Fawad Khalid

#SeniorEngineer #Lawyer - @aberdeenuni Alumni | #Corporate Strategist & Lobbyist | Social Justice, Democracy & Freedom | Father & Husband |

[Fawad Khalid @Fawadkhalid]

@omar_quraishi کھیل لو کھیل لو سندھ کارڈ کھیل لو ۔۔ اور آتا کیا ہے تمہیں ۔

[Justin Bennett @JustinBennettFX]

This is aging beautifully. 🎯

I posted this #Bitcoin path days ago at $66,333, and $BTC is already halfway to target #1.

Still work to do, but so far, it’s following perfectly. 🤝

[AlΞx Wacy 🌐 @wacy_time1]

THIS IS THE FINAL LEG DOWN.

Bitcoin's cycle has never broken in a decade.

1,064 days up. 365 days down.

Same cycle, every time.

$BTC

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 BREAKING: Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate have been ARRESTED by US Marshals in Miami after UK authorities lodged 38 ADDITIONAL charges against them for alleged “sexuaI offenses”

The two brothers will now be extradited to the UK to face legal proceedings.

Andrew and Tristan were both recently in Washington, DC and even met with members of Congress.

Now, they’re in federal custody.

[Fawad Khalid @Fawadkhalid]

@WaseyNaik @Lescoofficial Same here … wth

[Nadeem Haque @nadeemhaque]

A Typical DMG Career: The Quiet Ladder

Young Ahmed clears the CSS exam and enters the Civil Services Academy in Lahore. For two years he lives inside a pressure cooker of lectures, drills, and endless networking. His batch quickly forms tight “tribes” — lifelong alliances that will decide postings, favours and promotions for decades. This tribe or family will stay in power for the next 30+ years

After the academy he spends three hard years in the field as Assistant Commissioner: revenue courts, law-and-order crises, angry crowds and politicians. The district teaches him how Pakistan actually runs.

By his mid-thirties the system rewards the sharp ones. Eighty percent of ambitious officers secure scholarships to Harvard, Oxford, LSE or similar. Ahmed returns with a foreign degree, polished English and a valuable international contact book. He is now fully westernized and indirectly wired to take debt and follow western consultants

Back home he hunts “project” postings. Many move to donor-funded programmes — World Bank, ADB, FCDO, USAID — either on deputation or full secondment. The salary is better, the work cleaner, the reports international. No matter if more debt is required. Not his problem. Besides the consultants give him clean advice that he learnt at Harvard etc

By now he has also secured a spacious GOR house in Lahore that, with the right connections, he will not vacate for the next thirty or forty years.

A few years later he angles for an overseas slot: Commercial or Economic Counsellor in an embassy, or a position at the WTO or some other such agency.

After three to five rewarding years abroad he returns as Joint or Additional Secretary. With luck he reaches full Secretary rank, controlling large budgets and key policies.

In these golden years he quietly but aggressively cultivates donor representatives. Conferences, study tours and quiet dinners build the bridge.

When retirement arrives — or even early retirement — consulting contracts, advisory roles and well-paid door-opener positions appear. Donors need exactly these men: insiders who know every file, every approval route and every decision-maker.

What should we expect? A highly internationalised bureaucracy whose career incentives are shaped as much by foreign aid ecosystems as by national interest.

Who do they ultimately serve? The Government of Pakistan on paper; the revolving door of donors and multilateral organisations in practice.

Conflict of interest? Significant and largely unaddressed.

This is why experts like Stefan Dercon remain in high demand. For a few hundred million pounds over the years, Britain and other donors have built deep influence inside Pakistan’s elite bureaucracy. The system is not “owned,” but it is skilfully rented.

[Voicepk.net @voicepkdotnet]

'موجودہ اسٹیبلشمنٹ اور شہباز شریف کے بیچ ہوا بھی نہیں گزر پائے گی'

نواب اکبر خان بگٹی کے قتل کا تنازعہ

کیا عمران خان کے بغیر" نیشنل ڈائیلاگ " ممکن ہے؟

سابق نگران وزیراعظم انوار الحق کاکڑ کے ساتھ بلوچستان، افغانستان اور ملکی سیاست پر ایک دلچسپ مباحثہ

#FrontlinePakistan @anwaar_kakar @farzanaalispark @CMShehbaz @pmln_org @PTIofficial @ImranKhanPTI

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

Following intensive talks, we are pleased to announce that the Peace Deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been REACHED. Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.

The official signing ceremony will be on Friday, 19 June in Switzerland.

We would like to thank the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran for their commitment to finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to our brothers in this mediation effort, the great leadership of State of Qatar, for their support in reaching this agreement. I would also especially thank the visionary leadership of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Republic of Türkiye for their immense contributions in this regard.

With the agreement now in place, mediators will facilitate a series of meetings this week. These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony.

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[Fawad Khalid @Fawadkhalid]

@waqas464 His suittt yukhhhhh

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

28 May 1998 was a defining moment in our national history - a day when Pakistan demonstrated to the world that it would never compromise on its sovereignty, security, dignity, or right to self-defence.

As we commemorate Youm-e-Takbeer today, we pay glowing tribute to Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who laid the foundation of Pakistan’s nuclear programme, and to Quaid Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, whose bold, courageous, and resolute leadership in May 1998 transformed that vision into reality despite immense international pressure.

We also honour Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, Dr. Samar Mubarakmand and the countless brilliant scientists, engineers, valiant armed forces personnel, and all those associated with the nuclear programme, whose dedication, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment made Pakistan’s defence invincible.

