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$538,535 a day, $200m a year and $2b already paid

In 2014, Pakistan entered into a 15-year agreement with Engro Elengy Terminal Limited for the deployment of the Floating Storage and Regasification...

04.05.2026 20

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Trump–Pentagon’s best friend

Trump is a disrupter. Trump is an outsider who stormed Washington. Trump rattled the bureaucracy. Trump unsettled the Pentagon. Trump challenged the...

27.04.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Iran without sanctions: Pakistan’s $36b upside

PAKISTAN shares a 900-kilometre border with one of the world’s largest energy endowments: 208 billion barrels of proven oil — about 12 per cent of...

20.04.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

When power becomes poverty

Poverty is not an accident of fate. It is shaped by government institutions and government policy. That is the consistent message from Nobel laureates...

06.04.2026 100

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Reko Diq: A $100b red flag

Barrick Mining, the operator of Reko Diq Project, has extended its review by 12 months citing escalating security concerns in Balochistan and the...

30.03.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

AI-enabled war on Iran

Palantir’s Maven Smart System is the C2 (Command and Control) platform at the heart of the war on Iran. The war on Iran is different from all the...

23.03.2026 70

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

The midnight transfer?

At midnight on March 6, Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division) issued a press release. The press release changed a number....

16.03.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

How long will the US-Iran war last?

American war strategy is hostage to the American electoral calendar. President Trump will be asking: what does this war do to my numbers in the...

09.03.2026 60

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Eating less to keep lights on

Red alert: Households are cutting meals to pay electricity bills. In the past decade, food’s share of household spending has dropped from 43 percent...

02.03.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Next $2 trillion war?

Question: How much is this pre-war deterrence posture costing the U.S.? Answer: $1 billion a month. Two carrier groups – USS Abraham Lincoln and USS...

23.02.2026 100

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Why our exports are stuck, what to do about it

In the 1990s, Pakistan exported the equivalent of 16 percent of GDP. By 2023–24, that ratio had fallen to 10 percent. In absolute terms, Pakistan...

16.02.2026 60

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Why SIFC fails to deliver FDI

09.02.2026 70

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

$100b net security provider

02.02.2026 30

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Reforms threaten power

19.01.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Naya Pakistan – doubling per capita income

12.01.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Fauji Fertiliser deserves a re-rating

05.01.2026 30

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Is Pakistan entering MBZ’s strategic map?

29.12.2025 60

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Lawyers, engineers or politicians?

22.12.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Three operations for naya Pakistan

15.12.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

What can go wrong, what can go right?

08.12.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

When Power Stops Pretending: Pakistan’s 27th Amendment And The New Political Order

03.12.2025 30

The Friday Times

Farrukh Saleem

When stability becomes strategy

01.12.2025 70

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Electoral legitimacy vs performance legitimacy

24.11.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

27th Amendment: Unlocking investment bottleneck

17.11.2025 100

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Are we moving towards a centralised state architecture?

10.11.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

From ‘periphery’ to ‘pivot state’

03.11.2025 60

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Potential of Balochistan coastal sands

27.10.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Afghan de-escalation strip (ADES)

20.10.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

US role in supporting Israel’s strike on Qatar?

03.10.2025 100

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Pakistan in the global spotlight

20.09.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Why are Canada, US, Japan, Finland and UK Rushing into Balochistan?

13.09.2025 70

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

9 Billion Barrels Beneath Our Feet?

07.08.2025 20

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

From Rs450 to Rs34 Million: Bitcoin’s Scarcity Revolution

29.07.2025 30

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Rs20 Trillion Later: Where’s the Development?

23.07.2025 30

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

FBR shines, but trillion-rupee losses bleed Pakistan dry

16.07.2025 30

Pakistan Observer

Farrukh Saleem

Killing machines

06.04.2025 20

The News International

Farrukh Saleem