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Ok going to start a new thread and hopefully some good debate.

Thank you. Yes that is a very good idea. I will tag @WAJsal and he may be able to suggest others.

I normally don't take part in such discussions as I think these are useless and nothing comes out of them (the situation is such that both sides are not willing to resolve the matter - there seems to be no middle way). I think for both countries the main driver of holding on to Kashmir is water...

I agree that the system needs upgrading which will take time and investment. The quick fix (short term fix only) is to setup the power plants near the load centers to save on transmission losses as well as setting up new transmission lines etc. The current government is setting up power plants...

Agree with you guys. Pretty statistics and charts do not tell the whole story....Ask a poor person about innovation who does not have enough to feed himself and/or his family. And that maybe true for most of those 200 million people. Maybe there would be 10% who would have enough for their...

I have done some calculations: The cost to construct Bhasha and Dasu dams will be $14bn and $4.3bn (stage I) plus assume $4.3bn (stage II) @Muhammad Omar where did you get the $12bn figure for Dasu? That is $22.6bn. These two projects will produce 36.5 Gwh electricity per year for life of the...

Probably better to include the running cost as well. Also the dams will almost double the Pakistan's current water storage capacity (I think one cannot put a price on that given the current circumstances and future need for water)..... I will do some calculations and revert....

Thank you for this. Pakistan already has more than 22,000 MW installed capacity (say at 70% availability factor that will be 15400 MW useable). The infrastructure is old and inefficient losing almost 20-25% in line losses (including theft). On top of this it produces more than 1/3 from Oil (the...

This is one way of bringing more people into the tax net. This is a good step especially the CGT. It will force people to pay taxes and probably will hit middle class and above the most. People who buy properties and hold them for less than 5 years will now pay 10% CGT on them. How many poor...

Amazing thanks for the tag.

Thank you for the list of tasks @Thəorətic Muslim Why not introduce online voting. Majority of Pakistanis have mobile phones and registered SIM cards. Make use of this data and issue votes online. This will reduce the amount of money spent on elections as well as if proper cyber security is...

Most people will ask for good cabin service even outside Pakistan (especially for long-haul flights)! This would be true for almost any airline where the crew would be respectful and offer drinks (without asking) and don't stop one going to the kitchen etc. Furthermore they also offer much...

If the house is Rs10 million than the Zakah will be 2.5% of 10 million pkr which is 250,000 pkr. So that is the Zakaah if I understand @SBD-3 correctly?

I talked about where army should help rather than overtaking the governance. These institutions include Judiciary, Police and Education. These three institutions will bring law and order, accountability and awareness. Army can also fund some research work in universities so that a new generation...

Answered below. The stress here is to let the system evolve organically. This will be covered in the upcoming note by @WAJsal on history of Pakistan. My opinion is that army tried to find a military solution to a political problem (Gen Yahya made the right system for the elections but his call...

As I mentioned in my earlier post education is the key (hence I compared the budget of armed forces and education, for example here in UK almost £90 billion is spent on education to cater for almost 10-11 million students and half that £45 billion on armed forces). As long as we do not support...

Well education sector performed ok with the budget available (catering for almost 40 million students). I say both are at fault. Legacy of past/current mistakes. I have spent more time in Pakistan than any other country. Being abroad does not mean I am less patriotic or not aware of the ground...

@Abingdonboy Totally agree with you. @salarsikander Army has been fiddling with the system for almost 60 years and I think it is time they should concentrate on the job they have been trained for rather than manage the country. Have you ever thought about why Army has not fixed the police...

RIP I have said this before that these operations will only clean the surface (similar to plastering). The permanent solution will only come from correcting the root causes. The ideology needs changing and that will only happen with education and media (softly change the perception of people)...

Hydro and nuclear power plants take a long time to build (5+ years). On the other hand Gas/Coal plants will take much less time (1-3 years). Investment should be allocated to different sources of generating electricity. Some projects will aim to add more capacity to the grid in the short term...