“Too much travelling, takes too long, too expensive. They weren’t meeting with the leader of the country.”
US President Trump has addressed the media after cancelling the Pakistan trip by his mediators to discuss the situation with Iran.
Pakistan’s most dangerous division
Here’s the hard truth: Pakistan’s Power Division has the power to bankrupt the economy. Yes, the Power Division has formally announced more than two hours of daily loadshedding. Lo and behold, Pakistan does not have a power shortage, Pakistan has a power management failure.
Pakistan has an installed capacity of around 45,000 MW. Peak demand rarely crosses 25,000-28,000MW. That is a surplus of 17,000-20,000MW. And yet, the Power Division is switching off power. Why?
The Power Division offers a justification. Loadshedding, it says, is to “reduce the use of costly fuels” and “prevent a sharp increase in tariffs.” This is a deeply flawed argument. To begin with, it confuses price with cost. Switching off cheaper available electricity during peak hours does not eliminate cost. It merely reallocates cost. Capacity payments, now exceeding Rs 2 trillion annually,do not disappear when plants are shut. They continue to accrue.
The truth the Power Division won’t state: This policy does not control tariffs. It guarantees higher tariffs over time.The Power Division has made demand destruction its explicit policy. It admits the system can meet full demand. It cuts power regardless. Call it what it is: not load shedding, not shortage management, deliberate curtailment. Electricity exists, the Division simply decides you cannot have it.
Pre-2006, circular debt was essentially zero. In 2006, it stood at Rs111 billion. Today, power sector circular debt stands at around Rs2 trillion, with total energy sector debt (power plus gas) exceeding Rs5 trillion. That is a 17-fold increase in 20 years.
The reality: Circular debt has been compounding at an annual rate of 15 per cent per year for two decades https://t.co/V2fcaiUjJQ its current rate of growth, Pakistan’s circular debt will cross Rs8 trillion by 2030. No war, no flood, no external shock, just 25 years of the same policy, compounding at 15 per cent a year. That is what makes the Power Division the most dangerous institution in Pakistan.
The Power Division is running a parallel fiscal deficit. It is hollowing out the federal budget. It is killing growth. None of this is abstract. Electricity at Rs50 per unit has pushed large parts of industry to the edge. Textiles, steel, chemicals -- scaling down. Households choosing between food and electricity -- scaling down. Pakistan is not facing a power problem. It is facing an economic contraction. And the Power Division is driving it.
Red alert: The Power Division is not just draining rupees. It is destroying dollar-earning capacity.Pakistan is not running out of electricity. Pakistan is running out of paying consumers. Pakistan is not running out of electricity. Pakistan is running out of money -- and the Power Division sits at the centre of that drain.
جو ان حالات میں بلڈ پریشر پر یا گالی پر قابو پائے وہ یا تو حالات کا زمہ دار ہے یا ولی اللہ
"مشتاق احمد یوسفی "
ہم دونوں ہی نہیں ہیں
نہ حالات کے ذمہ دار نہ ولی اللہ
We haven’t seen Bacha Khan's politics and resistance, but we have seen and are seeing Imran Khan's politics and resistance. This Perturbation is telling us that the game is getting out of their hands and folk have become aware of who is playing with this country and its law!
#Pakistan🇵🇰 The military establishment cannot be allowed to interfere in the elections, change the results and violate the human rights of the defenders of democracy. It is not only immoral and illegal, but a real and serious betrayal of Pakistan. #IHRF
three-member bench, CJP, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar & Justice Musarrat Hilali should reflect how their Jan 14, 2024 decision has impacted the country at large & added to the instability.
The will of the people, clear as it is, is unable to speedily be implemented as a mandated govt
🫴People voted for single largest party PTI
🫴PMLN no longer has monopoly over central punjab, constant decline in its stronghold
🫴 Hotis of Mardan, Khattacks of Nowshera, Blours of Peshawar, Legharis & Khosas of south Punjab + big names of central Punbab gone with the wind
🫴MQM with its 17 inexplicable seats, will be kept to maintain leverage over any govt that forms
🫴PPP is yet again kingmaker - will it opt for short term power grab or longer term political capital? Will BBZ prevail of his father?
Through it all, one thing has been constant, ECP sold its soul a long time ago.
Plz don’t make fun of 1 another political leaders or parties,just accept defeat with grace and leave the https://t.co/3As6X43uMx is win of the https://t.co/SDCOt5cjx7 should be a way forward.Unity is badly needed against
unconstitutional forces! Here starts our journeys
پچھلے سال بلوچستان میں سیلاب کی تباہی کے بعد حدیقہ نے اس علاقے میں "وسیلہ راہ " کے نام سے ریسکیو کا کام سٹارٹ کیا اور اس علاقے میں خود جا کے تعمیری سرگرمیوں میں حصہ لیا اور اب لگ بھگ ساڑھے تین سو سے زائد گھر اور اسی علاقے میں دو مساجد بنا کے دیں ۔
حدیقہ جیسے لوگ اس معاشرے کے لیے امید کی کرن اور رول ماڈل ہیں۔اور ایسے ہی چہروں کی اس ملک کو ضرورت ہے جو کھانے کے بجائے قوم کا پیسہ قوم پر لگائیں۔
پی ڈی ایم نے آئی ایم ایف سے لی گئی قرض کی رقم میں سے اپنے سارے ایم این اے کو "ایک ایک ارب" کے حساب سے بانٹی۔ تاکہ وہ انکے ساتھ رھیں۔
سابق ن لیگی ایم پی اے جگنو محسن کا انکشاف۔