I am not a big fan of Jaishankar's foreign policy. I think his vision is terrible vis-a-vis Pakistan. But, I appreciate him for once when he was in Finland justifying their purchase of Russian oil. His answer to some non-sense question was pretty wise. "I buy oil based on cost and availability. At that point of time much oil available in the market was Russian because EU was buying Middle Eastern oil, which was our traditional supplier. So circumstances pushed us in a certain direction." He later bashed the selective criticism by West. He was clear that countries protect their own interest above anything else particulalry when energy security of 1.4B people is at stake. I think he was proven right if you see in today's context when Trump agreed to buy Russian diesel. Keeping national interest on top of any other value is what policymakers of countries must do in today's world. This also leaves a lesson for Pakistan that how we should not cut our trade relationship with Iran on behalf of West. They might very well announce buying Iranian oil very soon if it suited them.

When we are discussing KP’s minerals, it appears that the Chairman of KP’s Standing Committee on Minerals is missing. He is member of the KP Assembly from Mansehra, a very dynamic young man with a lot of ambition. I remember him to be very active in Hazara's student politics since being young & in PTI was not in fashion. I would assume he was working with ISF in same manner what Murad Saeed & Sohail Afridi were doing in Peshawar. I tried to find his Facebook page, where he was otherwise quite active, but the page no longer exists. I would imagine he has been picked up by the police, or that he was threatened with being picked up and is now in hiding. This is the current state of affairs in KP.

If you look closely at the details in this poster, it’s a beautiful demonstration of how you can support Alberta’s oilpatch and still want to remain part of Canada. The pump jack represents oil and gas resources, while the options marked on the ballot support the idea of remaining in Canada. The separatists wanted to spread the message that the oil & gas industry and being Canadian are mutually exclusive. They are wrong. The two can coexist. They will. #ableg

Somewhere on LinkedIn Dr. Aasem Bakhshi explained a similar situation like, "what a great mess, and now we need 'novel' GenAI solutions to clear this mess. An infinite regress of generating mess and clearing it."