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You are welcome to your opinion Sir, but do you think that calling OBL 'Shaheed' by the Prime Minister of Pakistan in the Budget session of the National Assembly a 'Called for' & necessary statement? Especially when Pakistan is still in the 'Grey' list of FATF?

Finally, Imran Khan has shown his true colours and Taliban Khan in him is out in the open. Thankfully none of my relations were among those who lost their lives at the APS massacre as those innocent souls must be turning in their graves. Can anyone ask Imran KLhan that if OBL is Shahaeed...

I have no words to describe this affair. What kind of Muslims are we? Do we think nothing risking the lives of about 200 passengers for the sake of getting the pilot's salary? I am ashamed of belonging to the nation which breeds such kind of callous & dishonest persons. "Baat to such hay magar...

A realistic article from Dawn on the petrol crisis. The petrol fiasco Khurram HusainUpdated June 25, 2020 Facebook Count Twitter Share 18 The writer is a member of staff. ONCE again we are discovering the hard way how fragile our oil supply chain really is. Across Punjab and KP at least...

Ever since the creation of Pakistan in 1947; we understood it to be "Unity, Faith, Discipline". But, I have been told that the same written as " Faith, Unity, Disciple" on the side of a hill just outside of Islamabad. To oldies like me, it implies that our Quaid was an idiot and got the order...

We can call these Dutch built Yarmook class vessels 'Corvettes' or even frigates, if we so desire, after all, what is the name. However, Corvette is traditionally a fast naval craft smaller than a Frigate but larger than a Gunboat or Torpedo boat. IMHO a Corvette should be able to reach at least...

Honorable Morpheus, Perhaps it is my poor English that I was unable to fully explain my point. I was referring to the WTI Futures to illustrate the financial woes of the oil industry in general. You are right about AG crude prices, however, kindly note that Saudi OSP was $7.30 off The...

A view from someone partial to the Oil industry. Most crude & petroleum products are sold with 30 days credit. Pak Rupees was devalued by nearly 50% in April 2019. This meant that Oil companies had to come up with 50% more rupees to buy the dollars to pay for their previous months' purchase...

I am sure you have some fronds who are so fond of speaking that one can't get in a word sideways, whereas some would be quiet and introverted. I am an extrovert also that's why my posts tend to be rather long. Similarly, some people like to be in the limelight, maybe it makes them feel...

Honorable WAJsal, I am humbled by your comments. Despite living abroad for many years, I am very much a Pakistani and therefore try to remember all things about Pakistan that interest me. Ever since Ch Iftikhar, judicial activism has increased a thousandfold. CJ Khosa was one of the few...

Only serious attempt at improving education in Punjab was probably the ‘Parha Likha Punjab’ scheme launched during the Pervez Elahi’s period in 2006. ( http://www.aaj.tv/english/national/18-mln-students-enrolled-under-parha-likha-punjab-programme/) But this also failed, maybe because 2008...

I agree with you. Quoting Hassan Nisaar, " Baat to such hai magar baat hai ruswaie key" This is from a verse of Parveen Shakir which means that even though it is insulting, it is a fact. I have passed my childhood and early youth in a village in Punjab, whether one agrees or not, the fact...

Honorable Blacklight, Ethanol has an Octane Rating of 113, therefore its main use is as ‘Octane Improver’. Adding 10% by volume (European E10 Gasoline) blend increases the Octane Rating of gasoline by at least 2. Also because Ethanol (C2H5OH) has only 2 carbon atoms (8 in the ‘Octane’...

To the best of my info, 3 gasoline grades are normally available in the US market. Regular 87 Octane, mid-grade at 89 Octane, and the Premium at 93. Octane number displayed at the petrol stations in the USA is the average of RON & MON. There are 2 ways of measuring Octane rating; RON...

Kindly look at the Hand Book of your cars, it would mention the most suitable grade for the particular model. In case you don't have any info at all, I would go for 95 Octane petrol for cars up to the 2010 model. For older cars, 91 Octane should suffice because with wear & tear the compression...

Sir, Octane rating is a measure of the resistance of gasoline to ‘Knocking’ or ‘Pinking’ during combustion in an internal combustion engine. Knocking/ Pinking is caused by the premature ignition of the air & fuel mixture. Octane requirement of a particular model is always mentioned in the...

A friend from the US sent me the link. I have never liked Ayesha Siddiqa, hence I would not reproduce the article. But it is available at: https://theprint.in/opinion/cynthia-ritchies-bigger-than-covid-in-pakistan-as-imran-khan-would-like/438876/

Sorry never heard of it.

Sirs, For your kind information; the USA stores its strategic reserves (crude oil only) in abandoned salt mine caverns at Bayou Choctaw- Louisiana, Big Hill near Beaumont- Texas, Bryan Mound, Free Port-Texas and West Hackberry, Lake Charles- Louisiana with a total capacity of about...

Honorable PanzeKiel, One of my colleagues in Fujairah was a retired Ra’id (Major) in the Egyptian Army involved in the fuel supply; understand an armored division requires roughly 4-hundred thousand liters of fuel to advance about 100 Km. Several months’ reserves probably refer to peacetime...