Usman

failed entrepreneur in 3 countries!
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fitness freak
got a thing for economics (though know nothing)

[Amer Sharif @AmerSharifOFCL]

Let’s see which sections of Income Tax Ordinance 2001 (for a layman) are involved in the Arsalan Adam FBR episode and how FBR got the power to directly withdraw money from his bank account.

Section 82 (Resident): If you stay in Pakistan 183+ days, you are a resident. Pakistan can then tax your worldwide income.

Section 111 (Unexplained Income): Foreign money above Rs 5 million without clear proof can be treated as your taxable income. You must show proper documents.

Section 122(9): FBR can review and change/amend your tax return if something looks wrong, but they must first issue a notice and give you a chance to explain.

Section 137 & 138 (Demand & Recovery Notice):

Section 137 sets the due date for payment of tax ( tax payable as per amended tax retun by FBR in this case).

Section 138: If you don’t pay, FBR sends a formal notice. Only after this can recovery start.

Section 140 (Direct Bank Withdrawal): This section allows FBR to directly order your bank to transfer the tax amount from your account to FBR.

Important: FBR is supposed to follow the earlier steps (assessment + notice + demand) before jumping to Section 140 recovery.

To read complete text of these sections, follow the link and search these section numbers.
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[Usman @Musmanzee]

Pakistani men will enter hell without even being questioned! The men of Pakistan are made from hells earth

[s0nhri sn0w(ڈاکٹر سوہنی) @s0nhri_sn0w]

محبت کے نام پر کیا سے کیا ہو گئی پر پھر بھی قدر نہیں ملی
54 سالہ فرانسیسی خاتون سلویا یاسمینا فرانس میں اپنے شوہر کا سہارا بنی رہیں مالی مدد کرتی رہیں خاندان کو سنبھالتی رہیں مگر پھر 2014 میں اپنے بچوں کے ساتھ پاکستان آئیں تو ان کی زندگی جیسے ایک قید خانے میں بدل گئی
ان کے مطابق انہیں برسوں تک گھر سے باہر نکلنے کی اجازت نہیں دی گئی کسی سے ملنے بات کرنے یا فون استعمال کرنے تک کی آزادی چھین لی گئی۔ وہ کہتی ہیں کہ نہ صرف انہیں بلکہ ان کے بچوں کو بھی روزانہ جسمانی اور ذہنی تشدد کا سامنا کرنا پڑا حتیٰ کہ ان کی بیٹی بھی اس ظلم سے محفوظ نہ رہ سکی
کئی برس خاموشی میں گزر گئے پھر ایک دن ان کے کم عمر بیٹے نے ہمت کی گھر سے نکل کر پولیس تک خبر پہنچائی اور یوں ایک ماں اور اس کے بچوں کے لیے آزادی کی کرن نمودار ہوئی
خیبر پولیس نے کارروائی کرتے ہوئے خاتون کو باڑہ میں ایک خستہ حال کچے گھر سے بازیاب کیا اور شوہر کو گرفتار کر لیا سلویا یاسمینا اب اپنے بچوں کے ساتھ فرانس واپس جانا چاہتی ہیں جہاں شاید وہ ایک نئی اور پُرامن زندگی کا آغاز کر سکیں

[AK @AzamAKhan2]

Whatever the case is with this guy Arsalan, there’s a clear way residency is determined and technology tells you how many days you were in country versus out. This kind of action from FBR, which already has credibility concerns, just absolutely destroys confidence.

[Motasim Bajwa @motasim]

Tusi kar lo automation te digitisation. This is damning.

[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.

[Susan Abel @susylicious2023]

Why is zlatan So funny.

[Geo News Urdu @geonews_urdu]

ٹیکس اور پیٹرولیم لیوی کی مد میں 6 ارب روپے کی چوری کا انکشاف

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[The Islamic Information @IslamicInfoOff]

Saudi Arabia has officially allowed foreign Muslims to own property in Makkah and Madinah for the first time in history.

The decision was approved by the Saudi Cabinet, chaired by King Salman, on June 23, 2026. It is part of Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia's plan to open its economy and attract global investment.

[Habibullah Khan @Huk06]

After this action of FBR my friend flew to Switzerland, opened a bank amount there and is transferring all his cash there.

If you want to scare money out of Pakistan give FBR the power to take money out of bank account without consent.

[Mohammad Zubair @Real_MZubair]

Still paying salaries for a mill which is closed since June 2015. Can there be a worst example of poor governance?

