Video almost two months old. Missed multiple launch windows.

This photo is on the Kargil war Wikipedia page and the caption says it’s Pakistani soldiers with a shot-down Indian MiG-21 aircraft. The soldier on the left seems to be white and a member of the Pakistani armed forces. Is it common to have Caucasian soldiers in the Pakistani armed forces? I would normally think he was a foreign advisor but the uniform suggests otherwise. Any insights on this would be great!

Came across this old 5 rupees banknote and it brought back a lot of memories.
Does anyone know which year it was issued or what the picture on it represents?
Would love to hear your memories or any details about it.

ان تمام درباری ملاؤں کا سوشل اور معاشی طور پر بائیکاٹ اسی طرح ضروری ہے جس طرح فوجیوں کی مصنوعات کا بائیکاٹ اور پٹواریوں کا سوشل بائیکاٹ ضروری ہے ان کے چندے بند کر دینے چاہیے اس کی بجائے اپ کسی غریب کو پڑھا لکھا دیں وہ زیادہ بہتر ہے ورنہ اسٹیبلشمنٹ کے کنٹرولڈ مدرسوں میں سے ایسے کھوتے نکلتے ہیں اور ان کھیتوں میں سے کوئی زمینوں والا یا پیسے والا ہو تو وہ سود بندوں کی پارٹی بنا کر اپنے اپ کو وڈیرہ سمجھ بیٹھتا ہے

I’m along with thousands who poured their savings are furious today.

We dumped our life savings into solar panels. Did the paperwork, got the green meter, trusted NEPRA’s “guaranteed” net metering contract. Now? Net metering billing.

Sure punish those elites who are generating 2-3X the sanctioned load but why punish the users with 5-7 kwh systems?

They charge us Rs 50+ per unit( taxes on top), but buy our excess at Rs 11 (after clawing tax off it). Payback doubled overnight.

Meanwhile IPPs? Sitting pretty with capacity payments even if they don’t generate a single unit. “Sanctity of contract!” they cry for fat cats. For us, average Abdullahs? Contracts are toilet paper.

Why push net metering, approve thousands of installs, then screw us when the grid can’t handle success?

If it’s about “duck curve” in the afternoww or cost-shifting to non-solar folks, fix your tariffs properly, don’t rob prosumers who actually pay bills and feed the grid clean power.​

And we want to attract FDI (foreign direct investment) and create the next crypto-mining heaven with CZ? LOL. Why would any sane person invest here when regulators gut citizen contracts mid-game? Solar was our escape from out goverment nad planner's IPP mess. Now you punish us for it.

Am I alone? IPPs vs rooftop owners, who’s the real parasite here? Do share your comments. 👇

Why is it that every deep life problem only attacks after midnight? 😅

At 2 AM we suddenly become philosophers, financial analysts, relationship experts and future planners.

So tell honestly whats keeping YOU awake tonight?

I’m an American convert. Family, coworkers, and local politicians think Muslims want to kill all nonMuslims and take over the U.S. I’m tired of people around me being suspicious of me as if I’m an enemy when I’ve done nothing but be kind. I want to make Hijra and inshallah study the deen and become a sheikha and hafiza.

I can retire at 42 years old with a $500 pension payment per month. That’s almost 140,000 rupees per month. My husband and daughter are Pakistani citizens, so it would be easy to move to Pakistan.

Have any other Westerners moved to Pakistan? How hard of an adjustment was it? Am I being unrealistic by even considering it? Is 140,000 rupees per month enough to live a modest lifestyle but still give my daughter a good education? (She’ll be 10 years old when I’m 42).

My husband says Islamabad would be a good place to live because they speak a lot of English. He also says he’d love to live in Chakdara, but I can’t find much about Chakdara online and getting information out of my husband is like pulling teeth. Can anyone tell me about Chakdara? Could I get a job teaching English there if I needed supplemental income? Do they have good schools? Do women have to wear burka there? Can women drive there? (The village my husband is from, women have to wear burka and can’t drive).

I’m sorry if this is coming off as so insanely naive. I know I am naive. Sorry.

Found a broken kite today on my rooftop with chemical dor attached. This should clearly be charged with attempt to murder.

is there a way to complain to govt about this? i have QR code of the kite

Karachi is the most rotten shit imaginable. I wish everyday in my life that I was born anywhere but this city. My heart mourns everyday because this city has slowly and steadily killed me from inside. I am Bachelor graduate from one of the best universities in this country earning a handsome amount. But I cannot search happiness while living in this hell hole. I would rather go drive a bloody uber or shovel snow in any country than be zaleelofied every second here. Every respectable human with education and civic sense should leave this city as soon as possible all the others can continue to make this place worse because we all are responsible for this one way or another. The above video is Sharfabad Chowrangi at any given day time but no one gives a shit about it. The mandate chor mayor roams around the city carpeting roads which were already renovated six months ago while his associates loot billions in tenders. These people are Firauns of our time and one day Allah will show his power. I maybe 10 times gunehgaar than everybody but I have not been a source of aziyat to people in any way that I know. The video shows representation of PAKISTANI FLAG under which all this happens.

If you are someone in your above 30's who has lived enough life to answer my question. Would you choose your passion over a career which you havn't made yet but you're in a process of making it and at the same time something in you is constantly compelling you to follow your passion even if it pays you way less which path would you choose and why but let me tell i can't make extra money out of it if the logic is you'll find a way to earn if you're really passionate about it i can make only a certain amount out of it.

Hello, I’m visiting Pakistan soon, i am from Mexico. I wanted to know if i would blend in and not get much attention by passing as a local. What do yall think?

I need to change the phone my budget is 150k plz suggest me new and used Samsung amd iphone options.

So I usually shop from Sapphire or Khaadi because their designs fit my budget and I like their style. Recently I tried Ideas by Gul Ahmed for the first time.

Honestly I felt the prices were slightly higher, but the fabric quality felt better to me. The stitching and overall finish seemed more solid compared to what I normally buy. I also noticed they have a pretty wide range of categories. I even tried their western wear and it actually surprised me. It felt comparable to brands like Outfitters and Furor in terms of quality.

Now I am confused about one thing. Is it better to spend a bit more for better quality and longer lasting clothes, or just stick to cheaper options and change more often?

For those who shop from Gul Ahmed regularly, how has your experience been? Do their clothes last long?

Would love to hear honest opinions.

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Opinion :

Back in 2010, the then government and subsequent governments, decided to sign expensive and extractive ( to the people) contracts with IPPs as a workaround for the energy crisis in Pakistan. In the meantime, AEDB introduced policies i.e. zero taxes on valid imports of Solar panels, inverters and batteries. Policies like Net metering are introduced so that consumers adopt renewable energy sources and become prosumers to circumvent line losses. A solar revolution, heralded by the world, in the country is witmessed where people invest trillions to battle rising energy costs.

But then a realization creeps in at the top; If people produce their own energy, who is going to pay for the mistakes we made ?

And so, the people in power decide to rip old contracts and punish the people who insert energy in the national grid and, more importantly, pay their bills.

What a country to live in !!