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Older jets are not as fuel efficient as the newer ones, and need much more maintenance work to keep their air-worthiness certifications. This means a much higher cost per hour flown. That is why they sell at much lower prices than you would expect. Here is a former Airforce One for sale with...

Thank you for that breakdown. Now please allow me to tell you the bottom line: Thar Coal will remain buried and not utilized for the foreseeable future because of its low quality and financial infeasibility.

The Dash 80, as the 367-80 was commonly known, was a fresh Boeing design, and NOT evolved from the B-52. The 367-80 was the first modern passenger jet that was a commercial success.

Neither the Sind or the Federal Governments have even one billion dollars to spare for developing Thar, let alone many billions. We simply do not have any money to spare. None.

When were Thar coal deposits discovered? 1991. What year is this? 2013. What have we done for 22 years? Nothing. Actually, no, wait. We tried Thar Coal Gasification. Failed. We tried to convert our thermal plants to Thar Coal. Failed. Now we have a "bankable feasibility study" showing that we...

In other words, Thar coal will lie buried for the foreseeable future. So we sort of agree. :D

So what is the delay is securing the financing? Because the "feasibility" may not be there?

We simply do not have the expertise to do so. Remember the Thar Coal Gasification project launched by Dr. Mand? That is all we have, people working outside their areas of knowledge and expertise. Same thing with shale reserves.

Exchange rate "stability"? The PKR is at 105.24 today, and sinking every day. The only "stability" we will see is a steady decline.

The proof of the proverbial pudding is in the eating. If and when Thar coal is cost-effective, it will be utilized. Please let me know when that happens.

That is only the white crescent crossing over that part of the country as an overlay of the flag, with the star visible too. And please note that the entire state of Kashmir is green.

How can political will make up for adverse financials of lignite-based power generation? It is simply not cost-effective to exploit on a large scale in the present environment. That is a basic hurdle, without surmounting which Thar coal will remain buried.

It would be a grave mistake to harm Dr. Afridi. I am quite sure he will be free soon. So I guess there is no point in my saying anything further until that happens.

By the time the NGO asked him to flee, it was well AFTER the fact. It still does not prove that Dr. Afridi conducted the immunization drive with any knowledge of its ultimate purpose. Pakistan simply has NO clout, in the media, or anywhere else, and it would behoove us to formulate our...

You and I may suspect that, but that is not legally acceptable proof. And if CIA modus operandi is anything to go by, the poor bugger never would have known what he was doing. His response to the warning tells it all: that he did not flee even though he had the opportunity. Why? Because he...

Will do as soon as I have some free time.

There are many commercial providers that will go down to 50 cm resolution for images that the public can buy, and even their satellites are prevented by US law from going lower than that even though the satellites are more capable of that easily. The military grade satellites are indeed capable...

The 5.3 million paid for a vaccination drive over a large area with many hundreds of thousands households. USA and other international agencies were, and are, running several public health programs in the area and indeed in the country, including vaccination drives. Working for "Americans" was...

If you read that story, all it says is that there was a Hep-B vaccination drive, to be completed in three phases within 6 months. The Bilal Town area, where OBL lived, was included in the vaccination drive. Dr. Afridi was asked to bring empty vials and kits back to Islamabad after completing...

Good effort with some very correct points made. Good luck with publishing it.