Ata ur Rehman

Hope for a thriving Pakistan, free from corrupt elites & spoilers whose greed ruins the nation. Passionate for healthier communities. #yoga , #TheWonderfulClub

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[Sky News @SkyNews]

"Pakistan says this is a British problem, and Britain should deal with it."

Pakistan politics expert Dr Farzana Shaikh says the deportation row around grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed "points to a brewing diplomatic crisis".

More details 🔗 https://t.co/K1bV1qkfhb

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[Bloomberg @business]

President Donald Trump just threw out a demand of a 20% reimbursement on cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, or roughly $30 million on full supertankers carrying oil https://t.co/WskuyExvqK

[Profit @Profitpk]

The cheapest lipstick listed on the website of the Parisian luxury cosmetics brand YSL Beauty is $43. The most expensive lipstick is something called “The Slim Velvet Radical Matte” which retails for $4,800. Pakistani shoppers now have at least some of these products available to them at the YSL Beauty store which opened in Lahore’s Dolmen Mall last week.

But exactly who is buying $40 lipsticks in Pakistan? Profit’s analysis of data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows there are currently about 1.52 crore Pakistanis who earn more than $300 a month — which comes out to around Rs 84,000. The remainder of the workforce earns less than that. Out of these 1.52 crore individuals, 60 lakh earn between $300-400. For them, buying a single lipstick from YSL Beauty in Dolmen Mall Lahore would indicate a purchase worth at least 10% of their monthly earnings. The most likely target audience for the store are individuals that earn at least $1,000 a month.
According to Profit’s analysis of PBS data, there are only about 14 lakh individuals all over the country who earn that kind of money, about 1.3% of the labour force.

The market choices for this very thin segment of the workforce are increasing with every passing day. And more than anything else, the appearance of luxury retail brands like YSL indicate the growing chasm of inequality in Pakistan.
https://t.co/TuD7pa57Jd

[Fox News @FoxNews]

🚨 BREAKING: Trump says US will charge 20% fee for Strait of Hormuz passage, reinstate Iran blockade

[Mohammad Zubair @Real_MZubair]

I’m amazed at Pakistani media channels. The economy is in its worst state with so much unemployment, poverty, inflation, lack of investment, falling exports. In addition Balochistan & Kp are facing the most serious terrorist activities while Azad Kashmir is in turmoil.
But check our tv channels - almost exclusively talking about foreign policy as if our citizens are having the best time of their lives & there is nothing to discuss or debate.
Precisely for this reason social media is so much watched and read.

[Amrit Singh @AmritSi73593678]

कैमरे के पीछे का ये जादू देखकर दिमाग हिल जाएगा 😳

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Japanese ice cream maker Akagi Nyugyo aired a one-minute ad apologizing for raising its famous ice pops’ price from 60 to 70 yen the first increase in 25 years.

There were no actors, the video featured the chairman and company officers

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[Murtaza Ali Shah @MurtazaViews]

Retired Pakistan Navy officer becomes Mayor of Rochdale.

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

Wow. 😮 #Sunrisewithadeel

[Murtaza Ali Shah @MurtazaViews]

From speaking almost no English to becoming the Lord Mayor of Manchester

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

Now the China is the second country after USA who did it. Amazing. #Sunrisewithadeel

[Mehdi (e/λ) @BetterCallMedhi]

vous vous rappelez quand je vous disais que le monopole de SpaceX serait bien plus fragile qu'il n'y paraît pendant que tout le monde s'extasiait sur l'IPO ?

dans un silence assourdissant la Chine vient de récupérer le premier étage de sa fusée long march 10b dès son vol inaugural et attention à la prouesse, ils n'ont pas copié SpaceX

là où falcon 9 se pose sur ses pattes par poussée inversée, le long march 10b redescend en vol contrôlé puis se fait capturer en pleine mer par un système de câbles tendus, un crochet du lanceur accroche les filins qui absorbent l'énergie cinétique et le verrouillent sur une plateforme flottante (une première mondiale )sans train d'atterrissage donc moins de masse morte & plus de charge utile et personne au monde SpaceX compris n'avait jamais réussi une récupération orbitale dès le premier vol

cependant pour moi le vrai génie est ailleurs, la réutilisation c'est le seul levier qui effondre le coût du lancement et le coût du lancement c'est le verrou qui commande toute l'économie spatiale (j’en ai déjà très largement parlé ici) les constellations, internet en orbite basse, l'observation de la terre, l'agriculture de précision, la navigation, la fabrication en orbite (zone de microgravité) , l'énergie solaire spatiale et le programme lunaire habité visé pour 2030, au fond sachez quils ont construit bien plus qu'une fusée, ils ont posé la rampe d'accès à une dizaine d'industries à 1000 milliards

pendant que l'occident mesurait l'espace à la valorisation boursière d'une seule boîte, la Chine jouait la partie à 30 ans ENCORE UNE FOIS avec une verticale patiente et holistique, c'est toute la différence entre parier sur un seul champion et bâtir la capacité d'une civilisation

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[Startup Pakistan @PakStartup]

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has appointed former Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam to lead its transformation journey.

Known for expanding Ethiopian Airlines into Africa’s largest carrier, Tewolde brings extensive aviation experience to help revive PIA’s operations, improve services, and strengthen its global presence.

The appointment comes after PIA’s privatization and transfer of management control to an Arif Habib Group-led consortium.

With fresh investments planned for fleet expansion, modernization, and network growth, the new leadership aims to restore PIA’s reputation and return the national airline to sustainable success through strategic reforms and operational improvements.

Disclaimer: This post is for informational purposes only and is based on publicly available reports. The image is AI generated and is just for reference.

