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Humanity as a whole is in a warlike situation, except that it is a war against an enemy that remains unseen and we know very little about it. Sincere thanks and appreciation are due to all the unsung heroes who are exposing themselves to grave danger for the wellbeing of humanity. First &...

Most honorable LeGenD, You are quite right that the forum has become too political. In my humble opinion, there is nothing wrong with being political, because after all politics is all about power. This is a ‘defence’ forum, the defence is also about power albeit the military one. Often it is...

We do have very short memories. Have we forgotten that it was the media that pulled Imran Khan into the limelight? His dharna was given thousands of hours of prime time coverage by the same media that is now being cursed by his supporters. Whatever the reasons for the bad state of the economy...

Baluchistan is also a breeding ground for desert locust. "Pakistan Desert Locust population dynamics" http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/swac/countries/pakistan/en/

Honorable Sir, I have visited quite a few steel mills & blast furnaces over the years. As I understand, the reduction process of iron ore from iron oxides to metallic iron requires ‘Carbon’. This can be in the form of coke, anthracite (naturally occurring smokeless coal) or charcoal. The...

Since the Islamic Quintet is essentially 5 books and the first book “ Shadow of the pomegranate trees” was published as early as 1992, but since I never thought Tariq Ali was much of historian and I was too busy during my working years, I restricted me to the books by serious historians...

Agreed, in my opinion, the figure was most probably $13-million which was misunderstood as $30-million. This is reinforced by the fact that in the article it was compared to the $12-million Korean tank. I restricted myself to saying " It is hard to believe" because I prefer not to correct a...

Sir, My information comes from what I read in the press. My comments were based upon the following article: Quote HIT has started production of Al-Khalid 2 tanks, Senate body told BY ONLINE , (LAST UPDATED NOVEMBER 30, 2017) —Committee recommends budget to come directly to ministry of...

Why it is that educated & intelligent members of this august forum get down to the age-old rhetoric of conspiracy, anti- Pakistani & treason associated with all those who have a different opinion. Why can’t there be a debate based on proper arguments and without taking a partisan approach? I...

According to the World Steel Association data, during 2019 the largest steel producers in the word were: China: - 996-million tons, India: - 111-million tons & Japan 99-million tons. Both India & Japan are heavily dependent on imported LNG; Japan imports about 6-million tons per month, Indian...

Did we ever see anyone; other than Hospital staff and related medical workers wearing masks in Pakistan? Why would a country produce 20-million masks when there is no need for it? Don't believe Pakistan ever had 20-million masks unless the same are being regularly produced for export anyway...

Understand Alkhalid-II is turning out to be more expensive than the latest version of Chinese & Ukrainian tanks. It is probably because Al Khalid has too many imported components and the economy of scale.

A price war between Saudi Arabia & Russia has caused the international oil price to collapse. This collapse occurred because the Saudis unilaterally reduced their OSP (official selling price) for April. This would have two effects; one to punish Russia for not agreeing to a production cut and...

The irony is that that only non-South Asian countries that have protested to India against the killing of Muslims in Delhi are: Turkey, Iran, Malaysia & Indonesia. All of these are non-Arab Muslim countries. Not a single Arab Muslim country has come out openly against the Indian treatment of...

Sir, I f you care to read my post again you would notice that I am not defending Khalil ur Rahman Qamar, in fact, I have written said that I am "disgusted" at his remarks. In my opinion, he is an immature, intolerant bigot who has no control over his emotions. A sure sign of lack of decent...

I am not surprised at the opposition to the banners & slogans such as “mera jism meri marzi” which means “my body my will”. Having grown up in a village environment in a provincial city like Sargodha, I didn’t like the slogan either even after I had heard the explanation of this slogan; mainly...

Honorable Sir, I heard Assad Omar on TV myself saying that Pakistan may have to go to the IMF. My point is that a couple of months' uncertainty about whether or not go to IMF were very harmful to the economy. I am not questioning the devaluation at all, however I am convinced that had PTI...

By the basic laws of ’ Supply & Demand ‘ currency of any country where imports far exceed the exports and despite a very large inwards remittances; Current Account remains perpetually in the negative; will always be under pressure. Hence devaluation of Pak Rupee was unavoidable and inevitable...

For all those who are arguing about why the Pk Rupee had to be devalued, here is an explanatory article. Whether anyone agrees with it or not depends upon him. The devaluation factor Shehryar Warraich Special Report April 14, 2019 The government has devaluated rupee up to 40 percent in...

Everyone who has ever lived in or around Lahore is probably familiar with the Chang Manga reserve. During my student days in the late ’50s/early 60s, my friends & I went a few times picnicking there. I remember that most of the trees there were Shisham, Kikar & white Mulberry (Shahtoot) nearly...