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Please note that this is only the beginning. Each released tranche of the new $6.7 billion IMF program will come with another ratcheting up of hikes. On schedule. As agreed.

I would agree with @Aeronaut here: PAF did dominate Pakistani airspace during the 1965 war, according to the accepted definition as "that degree of air superiority wherein the opposing air force is incapable of effective interference", and as a demonstration of PAF's mainly defensive doctrine.

By whom? Where?

Watch for the next round of belt-tightening in December.

Usually only the ones who get married ............

This is a perfect example of poor reporting typical of our Urdu Press. So the Department send errorneous bills, and when rectified it, the amount of about $394,000 was paid as arrears. Whoop-dee-do. What is the story here other than the incompetence of the billing department?

Sir, the world of Big Finance is quite funny. Sometimes a company wants to take loss to better its tax position, provide kickbacks or any number of other tricks, but that is another story. All the feasibility reports are worth nothing until and unless the money starts flowing, and then, later...

Pakistan can use the F-16s as permitted by a valid flightplan loaded onto the plane via DTC control.

It is simple: investment goes readily where it is feasible, for it seeks appreciation. Events will continue to show that it is not feasible in Thar.

Open Pit mining for coal is a recognized and useful technology, no doubt. But to be able to open pit mine Lignite-B in Thar and produce large-scale power in a financially viable manner? I don't think so.

And ONE reason that USA will attack Syria that trumps all five above: the pursuit of its national interests.

That is an important point to be noted. The military operation has cleared the area of insurgents - for now. Real gains in securing the area can happen only with a functioning government apparatus there, which, like you say, is nowhere to be found. It would be a pity to see all these sacrifices...

Yes, but please go back and read all the initial tall claims made for that project. Then compare them to the tall claims being made now. It is informative to see how the hype gets built up and then fails.

"Some" power by 2018? Okay, let's see what happens with Engro's project. I hope it fares better than the tall claims made by the Coal Gasification failure.

Then the person, whose rant this is, Tarek Mehanna, was sentenced to 17-1/2 years in prison for terrorism, material support to Al-Qaeda, and lying to federal investigators. Tarek Mehanna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Please do not forget that Thar has Lignite of B grade which is less than 6,300 BTU/lb whereas most Lignite being used as you indicate above is of A grade, which is between 6,300 to 8,300 BTU/lb. That changes the economics adversely by at least 20-25%, tipping the whole project into infeasibility...

Now let's wait for a certain Mr. Haq to prove that Pakistan has moved UP in this ranking. :D

No, it is not feasible to mine, transport and use the Lignite B found in Thar in existing powerplants. Simply impossible, like Sir @niaz explained above. The only way it can make sense is if the Lignite is used on site. And even then it does not make economic sense, but perhaps some national...

Okay then! :D \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Three engineers and three doctors are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three doctors each buy tickets and watch as the three engineers buy only a single ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one...

So what? Will other professions get their own threads like this too?