#PIA #Pakistan #Aviation #TewoldeGebremariam #AirlineIndustry #BusinessGrowth

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[The Review @thereviewexp]

🚨شہباز رانا کی بڑی خبر🚨
🔴چینی پاور کمپنیوں کا توانائی معاہدوں پر نظرثانی اور 170 ارب روپے لیٹ پیمنٹ سرچارج معاف کرنے سے انکار🔴حکومت کے ذمےسی پیک کے تحت لگبے والے18پاور پلانٹس کے423ارب واجب الادا🔴حکومت سستے قرض کی تلاش میں
@81ShahbazRana @Kamran_Yousaf

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[Muhammad Haroon Aslam @AVeteran1956]

🇵🇰 A proud moment for Pakistan!
Jayant Kumar of Karachi Grammar School has made history by becoming first Pakistani to win the Harvard Crimson Business Competition (HCBC). Competing solo against 1,000+ teams from around the world, he beat them all.
Congratulations Jayant, we are proud of you. 🇵🇰

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: Gianni Infantino has said FIFA will examine expanding the World Cup by a further 16 nations to a 64-team tournament ahead of its next edition in 2030. The 2030 tournament will be spread across six nations and three continents https://t.co/K7JcamZYQp

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[Jannik Sinner @janniksin]

We did it again 🏆 Thank you all for the love and support ❤️❤️❤️

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

Very unfortunate. #Sunrisewithadeel

[Mohammad Zubair @Real_MZubair]

Fantastic article in today’s Dawn regarding the dismal state of affairs of education in Sindh. Of the 19000 schools that were destroyed in Sindh due to floods in 2022, more than 14000 remain unbuilt- still close after 4 years. More than 7 million kids between age 5-16 remain out of school which is 44% of the kids in that age group. Literacy rate has actually dropped compared to 2008.
Tragedy.
Read the attached article

AFTER THE FLOODS, MISSING GIRLS
https://t.co/RnMIQ3kIc8

[Murtaza Ali Shah @MurtazaViews]

Aamir Khan is in London to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his Oscar nominated film Lagaan at the 2026 London Indian Film Festival.

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

The Indian government has defended PM Narendra Modi's continued refusal to hold press conferences, after a New Zealand reporter questioned Modi’s avoidance of the media on an official state visit.

It’s the third such incident facing the PM in less than two months.

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

This man stole a country from his own father and spent the next 18 years buying the West with gas money.

- He deposed his own dad in a palace coup and left him in exile for nearly a decade
- He founded the news network that aired Osama bin Laden's tapes
- He built America's largest military base in the Middle East and charges no rent for it
- He bought Harrods, the Shard, Canary Wharf, Paris Saint-Germain and 17% of Volkswagen
- He won the 2022 World Cup for a country with no football history

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani died this morning at 74.

Here's how bought the world:

In June 1995, he waited for his father to leave the country, then took the throne. The coup was bloodless. His father spent nearly a decade in exile.

Qatar is about one third the size of Belgium, and its population was barely two million, most of them foreign workers.

But it was sitting on one of the LARGEST natural gas reserves on Earth.

He bet everything on liquefied natural gas. Qatar became the world's biggest LNG exporter and one of the richest countries alive per person.

Then he hit the problem every commodity business hits:

Gas is gas, anyone with a tanker can sell it, and a tiny country with no army and that much money is a snack for its neighbours.

So he bought two things nobody else in the Gulf thought to buy...

The first was the world's attention.

In 1996 he issued a decree and Al Jazeera was born. Within a few years it was the most influential news network in the Arab world.

He owned the loudest microphone in the region and never had to speak into it himself.

The second was the American military.

In 1996, Qatar spent over a billion dollars building an air base at Al Udeid, outside Doha. It got the longest runway in the Gulf and shelters for nearly a hundred aircraft.

Qatar's air force only had about a dozen fighter jets.

In 1999 he reportedly told US officials he wanted 10,000 American servicemen stationed there permanently.

Then 9/11 happened, and they came.

The genius part:

Al Udeid is now the forward headquarters of US Central Command and the largest American base in the Middle East, with roughly 10,000 troops.

Qatar charges no rent.

He built the asset before the customer existed, handed it over free, and bought the one thing cash cannot: The US military parked permanently between his gas and everyone who wanted it.

The network broadcasting bin Laden and the runway flying America's war sat in the same tiny country, paid for by the same man.

Then he went shopping...

He set up the Qatar Investment Authority in 2005:

- Harrods
- The Shard
- Canary Wharf, London's largest property owner, bought with Brookfield for 2.6 billion pounds
- 17% of Volkswagen
- Paris Saint-Germain

All his.

In 2017 the Telegraph ran the headline "Qataris own more of London than the Queen."

Then 2008 arrived. Barclays needed billions or the British government was going to own it. Qatar wrote the cheque and its stake climbed to 12.7%. Barclays was later charged over how it disclosed that Qatari money.

In 2010, FIFA handed the 2022 World Cup to a desert country with NO football history. Corruption allegations shadowed the bid for over a decade, and the treatment of the migrant workers who built it drew brutal criticism.

Yet he walked into the opening match in 2022 and the stadium gave him a standing ovation.

Every other Gulf state was selling the same molecule at the same price. Hamad spent his money on a newsroom, a runway, a football club and half of London.

A country of two million now brokers hostage deals and hosts American presidents.

He built all of it in 18 years, and he took the throne from his own father to start.

Truly an unmatched legacy.

[Ata ur Rehman @ARehman28]

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[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🔥🇹🇭 TERRIFYING NEW VIDEO UPDATE: The death toll now at least 30 as a fire tore through a Bangkok bar.

Absolute chaos in the streets as first responders attempt to find survivors.

Writer: Jamie