Youm-e-Takbeer remains a symbol of national unity, unwavering resolve, and the collective strength of all elements of national power in safeguarding Pakistan’s independence while ensuring peace and strategic stability in the region.

On this historic day, let us renew our pledge to build a strong, prosperous, united, and self-reliant Pakistan founded on faith, unity, and discipline.

Pakistan Zindabad 🇵🇰

[صحرانورد @Aadiiroy2]

بہترین۔

[Bloomberg @business]

Pakistan sold its first yuan-denominated notes in China’s onshore market, marking its cheapest foreign-currency bond offering ever https://t.co/Kk0leoy7MM

[Sabir Nazar @sabirnazar1]

پانچ سال پہلے انمول پنکی کو پنجاب پولیس نےگرفتار کیا اور مبینہ طور پر 7 کروڑ رشوت دے کر ضمانت پر رہا ہوئ۔۔پانچ سال پہلے کس کی حکومت تھی؟

[Sabir Nazar @sabirnazar1]

مریم نواز کی حکومت نے لاہور کا نقشہ بدل دیا ہے، پرانے لاہور کو دوبارہ تعمیر کیا جارہا ہے، داتا دربار اور نیلا گنبد کے بعد لاہور بدل جاےَ گا۔ مال روڈ کی تمام بجلی کی تاریں انڈر گراونڈ ہوگئ ہیں، جوہر ٹاون جو بارش میں جوہڑ ٹاون بن جاتا تھا، وہاں سیورج لائین بچا دی گئ ہے۔ لاہور میں بلیو لائیں کی تیاری مکمل ہے۔ لاہور میں انڈر گرونڈ پانی کے لیے 12 زیر زمیں ٹینک بن گےَ ہیں۔
لاہور میں پانی بے 12 فلٹر پلانٹ لگ گئے ہیں جو پانی کو صاف کر کے نہر اور راوی میں گرتے ہیں۔ پالوشن پر قابو پالیا گیا ہے
کیا یہ نکمے بزدار دور میں ممکن تھا؟ کیا عمران نے اپنے چار سالہ دور میں لاہور میں ایک بھی پراجیکٹ کیا تھا؟
٘مریم نواز کے دور میں لاہور میں رہنا ایک اعزار کی بات ہے۔
جیے مریم نواز

[Chris Meder @EVCurveFuturist]

Pakistan may be accidentally building one of the world’s first decentralised #solar economies. The craziest part? Real scale barely shows in official stats. Imported 51.5 GW solar panels by late 2025—nearly = entire grid. Yet registered net-metered rooftop solar just 5.3–6.8 GW.

What makes this story so extraordinary is the speed.

In only a few years, Pakistan appears to have gone from a relatively minor solar market to potentially sourcing around a quarter of its electricity from solar once distributed generation is included.

👉 ~16.6–17 GW solar imports in 2024
👉 ~18 GW solar imports in 2025
👉 ~51.5 GW cumulative imports by late 2025
👉 Rooftop solar: ~1.3 GW → 4.1 GW in 2024
👉 ~5.3–6.8 GW registered rooftop solar in 2025
👉 24+ GW estimated behind-the-meter/off-grid
👉 Solar potentially ~25% of actual electricity use

The massive gap between imported panels and officially registered systems strongly suggests tens of gigawatts are now operating quietly on homes, farms, factories and businesses across the country.

This increasingly looks less like a normal energy transition and more like large-scale consumer-led grid defection.

And economics is driving nearly all of it.

Electricity tariffs surged. Diesel prices climbed. Blackouts remained common. Meanwhile ultra-cheap Chinese solar panels and falling battery prices made self-generation economically irresistible.
So millions effectively made the same calculation:

Generate your own power, or remain trapped inside an expensive and unstable system.

Once solar becomes cheaper than the grid itself, adoption can move faster than governments, utilities and even official statistics can keep up with.

This isn’t gradual transition by any stretch. It may ultimately become a blueprint for how energy-poor nations break free from legacy old-world energy systems dominated by fossil fuels and increasingly expensive centralised power.

It’s decentralisation at escape velocity.

This is #Bettrification.

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

I am grateful to President Donald Trump for his courageous leadership and timely announcement regarding the pause in Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump's gracious response to the request made by Pakistan and other brotherly countries, particularly the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and my dear brother Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia H.R.H Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will go a long way towards advancing regional peace, stability and reconciliation during this sensitive period.

Pakistan remains firmly committed to supporting all efforts that promote restraint and a peaceful resolution of conflicts through dialogue and diplomacy. We are very hopeful that the current momentum will lead to a lasting agreement that secures durable peace and stability for the region and beyond.

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[Nadir Baloch @BalochNadir5]

The UAE has deported tens of thousands of Pakistanis belonging to the Shia sect, not only deported them, but also took away all their wealth, bank accounts, and & hard earned assets, and sent them literally empty handed back to Pakistan.

[The Earth @hikingtheglobe0]

The Highest Cold Desert In The World.
Sahara Desert, Pakistan

[Shahab @hashurtag]

Asim Munir needs to stop trying now. He must not ask the U.S. nor Iran for any other confidence-building measures. Let the skies fall. He is risking his own credibility. For Iran to snub him like they did after he took the unprecedented move of flying into Iran, he must understand that if he stays on this path then the Americans will start snubbing him too. Back off. Let them fight. And prepare to defend your allies.

[The Blank Page Official @PageBlank]

🚨 The World Bank has reclassified Pakistan from South Asia to its Middle East and North Africa region, effective from 1 July 2025.