[Profit @Profitpk]

Tracking SDG 7 report says Pakistan is among 20 largest electricity-deficit countries as 655m people globally remain without power and universal access target falls off track

Read: https://t.co/exT8KkpZzB

[Usman @Musmanzee]

O fuck! This is fricking Islamabad-Capital of the country thats getting peace to the world and sucks big time on its own backyard

[Waseem Abbasi @Wabbasi007]

Residents of G-6 sector are locked in their houses since morning in the name of secuity..
A surgeon was called to hospital for emergency procedure but could not leave street 21. A friemd of mine tryimg to take his ailing kid to hospital but he is not allowed to leave street.
Grave mismanagement on part of @dcislamabad and @ICT_Police on 9th Muharram this time as previous year the situation was better as residents were given designated entry exit after security check.
Residents, patients, ambulances, elderly citizens, and even pedestrians are being denied entry and exit.
Police are misbehaving with lawful residents, while not a single accessible route has been kept open. Security cannot come at the cost of basic human rights and public safety.

[Hammad Azhar @Hammad_Azhar]

The mill has not produced any steel since more than a decade. During PTI govt, half of its employees were let go with packages as per their service rules. As per Sindh govt’s law, rest half couldn’t be treated the same till after 12 months. New govt kept didnt do anything & paid billions in salaries all these years.

[خان @khantainer]

According to Sahil's 2025 report, 3,630 child abuse cases were reported across Pakistan, an 8% increase from 2024. Girls accounted for 53% of victims and boys 47%, with more than nine children abused daily on average.

The most common crimes were abduction (1,107 cases), sodomy (596), and rape (522). Children aged 11–15 years were the most vulnerable, and perpetrators were often people known to the victims.

Punjab reported 73% of all cases, followed by Sindh (21%), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (4%), and 2% from Balochistan, Islamabad, AJK, and Gilgit-Baltistan combined.

[Anas Tipu @teepusahab]

someone pls remind CCD about zahir jaffer too, it's been years why haven't they killed him yet in an encounter cause he's too rich and powerful?

[ARY NEWS @ARYNEWSOFFICIAL]

Policeman rapes female labourer in Okara

#ARYNews

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[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

I'm a cardiologist. After 40, stop guessing about your health. These numbers tell you whether you're building a long, vibrant life — or quietly declining without knowing it.

I run these on myself. I run them on every patient I care about. Most are cheap bloodwork. All are available now. And together, they paint a picture no standard annual physical will ever give you. Print this. Bring it to your next appointment. Your 60-year-old self will thank you.
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𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻
Target: below 5 μIU/mL. Ideal: 3-4.
This is the 10-year warning bell your standard panel completely misses. Your glucose and A1c can look "normal" for a decade while your pancreas is working overtime to keep them there. Fasting insulin catches insulin resistance 5-10 years before your A1c moves. By the time A1c rises, the damage is already extensive.

𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔-𝗜𝗥
Target: below 1.0.
Calculated from fasting insulin and fasting glucose. The single best measure of insulin sensitivity. Above 1.0 and your metabolism is already under strain. Above 2.5 and you're insulin resistant — even if every other number looks fine.

𝗛𝗯𝗔𝟭𝗰
Target: below 5.4%.
Not below 5.7% — that's the threshold where medicine calls you "prediabetic." By then you've been metabolically compromised for years. Optimal is below 5.4%. Blood sugar mastery is longevity mastery.

𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗹𝘆𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 : 𝗛𝗗𝗟 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼
Target: below 2. Ideal: below 1.
Your metabolic health crystal ball. This ratio predicts insulin resistance, cardiovascular risk, and metabolic syndrome better than any single lipid number alone. A ratio above 3.5 is a red flag regardless of what your total cholesterol says.

𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗕
Target: below 80 mg/dL for moderate risk. Below 60 for high risk.
I've written about this extensively. ApoB counts every atherogenic particle hitting your artery walls. A 2024 analysis found 54% of patients had dangerous levels that standard LDL testing completely missed. If you only know your LDL, you're driving with one eye closed.

𝗟𝗽(𝗮)
Test once in your lifetime.
100% genetic. 1 in 5 Americans are elevated. Triples heart attack risk independently of everything else on this list. Diet and exercise cannot lower it. The 2026 ACC/AHA guidelines now recommend everyone be tested. Most never have been.

𝗵𝘀-𝗖𝗥𝗣
Target: below 1.0 mg/L.
You can have perfect cholesterol and inflamed arteries silently preparing to rupture. hs-CRP measures the fire behind the plaque. The JUPITER trial proved that finding and treating inflammation saves lives — even when lipids look fine. If this number is elevated, your mouth, your gut, your metabolic health, and your visceral fat are the first places to investigate.

