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This is a great post. Micron is just an easy target for retailiation because the chips they sell in China are mostly commoditised and can easily be sourced from Samsung, Hynix etc . The Chinese government would likely not take the same action against Nvidia because their chips don't all have...

The gifts didn't belong to him though. They were the property of the state. That is why he had to pay the toshakhana for their ownership. The question is whether he paid a fair price for them. If he could immediately sell them for 5 times or more the price he paid, most people would agree he...

I agree that the case has been created to persecute and malign Imran Khan and that he could not have bought the gifts at a discount without the co-operation of bureaucrats and other enablers. But the fact that the others were involved does not change the fact that money that belonged to...

I am not Admin, but your post is the epitome of violation of various forum rules . I hope the admins will take some action. In the meantime, I am putting you on ignore because I have no tolerance for foul language.

The official Pakistan government narrative says otherwise. It is possible they are wrong just as it is possible that you are wrong. However, there is a very simple smell test. Was the value at which he sold the gifts substantively equal to what he paid for them ? If not, his profit came at the...

Using your official position to buy something for less than its market value is the very definition of corruption. The gifts were not from his relatives or childhood friends but given by foreign dignitaries only because he occupied the position of Prime Minister. There would have been no...

According to the rules, shouldn't he have paid at least 50% of the market price to buy the gifts? Instead of depositng the gifts and getting them appraised through an independent valuation, he apparently first sold the gifts and then deposited a "commission" with toshakhana. How shameful...

Okay, at least you realise that your justifications for why Munir was transferred out of the ISI to command an important corps doesn't make any sense.

Except that he was not fired but given command of an important corps.

I see that you edited your reply. It still doesn't add up. If Asim Muneer committed a serious protocol error and adopted dangerous positions, why didn't Bajwa sack him and instead posted him to command an important corps ? Was Imran Khan preventing Bajwa from sacking Asim Muneer?

The COAS removed the ISI Chief without the PM's involvement? Why was it so difficult to post out ( not remove prematurely) Gen Faiz then ? ISPR took it seriously? ISPR is run by a Major General, if I am not mistaken. You are saying a Major General advised the COAS to remove a very senior Lt Gen...

So why was Asim Muneer removed as DG of ISI ?

I agree with most of this but aren't the likes of SMQ, Sheikh Rasheed and Pervaiz Elahi political agents of the army ? Didn't the army put them in IK's lap to make him PM ? Didn't IK himself give an extension to Bajwa ? Didn't IK himself not complain that Asim Muneer refused to meet him ? Under...

So you really believe he didn't buy gifts from the toshakhana and sell them in the market for much higher price?

One man's patriotic is another man's traitor. Many things going on in Pakistan are shameful. Army has always acted beyond its constitutional boundaries. The judiciary has given clean chits to coups and acted beyond its constitutional mandate. Sharifs and Zardaris are corrupt and indulge in...

In most countries where the military plays a major role in government, I would imagine. In the last few decades, almost all South Asian countries have been through that phase. In any case, no one other than the army would put up their own posters unless they had won a great military victory.

Does PMLN or PPP put up banners of Imran Khan ? If they don't put up their own banners, who else will ?

There is no change in position that I see . The Army Act is part of Pakistan 's laws and the government always said that those involved in attacks on military installations would be tried under Army Act and Official Secrets Act and those involved in attacks on civilian installations would be...

Maxine Waters is not a Senator. She plays the race card to get elected to the House from a district where less than 15% of the population is white. It is a sorry state of affairs if she is the best that the PTI can find to lobby their case with the State Department.

In capitalism, there are always haves and have nots. Frankly, a skilled and professional driver or maid or plumber is more useful than someone with an MBA degree from a third rate university who insists on doing a white collar job and there is no reason why he or she should not be paid more, but...