Bloomberg: Dollars Smuggled From Pakistan Provide Lifeline for the Taliban — Money is transported in cash into Kabul. The afghani has gained 5.6% against US dollar over the past year, one of the strongest performances of any currency in the world. Pakistan’s rupee has lost 37% over the period.

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Pakistan left out of the High-level Dialogue on Global Development held in Beijing, China this year, virtually, and in which 18 countries took part. Russia, Indonesia, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Malaysia and Egypt attended the meet.

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PKR hits historic low of Rs221 against dollar in interbank

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Bloodbath — Pakistan Stock Exchange plunges by 724.81 points, or 1.71%, after PDM government failed to reach a staff-level agreement with the IMF. Market is down 10% from a year ago.

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Pakistani refineries say Russian crude oil is acceptable and would not be a problem. PML-N and PDM will have to do a big U-Turn after months of denials and excuses over importing cheaper Russian crude oil.

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Leopard exhausted by heat, hunger, and thirst, rescued in Azad Kashmir. Locals served it water and handed it over to the Wildlife Department.

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U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman: For democracies to function, the parties must adhere to the rule of law and rulings of the Supreme Court

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At G7, US agreed Europeans can buy Russian oil and gas with price caps (fixed cost) to limit profits. But Pakistan is warned by US of sanctions and had a regime change imposed on us.

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PTI's Sardar Gurdeep Singh makes history by becoming the first Sikh to win elections in Pakistan Senate. Sardar Gurdeep Singh's ancestors left India to settle in Shangla’s Checkser area, where his father, a well-known business man has been associated with the trade of grains for the past 40 years.

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Bilawal Bhutto’s visit to India in a nutshell. Illustration by Woste.

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Under PDM, Pakistan's food inflation is among the highest in the world. Currently food inflation for both rural and urban areas have reached 48.1%, the highest since FY16 when the statistics bureau started recording the categories separately. (Reuters)

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In 15 weeks, rupee fell nearly Rs50 against the dollar under this regime. This is the fastest decline in the value of rupee in Pakistan's history.

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On May 9th, I disclosed I had converted my PKR savings into USD and gold, and I withdrew from the banking system. The exchange rate on May 9th was Rs. 187. Only a month later, the official exchange rate has crashed to Rs. 210 and interbank market has run out of dollars. USD account freezes are next.

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Chief Minister Pervez Elahi has advised the governor to dissolve Punjab assembly, a move which could force early general elections. KPK assembly is next.

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Bloodbath at Pakistan Stock Exchange as KSE-100 plunges by 978.04 points, or 2.36%, to close at 40,389.07 points — a 20-month. Out of 399 companies traded during the day, 285 remain in red.

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Pakistan's energy crisis is set to get worse [in peak summer] as it struggles to procure enough LNG. Qatar offered LNG at nearly $40/mmbtu. That'd be a record high for Pakistan, if purchased. (Bloomberg)

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China’s 7,500 mile long undersea cable, known as Peace Cable, will travel over land from China to Pakistan's port of Karachi and Gwadar, from where it heads underwater and snakes along for about 7,500 miles of ocean floor via the Horn of Africa before terminating in French port of Marseille

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FBR achieves historic growth in revenues: FBR collection for March 2021 was Rs. 475 billion which is a 46% increase Year-over-Year from March 2020 when Rs. 325 billion was collected. The improved revenue is a reflection of growing economic activities despite challenges of the third COVID wave.

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My post on Indian disinformation during Op Swift Retort — Feb 26: Pakistan announced PAF shot down Indian MiG-21 capturing pilot Abhinandan. Indian media went into overdrive to claim this was lies and no plane was shot down. Feb 27: Unable to deny, India switched to vague talk of Geneva convention

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Pakistani Rupee Hits Highest Value in Over A Year — PKR closed at Rs. 156.99 against the USD on Monday, March 15th, up 14 paisas compared to Friday’s closing of Rs. 157.13 against the greenback in the interbank currency market

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Pakistan Reports Highest Monthly Exports in 10 Years: Pakistani exports increased to $2.345 billion in March 2021. This is a 13.4% increase over Feb 2021 exports and the first time since 2011 that Pakistan’s exports crossed the $2 billion mark for six consecutive months, per Ministry of Commerce

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Richest Families in Pakistan from 1970 to 1997

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BHUTTO ZINDAH HAI OYE! (r/pakistan chutyapa)

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Tense Time For Gangus

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China: We Wuz Pakistani

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Roshan Digital Account crosses $1.5 billion with investment in Naya Pakistan Certificates surpassing $1 billion

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Kwel Child Labour (Credit: r/pakistan)

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Radio silence from Dawn because rapist Hameed Haroon is their CEO

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Lumber #1 Judiciary!

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L I E S: I AM SORRY I AM NOT TO TELL YOU THAT

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Got Death Threat from a Gangoo for this Comment

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Chandu Ka Chutyapa

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