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One can appreciate your insiting on India having to pay Transit Dues to Pakistan even if India opts for the Deep Sea Pipe Line. Sorry to shatter your Dreams : Oman to India Pipeline Route Survey Here is the Pipe Line Route : I agree fully with you that the idea of the Natural Gas...

Pakistan to get $500 mln from ADB for railways’ revival ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will grant a loan of $500 million to Pakistan for revival of its Railways department. The loan, to be provided under the Railway Investment Development Plan of the government, is aimed at...

Keep an eye on the Blue Stream Pipeline - It has been operating since November 2005. I am sure that that the underwater stretch will be maintenance free for the "Life" of the pipeline as it would be naïve to build a structure in say 4000 Metres Depths which will then require maintenance - be...

Blue Stream Natural Gas Pipeline, Russia/Turkey FULL SPECIFICATIONS

1. Google for “Oman-India Deep Sea Pipeline” 2. When you lay structures on the Ocean floor at depths of up to 5,000 Metres than it necessarily follows that present day technology ensures that there will be minimal – if any – maintenance required. So am I. Welcome to the Club!

Drained by defence? The debilitating cost of fighting a war within our own borders has been graphically highlighted, a cost not only in defence expenditure but in the cost to other budgets that have to be raided to cover the fighting of the insurgency. In the last fiscal year the development...

Despite Pakistani Ministers as well as Pakistani IWT Commissioners unequivocally stating that India is NOT STEALING Pakistan's Shares of Waters as per IWT you still state to the contrary. Well here is an explanation : In 1951 Pakistan's Water Availability was 5,500 Cubic Meters Per Capita...

A reply to various "Esteemed" poster : 1. The proponent(s) of “Blowing Up” the Dams-Barrages in India : The flood waters will “Destroy” Pakistani Occupied Kashmir and Pakistan’s North Punjab. Welcome! 2. To the brilliant strategists who want Pakistan to STOP the flow or BLOW UP the Natural...

In my opinion there is no “Kickbacks” as the Chinese Locomotive manufacturers are owned by the Chinese Government and similarly Pakistan Railways is owned by the Pakistan Government. Again with the time tested and long lasting China-Pakistan relationship the Chinese are not going to provide...

Over the top De-education for everyone Sunday, May 23, 2010 Masood Hasan The good news is that in a few years we will be able to eliminate whatever education we have still left here and drown all the teachers so that this vice does not spread ever again. A little over a week back...

Pakistan slips to 112th position in terms of global trade competitiveness; In 2008, the country ranked 88th Saturday, May 22, 2010 By Saad Hasan KARACHI: Pakistan dropped 12 notches to 112th place in the global trade competitiveness due to high tariff, difficult customs procedures, poor...

Mukhtar urges world community to solve Pakistan’s economic woes ISLAMABAD: The United Nations is actively engaged in mobilizing international community to assist Pakistan to help resolve its social and economic difficulties, said UN Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan, Jean-Maurice...

Congratulations both to Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Doubling their Trade in the Short Period of Three Years. This is a most credit worthy perfomance. Well done indeed!

Growth rate manipulation! EDITORIAL (May 21 2010): The National Accounts Committee has approved the projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 4.1 percent for the current fiscal year. The key word is projected, indicating that this is not the final figure as it simply cannot be...

NAC’s estimated growth figures may have been fudged ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee is alleged to have estimated a growth figure of 4.1 per cent for the current year by doctoring the estimates for the growth in the construction, livestock and the wholesale and retail sectors, say...

Figures for 2008 from the Pakistan Economic Survey 2008 – 2009 TABLE 13.3 :NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTERED (000 Number) : 6,167,363 i.e. 6.167363 Million TABLE 13.4 : MOTOR VEHICLES ON ROAD (000 Number) : 8,878.50 i.e. 8.8785 Million Mr. Haq, how do you explain that the Number of...

Oh, Grand Poobah of Disinformation, Salutations to you!!!:rofl: Figures for End June 2009 : Broadband subscription is 6.62 million The figures you quote are thus 25% below the actual figures. Please start quoting the latest figures and ensure that they are indeed correct.

You are Not Right, but, Definitely Wrong! This "Most Recent" is seriously "Ancient" as it is in all probabilities the figure for 2001. Instead of relying on "Wiki Facts" please check on the IMF Web Site in the World Economic Outlook April 2010 - Database for 2009-2010 Figures. As...

Whilst I totally agree with Musharraf's advice, wish etc. for the improvement in the Social conditions such as Education, Health and Social welfare of the Muslim, I find it unbelievable that the Total GDP of All Muslim Countries (over 2.5 Billion Muslims with the Fantastically Rich Oil Countries...

Thank you for your considered reply. I still find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that the corruption in Pakistan for only One Year which in this case is 2008-2009, as stated in the article, is about Half of Pakistan's GDP in size. Although Pakistan has a substantial or even...