#MichaelAndTeene-177:
(B)
Question for the Federal Ombudsman (Part 2):-
By June 24 2024, there was no progress in the #Hayatabad Police investigation of the May 24 2024 meter disappearance (despite repeated inquiries from all affectees)...& at 1330 hours local time, the victims' publicly located power line disappeared! PITC was helpless again...but this time, the Police claimed helplessness, too...& so said consumers were deprived of the right to stay in their own home!
https://www.geo.tv/latest/550756-pakistan-suffers-loss-worth-rs600bn-a-year-due-to-electricity-theft-minister

#MichaelAndTeene-177:
(A)
Question for the Federal Ombudsman (Part 1):-
How doesn't the Ombudsman know of the following case filed with the #Hayatabad #Peshawar Police:--
On May 24 2024, a #PESCO meter disappeared from its public location (despite no bill arrears), #PITC was helpless, #PESCO advised the victim consumer to file a police report, said consumer implemented, the Police instructed #PESCO to provide a direct supply until investigation completion, & #PESCO did...
https://www.app.com.pk/domestic/federal-ombudsman-ensures-justice-for-pesco-consumer-in-abbottabad/

#MichaelAndTeene-176:
(D)
The meeting between the #Pakistan Prime Minister, #Pakistan Inter-Provincial Coordination Minister & #KhyberPakhtunkhwa Governor, poses a question (to Minister R. Sanaullah, the only participant with legal expertise):-
"The Writ Of The State" regards the sanctity of human rights; how may power supply be a crime...unless Mr. Kundi accused Mr. Gandapur, of shielding the #PESCO Board & C-suite from being compelled to admit bankruptcy / culpability?
https://www.dawn.com/news/1841176

#MichaelAndTeene-176:
(C)
#Karkhano Market (#Peshawar) is overflowing with relatively-cheap #British & #German merchandise; but despite the abundance of cheapness, local buyers are unimpressed; luckily, hunting/travel gear, kitchenware/crockery, etc. don't rot in blackout-ridden heat...but who can hike or cook much, with sky-high #IMF food prices?
How sad that, despite the poor economic conditions in the #UK & #Germany, #Paris was beaten out by (already-battered) #London?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqee1vpe3deo

#MichaelAndTeene-176:
(B)
Notwithstanding #DevelopedWorld distaste for linking "rich" problems with "poor" problems, since last year, #Peshawar #YouTubers have been posting repeated invitations to viewers to buy #Japanese, #Korean & #Chinese goods ranging from gadgets to garments in #Karkhano...but, given that the same goods are listed in every new vlog, could said brands encourage sales by being a little more committed to nullifying #IMF inflation-promotion in #Pakistan?
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/23/markets/global-investors-japanese-stocks/

#MichaelAndTeene-176:
(A)
Is there sufficient evidence to conclude, that major economic problems, from #China to the #US, are directly or indirectly, due to #IMF "assistance":-
-Is #Islamabad's flawed #FinanceBill2024, the #FBR response to #IMF demands for an exponential increase in annual #Pakistani taxation revenues?
-Is the crash in #European & #Japanese stocks, a consequence of #IMF taxes in #Pakistan?
-Is the #IMF behind the latest rash of Too-Big-To-Fail businesses?
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-06-23/IMF-World-faces-critical-moment-to-determine-this-decade-1uDS0gKoOpa/p.html

#MichaelAndTeene-175:
(E)
2 legal/fiscal questions for the #FBR Chairman:-
-May Chairman Tiwana's hasty ultimatum to #Pakistani traders to switch to cashless transactions, have put undue pressure on #NADRA's cashless transaction project?
-In view of the flawed #FinanceBill2024, failed #TajirDostScheme, unreliable tax collection from foreign firms, etc., is it time to replace #McKinsey...or scrap foreign contractors in favor of (genuinely-competent) #Pakistani consultants?
https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2024/06/22/govt-halts-national-digital-wallet-project/

#MichaelAndTeene-175:
(D)
#CarlyleGroup has suddenly run up against business issues:-
-It is in a sudden frenzy to sell #Cogentrix (a #NorthCarolina power company which has not - yet - been named in the investigation into the May 2024 #Carthage home invasion & self defense case, regarding a #USArmy Officer & the supposed power company worker/trespasser).
-Its gas-fired power plants (e.g. #PESCO?) are - unofficially - going bankrupt.
But #Elliott is "overplaying its hand"?
https://www.ft.com/content/927ecde7-6f75-4e2c-a467-daf65d947f27

#MichaelAndTeene-175:
(C)
#Microtech was founded by #US veteran Mr. Tony Jimenez in #Virginia (#US) in 2004. Before this, Mr. Jimenez spent ~25 years serving in the #USArmy. Within a short while, #Microtech had officially established overseas contracts, e.g. in #Pakistan...but there is a discrepancy:-
-If #Microtech was established in the #US in 2004, how might its #Pakistani website claim to be doing business in #Pakistan since 1997?
-Whom to ask - #Virginia or #Karachi?
https://washingtontechnology.com/2013/11/why-is-the-post-attacking-tony-jimenez-and-microtech/357496/

#MichaelAndTeene-175:
(B)
10 years ago, #Peshawar Electric Supply Co (#PESCO) & #Multan Electric Power Co (#MEPCO), under #USAID supervision, signed a contract with #Microtech, for a mass "smart meter" rollout. While #MEPCO reportedly made some progress, #PESCO has crashed:-
-#PESCO is legally bankrupt
-Hostile forces are seemingly conspiring with #PESCO executive/junior employees to launch murderous attacks against servicemen/veterans
Any comment from #US Envoy D. Blome?
https://www.smart-energy.com/regional-news/asia/smart-meters-pakistan-utilities-to-begin-large-scale-ami-rollout/