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Lately Portugal has become an attractive destination for Pakistanis. I read that with $200,000 or something one could get a citizenship by investment. This is at least 1/2 or 1/5 of what other countries require.

Trust me. Pakistanis have poor English skills as well. Understanding is one thing, speaking is another. I've seen families who have lived in English speaking countries for 30+ years and yet they can't speak more than a few greetings. lol. Even the ones who are so called proficient should really...

Certainly we are not. What are the options then? Spend another $2-3 billion to electrify the line now or wait until you upgrade the line to acceptable standards, generate some revenue particularly from freight business, and then go for upgrades? To my understanding they want to do the latter.

I mean ideally they should make it electric. Again based on facts reported in 2021 they said it would be part of the long term plan in the 2030s and beyond. I suppose at the moment they just want to get on building something, particularly the tracks as soon as possible to avoid escalation of...

Just for reference this is how China built railways in Kenya and Ethiopia looks like. The Kenyan one looks to be diesel run and Ethiopian electric. They both have a maximum speed of 120km/h. Ours on the other hand is reported to be in the range of 140-160km/h

? Pakistan, Azerbaijan join Turkey’s KAAN Program The highly awaited KAAN stealth aircraft is scheduled to take to the skies for the first time in a historic development. The futuristic aircraft, which incorporates cutting-edge technology and has stealth capabilities, is the result of a...

To reduce the cost they said fencing will be done only in populated areas. I suppose that makes the most sense provided other sections are overhead or go through rural areas. Expect the project to be similar to the one Chinese built in Kenya and Ethiopia. Agree. It needs to be electric but I...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China are likely to sign an agreement for Main Line-1 (ML-1) railway project in the first week of August, citing sources, ARY News reported on Friday. Informed sources privy to the development told ARY News that Pakistan and China finalised the financing matters for the...

The government of Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday the expansion of it's e-visa system to include 12 more countries, making it a total of 19 countries. Under the new system, travellers arriving in Saudi Arabia will no longer require a visa sticker on their passports. Saudi Arabia will now...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to host the Iranian foreign minister next week just days before the incumbent government completes its term, officials said here on Friday. Hossein Amirabdollahian is due to arrive in Islamabad on Aug 3. The officials said the upcoming visits of foreign dignitaries...

ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to visit Pakistan next month, citing diplomatic sources ARY News reported on Tuesday. Sources privy to the development told ARY News that the Turkish president will undertake an official visit to Pakistan in the first week of August...

ISLAMABAD: In a major development, Pakistan’s new Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) -- a hybrid civil-military forum -- has in principle approved 28 projects worth billions of dollars that would be offered to Gulf countries for investment, including the construction of Diamer-Bhasha...

As far as I know big Indian airports are also outsourced.

Good. Now time to privatize PIA as well. Governments around the world usually have no business in aviation unless they are as rich as Gulf Arabs. If they really want its ownership back one day they can put a clause for a limitation period for lease or always buy back if selling. I like how they...

Many Indians will give up their citizenships. Once they go abroad they have made up their mind that they will never go back. For them the U.S, Canada, U.K, New Zealand and Australia is heaven and dream. it's not overpopulated, polluted, discriminatory, competitive, and lawless and Indians don't...

Generally the middle and upper class in Pakistan enjoy good quality of life. They pay less or no taxes, have good social life and get good services without doing much effort. They can never live abroad. There is a small minority within them that sometimes come to U.K, Canada, New Zealand and...

ZAB. I mean you can make the argument he created "jiyalas" in Sindh and Punjab and even today they chant "Bhutto Zinda Hai"

Populists/Nationalists are alive even if they are dead. i.e. Ataturk, Hitler, Stalin, Naser, Bhutto etc.

Harika