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Hon Rampage, Iron/steel manufacture is about 3000 years old and even modern processes such are Arc Furnace & Oxygen Furnace do not classify as ‘Rocket Science’ hence technology is not a problem. The problem is production cost and the economy of scale. Chinese steel plate is currently the...

I had dinner yesterday with CEO & Chairman of a large company listed on the Karachi stock exchange. I cannot name the person without his permission and also because it may have some adverse consequences for him /his company if some PTI stalwart decides to complain to those in power. He...

Hon Inception-06 Many thanks for your personal message. I looked up the BSR (Berlin waste management company) and the BSR WTE plant MHKW Ruhleben. This is in fact not a power plant but only a Steam Generating Incineration plant. It has 5 incinerating units which can burn up to 520 KT of...

Hon Sir, Having worked in a senior position in petroleum refining, lube manufacturing & large oil terminals where waste being a potential fire hazard, good housekeeping is extremely important; I was required to attend a couple of short courses on exhaust gases treatment, liquid and solid waste...

The following from the Washington Post: Global Opinions India needs to reset its moral compass unleashed havoc in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a friend of mine there took to Facebook in desperation. His family, he wrote, is living in the Indian-administered side of the territory, but he...

During my student days back in the late 1950s/early '60s in Lahore, there used to be Cheese produced in Peshawer available in the Tolinten market opposite the old University campus. It was something in between cottage cheese & cheddar. What happened to it?

The figure of 373, 515 bbls represents total "Annual" production, this translates into just over 1K bbl per day. Similarly, the annual gas production of 4,867-mm cft (4.867-billion) represents only 13.34-million cft per day. IMO the press release cleverly stated the figures in annual terms...

Sir, the international market conditions change with time. Pak Qatar was a good deal when it was signed. ( https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/366554-pakistan-saved-600m-in-qatar-lng-deal-bloomberg) The new price is indeed lower but the Qatar LNG deal had been signed one year later...

Hon Sir, I personally knew the head of Operation of Qatar Petroleum who was involved in the LNG negotiations and assured me that no money changed hands and/or any underhand activity took place. Additionally, if it was so, then why PTI Gov't has not canceled the contract? However, you are...

Yes, but because no one else was prepared to do so.

Sorry to point out the primary reason for the situation was the 'Suo Motto' action by the ex CJ who got too big for hos boots because, in an effort to topple Musharraf, the media & the lawyers combined to make CJ a 'demi-God'. Not to be left behind; Benazir & Imran Khan also joined in. I...

Benazir & the Bhutto family as well Asif Zardari may be the most corrupt politicians ever born on this planet, but regret to say that I rate Mubasshar Luqman very low as a journalist and have 'Zero' faith in whatever he says. Besides the figure of $8.5-billion appears to be OTT and reminds me...

For the record, per the latest census %age of province wise the population of Pakistan excluding AJK & GB was: Baluchistan 5.94%, KPK 14.69%, Punjab 52.95%, Sindh 23,04% and FATA 2.41%, Islamabad 0.97%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Census_of_Pakistan Ethnic divisions were: Punjabi...

The division is in fact a mini-army, a Divisional Commander should only be promoted to 3-star rank if he is judged to be able to lead the whole army. Therefore all 3-Star Generals are competent for the COAS position. A new commander brings in new ideas. I am against giving extensions because it...

You are quite right Honorable Khan_21, It seems to have become a national pastime to criticize everyone and bring in the religion to show that he/she has loose morals. Maybe it gives people pleasure to ‘bad mouth’ the people they have never met or even ever likely to meet. Only the very few...

It just goes to show that there is no dearth of 'Bigots' on that side of the border as well and the traditional Indian hospitality is no more. However, this does not mean that we should also demean ourselves in retaliation. One needs to be a human being before he/she can be a Hindu or Muslim or...

Having seen Pakistan decline from one of the upcoming & forward-looking & relatively prosperous developing countries of the region, I have witnessed her decline into an intolerant retrogressive country from the 1990s onwards. Admittedly, there were some serious external factors such as the...

The above antics were meant to be a Joke. I have respect for the Bengali scientists & mathematicians. A region that produced giant personalities such as R. N. Tagore, Radhanath Sikdar(calculated height of Everest), Amartya Sen, Mohammed Younis, Meghnad Saha & Satyendra Bose (of Boson fame) is...

Until now most of the articles & TV debates about the allegation of corruption of billions in the LNG deal were based upon pure rhetoric (the art of persuading naive people by telling them what they want to hear with any reference to the actual facts) by people who had no idea about the...

Let us take a moment to acknowledge the central role that the Indian Congress and the Indian political leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Abul Kalam Azad, Sardar Valabbhai Patel, Dadabhai Nuoroji, Sarojini Naidu, Mohammed Ali Jauhar, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Mohammed Ali Jauhar, Moti Lal Nehru...