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Chinese HPR-1000 is a third-generation reactor and hence a modern nuclear power plant. Understand the construction cost of a modern plant is about $2.5-milion per MW. Based on an informed 'Guess' it would have cost upward of $2-biliion. Nuclear power plants have never been 'Cheap' to build...

That is only the fuel cost, levelised cost comes to about Rs15/- per kWh

Honourable Haider, I admit to having only a broad-based knowledge of Hydrogen fuel technology, but despite having an informal discussion with the Hydrogen car enthusiasts at Swindon where the first hydrogen filling station was opened; I fail to see the use of Hydrogen fuel cell beyond the...

Honorable Accountant. I am primarily an Oil & Gas person but since I am also interested in “Energy” in general, I know how to get at the latest information about the Economics of Nuclear Power. The “Fuel cost” only of nuclear energy is normally less than 0.50 cent (75 paisa) per unit but...

A famous poet called Sheikh Saadi had said 700 years ago " Chira kare kunad aaqil kay baad ayad pasheemani". Meaning a wise man does not do things that would cause him embarrassment later. You would agree that had Pakistan Cricket Board been more diligent, this would not have happened and...

Don't know why my fellow members bring India into it. This has nothing to with India or the number of tests for Covid-19 carried out in one day. Why do we have a tendency to sidestep the real issue and indulge in needless mudslinging? It was clearly the responsibility of Pakistani authorities...

Naturally, everyone has a different understanding of religion. I have never claimed to be an Islamic scholar; I am only a student of history and an avid reader of books on Islam by different authors, different sects, and all schools of thought. To the best of my understanding while there is a...

I strongly disagree with his philosophy and tactics and despised him when he used foul language against the army leadership and the political leaders of Pakistan in his first dharna at Islamabad. But I do not feel happy about his untimely death. I firmly believe in what Baba Bulleh Shah said...

I fail to see the reason for so much fuss over a name. Our Navy decided to call these Corvettes on battles of the early Islamic era, what is the harm in that? The only difference is that at Tabuk the holy Prophet (PBUH) himself took part whereas Yarmouk was fought in 636 AD and led by Khalid bin...

I may be the lone voice, but IMO he was an ‘Extremist’ lover and he actively supported Gulbuddin Hikmatyar in his military struggle against Rabbani; something which worked against the interests of Pakistan and pushed Tajik leaders such as Abdulla Abdulla into the arms of India. Being a soldier...

Regret to say that Pakistan had inherited an efficient railway system from the British. During my student days, I was a frequent traveler between Lahore & Sargodha on the 'Mari Indus Express. I also traveled extensively on 'Chenab Express' which connected Rawalpindi with Karachi bypassing...

It is an established fact that transportation infrastructure plays an extremely important role in improving the speed of the economic development of a country. Ease of physical connectivity between rural & urban areas and of urban areas with the seaports are ‘lifeline’ of the economic activity...

Trump is a sore loser. The court cases will probably drag on until January. Afraid we would not know for sure who would be the next president of the USA for a couple of months.

Don’t think it is a matter of Constitution or of parliamentary privileges. In my humble opinion country’s security is paramount and the Pakistan Constitution becomes irrelevant if Pakistan is broken up or loses all or part of her territory. Ayaz Sadiq seriously compromised Pakistan’s security...

The debate has raged off & on for a very long time. I am sick to death about people claiming that Urdu is not our language. Fine, lets us agree that whatever Father of the nation and other earlier leaders decided was stupid. In 1973, only Sindh adopted Sindhi as their official language with KPK...

If COAS's authority had been undermined, he should and would have resigned. Nawaz Sharif did not 'Ridicule' COAS, he accused him and also Asim Bajwa of committing treason. IG's authority was on the other hand usurped when he was taken to the sector commander of the Rangers. NS however insulted...

With due respect to the PTI apologists, pressurizing the Police Chief of a province by another branch of security services is a very serious matter. Rangers are an internal security force with the prime objective to provide and maintain security in war zones and areas of conflict as well as...

Let us assume that Capt. Safdar is guilty of violating Quaid’s tomb, it is the job of the police to arrest him. If the police failed to do so then a petition could have been filed in the High Court to order Karachi Police to arrest the culprit? But undermining the local police by the Rangers...

Historically the region we know as Gilt/Batista was never part of the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Ethnically the indigenous population is related to the Tibetans and not with the population of the Kashmir. Also, I could not find any reference to it in the Rajatarangini, the legendary history of...

Admittedly the economy was in bad shape but things have gone from bad to worse. Regrettably, since the PTI gov't took office, all Imran Khan & his ministers have done is to keep repeating how corrupt were the previous gov'ts were. By now most people are sick & tired of hearing the same...