر زمان کائرہ
مگر 19 سال 3 ماہ 9 دن کی عمر میں وہ لڑکا پارٹی چیئرمین بنا لیتے ہیں جس کا ایک دن کا بھی سیاسی تجربہ نہیں ہے
یہ بڈھے چمچے بھول جاتے ہیں کہ آج کے دور میں تاریخ ہر فضول بکواس پر جوابی تھپڑ فورا مار دیتی ہے
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چین میں مزدوروں کی لاگت کافی مہنگی ہو چکی ہے،ان صنعتوں کو، جنہیں مہنگی مزدوری کی لاگت کا سامنا ہے، ہم انہیں پاکستان آنے کی دعوت دیتے ہیں کہ وہ اپنے پلانٹس اور مشینری پاکستان لائیں، پاکستانی کاروباریوں کے ساتھ مل کر مشترکہ منصوبوں پر کام کریں،شہباز شریف
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@MiftahIsmail These IPPS have actually ruined our economy
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Pakistan already has 40,000 MW of dependable power generation capacity and is easily able to make more than 200 billion kwh or units of electricity. We utilise about 60% of capacity and the grid now sells and (collect bills) from around 110 billion units. And grid consumption is declining. The biggest problem facing our power sector is the huge capacity cost per unit and this is making electricity more expensive and forcing people to use less and less of grid power.
When you are in a hole the first thing you need to do is to stop digging. But digging furiously is exactly what the government is doing.
The government is now planning to add 26,000 MWs generation capacity to the grid. Yes 26,000 MW at the cost of between $40 bn and $55 bn (in present value terms). In addition it is also planning to spend $10 bn on transmission capacity to sustain these new additions to the grid.
This will take the capacity cost of power from Rs 18 presently to Rs 45 in 2035 (in today’s rupee value). With devaluation it will be more.
I most humbly request the government to please stop this madness. Stop thinking about more additions to generation capacity and start robustly regulating and privatising power distribution and generation.
Let there be a market for power and let private sector, whose own capital will be at stake, make investment decisions. Politicians, sincere as they might be, have no skin in the game and make decisions to suit their political objectives. We have already seen the result of this with imported coal plants.
Politicians and bureaucrats have already burdened our consumers greatly. Now please stop adding more burden to our bills and get out of the sector.
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پاکستان میں ہنڈا سٹی کا نیا ماڈل تو پتہ نہیں کب لانچ ہوگا البتہ انڈیا میں ہنڈا کمپنی نے جو نئی سٹی لانچ کی ہے اس کی قیمت 11 لاکھ روپے ہے، پاکستان میں 11 لاکھ روپے میں مہران 2015 ماڈل مل رہی ہے۔ آخر اس کی وجہ کیا ہے؟ ہنڈا کمپنی پاکستان میں لوٹ مار کرتی ہے جبکہ انڈیا میں اس کی قیمتیں کنٹرولڈ ہوتی ہیں۔
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I congratulate President Donald Trump on his extraordinary efforts to pursue peace and for holding a very useful and productive telephone call earlier today, with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkiye, Egypt, the UAE, Jordan and Pakistan. Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir represented Pakistan in the telephone call and I greatly appreciate his tireless efforts during the entire process.The discussions provided a useful opportunity to exchange views on the current regional situation and how to move the ongoing peace efforts forward to bring lasting peace in the region. Pakistan will continue its peace efforts with utmost sincerity and we hope to host the next round of talks very soon.
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