𝗩𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗗
Target: 50-80 ng/mL.
Not the bare minimum of 30 your doctor accepts. Suboptimal vitamin D is linked to higher inflammation, weaker immunity, increased cardiovascular events, worse mood, and poorer outcomes across nearly every disease I treat. Supplement D3 with K2 — without K2, calcium deposits in your arteries instead of your bones.

𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 (𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 + 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲)
Men: optimal range 600-1000+ ng/dL total.
Declining testosterone is an independent predictor of cardiovascular death in men. It's tied to insulin resistance, arterial stiffness, visceral fat accumulation, and systemic inflammation. DHEA-S drops 10-20% every decade after 30. Tracking these isn't about vanity — it's evaluating your body's systemic resilience.

𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲
Target: below 120/80. Aim closer to 110/70.
Every point above optimal is cumulative arterial damage. Buy a home cuff. Measure morning and evening, seated quietly for five minutes, arm at heart level. White-coat readings in the office miss what's really happening. The smartest $40 investment in cardiac self-care.

𝗩𝗢𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘅
Men over 40: above 40 mL/kg/min. Women over 40: above 35.
Cardiorespiratory fitness is the single strongest predictor of all-cause mortality — stronger than smoking, diabetes, or heart disease as individual risk factors. A landmark study in JAMA found that extreme fitness was associated with the lowest mortality with no upper limit of benefit. You can estimate VO2 max with a timed mile, a rower test, or a wearable. Get faster every year.

𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Target: as few as possible.
Every medication you're on should be earning its place. I just wrote about five commonly prescribed drugs that do more harm than good with long-term use. Bring your full medication list to every appointment. Ask: "Do I still need this?" Deprescribing is one of the most powerful and underused tools in medicine.
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Thirteen numbers. Most available through cheap bloodwork and simple tests. Get them once or twice a year. Here's what I want you to understand: these numbers don't just tell you where you are. They tell you where you're heading. A fasting insulin of 8 today becomes diabetes in five years. An ApoB of 120 today becomes a heart attack in ten. An hs-CRP of 3 today means your arteries are inflamed right now — regardless of how healthy you feel. The standard annual physical checks a fraction of these. It was designed to find disease that's already there. This panel finds the disease that's coming — years before it arrives.

What gets measured gets improved. Optimize with the foundation I write about every week on this platform:
Zone 2 cardio plus resistance training 3-4 times per week. High-protein whole-food nutrition. Sleep 7-9 hours — non-negotiable. Morning sunlight. Stress management. And the targeted supplements I've covered in detail — creatine, magnesium, CoQ10, D3+K2, glycine, omega-3, psyllium husk.
The breakthroughs coming in the next decade — gene editing for cholesterol, cellular reprogramming, senolytics that clear senescent "zombie" cells driving inflammation and aging, GLP-1 drugs rewriting metabolic medicine — will be most powerful for people who've already built the metabolic foundation to receive them.

The future of medicine is personalized. But it starts with knowing your numbers today. Print this list. Book the bloodwork. Own the data. Prevention isn't passive. It's the most aggressive thing you can do for the decades ahead.

[• @Al__Quraan]

ما كان مقدراً لك سيأتيك ولو كان بين جبلين

What is meant for you will reach you, even if it is between two mountains.

وما لم يكن مقدراً لك لن يأتيك ولو كان بين شفتيك

And what is not meant for you will never reach you, even if it is between your two lips.

[ProPakistani @ProPakistaniPK]

Medical equipment reportedly worth up to Rs. 400 million was allegedly auctioned off at a KP hospital for just Rs. 3.8 million, raising questions over how public assets were valued and cleared for sale 🧵

[Usman @Musmanzee]

I really want to know how he did that or its just another typical bullshit!
What measures he took
Which new segments he opened up
Is he another chutiya mixing profit and revenue?
Whats his railway experience and how he has established all of this?

[Atif Rauf @Atifrauf79]

انشاء اللہ 30 جون کو پاکستان ریلوے پاکستان کی 78 سال کی تاریخ میں پہلی بار 100 ارب Profit کمانے کا ریکاڑد توڑنے جا رہی ہے ہم انشاء اللہ 110 ارب آمدن کا ریکارڈ قائم کریں گئے جو پہلے کبھی نہیں ہوا 👍 وفاقی وزیر ریلوے حنیف عباسی