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This meaningful and concrete action is like a breeze of fresh air in the suffocating environment created in Pakistan due to corruption and its absolutely shameless defense. Let us hope he continues this good work and ensures that Military culture becomes second to none in terms of...

A very sensible thing which is being practiced in UK/Europe etc. despite the fact that the average household income is of a much higher order. Reverse metering has helped them introduce clean energy easily without massive investment in battery systems which is the highest recurring cost in a...

Thanks for the share Oscar. This is what I suspected in terms of relevance. While indeed a useful study, I do not think these reports are relevant as they predate CPEC commitment. The CPEC is really something which took shape conceptually in 2013-2015. The reports shared on this thread are...

I do not recall threatening you my friend so do share the report with me. Just wanted the information to take our discussion forward. I shall review and comment further.

The creation of Pakistan was not due to hatred of Hindus. It was due to the growing concern of the political marginalization of Muslims which led Jinnah to advocate certain checks and balances in order to protect the Muslim minority. Since Congress and Muslim league could not agree on the...

Please share the date this report was published. If possible, do also share a link where i can access this report. Thanks in advance.

My aim was to point out the irrelevance of the transit costs to Chongqing shared by yourself when considering Xinjiang as a major component of this strategic project. Xinjiang is really far away from east coast China and the journey spans extremely large provinces with tough terrain to boot...

Chongqing is near east coast of china, thus the shipment cost is seemingly very cheap via sea when compared with Gwadar. However Chongqing is not the objective of the Gwadar route so this comparison is not accurate in terms of primary business case which is based on western provinces and their...

A bit off topic but cant resist discussing the Hashashin who were also present at the time of crusades and carried out a lot of high profile assassinations. The Assassins or the Hashashin are the forefathers of our modern TTP outfit in every way... The Hashashin were high on drugs and were shown...

TTP broke the back of tribal leadership in a brutal manner long time ago and was never seen as friendly by the tribals. The tribals only want to be given peace and stability. There is no such prevalent sentiment which would make tribals seek revenge for those who have murdered many pakhtoon...

China is fast developing infrastructure to link up Kazakhstan to Xinjiang province. The pieces are being put together to make this project drive a lot of trade beyond just China and Pakistan. Let us hope that we successfully manage our internal affairs to leverage this potential.

Aoa Sir. Indeed it is a technology hardly used for large scale commercial power except in few cases where luckily all the parameters of the underground deposits and terrain led to a reasonable and sustained output. It is not the quality strictly speaking. It is the highly "variable" nature of...

If you look at the route of CPEC and look at suspected militant regional commands, delaying meaningful action will result in tremendous unattended risks across Punjab. The fact that these risks are very real without CPEC and should have been attended earlier is not lost on me, however your query...

As far as i have learnt from various sources, the underground gasification is not feasible from power generation perspective. The quality and quantity of gas resulting from underground coal ignition is extremely variable, therefore no company or bank is able to create and vet a viable...

One thing to note is that it was the "good taliban" commander who actually betrayed our troops. Strict disciplinary action was taken because despite the brokered peace between government and the militant commander, the officer did not take extra precautions. However, we should know that 2007 was...

Amen to the prayers. May Allah reward these policemen and may we certainly not see anymore casualties of our police and military during the course of this operation. However, a lot of posts were quite sympathetic to the ill equipped police and were critical of the Punjab Government which is...

Vcheng...I knew there was something familiar in our discussions... Peace to you as well! Just want to conclude my argument as well. While the reality of any achievement is indeed a concrete basis to form an opinion about eventual success, the world of today is always being run on what we plan...

I had been inactive for a long time but I am very glad to see that you are still around and contributing on the forum. Indeed there are lots of dark chapters in the history of our peoples, but there are lots of examples to the contrary as well. In my opinion, it takes a lot of effort and...

Such calculation reminds me of.... If 10 workers construct a house in 100 days, then 1000 workers can make it in 1 day. A mathematically correct statement but really not possible. While i do believe that there could have been individual or small groups engaged in such practices, it was not an...

Land based transit challenges are similar whether China uses east coast or Gwadar, however due to avoidance of a major part of sea trip from Middle East (and beyond) this project is highly feasible for China to help develop its western provinces which shall actually be closer to Gwadar than the...