Rashid Langrial
@Rashidlangrial
Followers
5,230
Following
78
Media
115
Statuses
220
Essentially a student of design thinking in public policy & implementation
Lahore
Joined January 2011
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
Happy Pride Month
• 322788 Tweets
Dortmund
• 104711 Tweets
#chibalotte
• 81900 Tweets
Happy New Month
• 74311 Tweets
鳴尾記念
• 46915 Tweets
スタメン
• 34874 Tweets
ウレーニャ
• 16281 Tweets
Ana Cristina
• 13874 Tweets
ヨーホーレイク
• 13717 Tweets
フルイド
• 13680 Tweets
横浜優勝
• 10978 Tweets
#cgUT_東京夜
• 10791 Tweets
デンタルワイパー
• 10393 Tweets
#MUSICFAIR
• 10331 Tweets
サヨナラ負け
• 10049 Tweets
Today we will declare town of Mardan a load-shedding free city. This has been possible because of massive success in curtailing power theft (from 43 % to 13 %) and by improving recovery rate ( from 85 % to 101 %).
Aggregate transmission and commercial losses have come down
150
267
694
Geography of Power Theft: inter-district distribution of delinquency
Active disclosure of information is at the heart of any meaningful debate over the issues that plague our polity today. You have seen such disclosure before and you will see it again.
What is common between
105
239
492
Forty-six billion in fifty-three days.
We started our anti power theft campaign on 7th of September. Today, results till 31st October have been collated.
That day, we promised that no one will be spared: high or mighty; sacred or not-so-sacred.
We have kept our part of
97
138
434
Geography of theft: tale of two districts.
They are neighbours, just the mighty Indus in between.
Equally poor, one slightly more urban, the other slightly more literate.
Still power theft differentials so huge as if they were located in two different continents.
77
146
401
Crackdown against power theft starts today. All Chief Secretaries and IGPs are on-board for this campaign. We know it is not easy but failure is not an option. Field formations directed to spare no one: high or mighty; sacred or not-so-sacred.
125
98
393
Equity, Consumer Tariff and Urge for a Catchy Headline.
It is so unfortunate that one of the most educated journalists has chosen to translate cross-subsidy as 'robbery'. His headline reads ''... consumers robbed ...".
Currently out of 34.5 million consumers on the national
239
204
180
Where do we lose money in power sector ?
Other than KE, this year, we will sell around 80 billion units in Punjab and Islamabad and 30 billion units in rest of Pakistan.
We will lose PKR 99 billion in Punjab, one billion in Islamabad and 489 billion in rest of Pakistan.
89
168
357
پشاور اور ملتان
دو اضلاع کہ قرون وسطیٰ سے تجارت کے امین
اور آ ج کے پاکستان کے ماتھے کا جھومر ہیں
تقریبا برابر آبادی ، برابر خواندگی اور برابر شہر نشینی
اور تو اور لوگ بھی نہایت غیرتمند اور مہمان نواز
دوستوں کے دوست۔ ، دشمنوں کے دشمن
مگر بجلی چوری میں اتنی تفاوت
45
160
333
Collusion and Theft
Collusion networks are the basis of power theft. Have closed 248 officers with jet-black integrity to the headquarters. Also reshuffled remaining 1900 plus SEs, XENs and SDOs across the country without a. single "sifarish"
121
88
356
Lahore Division uses 23 b units ; South Punjab including Sahiwal Div uses 19 b units.
Baluchistan & Sindh (minus K-Elec) combined use 14 billion units; Faislabad and Sargodha divs combined use 15 b units.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa uses 12 billion units; so does Gujranwala Div.
35
126
312
Sindh minus K-Electric area
Power Theft Prevalence Rate
> 50 % in 8 districts.
> 40 % in 15 districts.
> 30 % in 19 districts.
Tharparkar is an honourable exception. Jamshoro too.
Does relative permanence of patronage networks promote a kind of who-can-touch-me attitude?
50
159
301
I have assumed the charge of Federal Secretary Industries and Production Division today after relinquishing my charge as Secretary Power Division where I served for last 20 months since 26th April 2022.
79
11
315
PKR 20.477 billion recovered.
15000 plus persons, irrespective of their station in life, arrested across Pakistan.
137 employees proceeded against.
Our gratitude to young officers like Muhammad Uzair, SDO Shahdadkot who risked their limb and life in line of duty.
33
76
297
Khyber Pakhtunkhwah: FY 2022-23
Electricity theft/non-payment map ( PKR Billions)
Electricity supplied worth= 439
Collection= 302
Loss= 137
75 billion loss in 05 districts
152 billion collection from 04 districts.
Loss < 5 % = 4 districts
Loss > 75 % = 7 districts
48
166
285
Crossed 60 billion.
It is indeed my privilege to report that as of 6:00 pm of 28th November, net dividend of anti-theft campaign stood at PKR 61.1 billion, excluding the theft reduction payoff for the month of November which would be calculated by 12th of December.
We are
45
93
248
Geography of Theft II
Same province, same DISCO, equally populous.
Ceteris paribus, Mardan still loses PKR 7 billion more than Swat to theft per annum.
Delta equals a loss of 60 BHUs or 10 degree colleges per annum.
Losses not inclusive of 20 % loss allowed by NEPRA.
49
102
202
Sickle of Power Theft around Lahore
In Punjab we lose PKR 100 billion in power theft, almost all on 113 grid stations; rest of 537 are theft-free.
Twenty-seven worst grid stations are responsible for loss of 42 b.
Of the 27 worst, 9 are exclusively located in Kasur district.
32
119
239
Campaign against Power Theft:
In last two days, collected more than 2 billions compared with one billion in first 8 days of the campaign.
The effort continues to enjoy broad-based support.
Critical feedback is welcomed as it helps us adjust our implementation strategy.
86
70
247
Entire national grid restored as of 6:00 hours this morning.
59
49
235
Policy Capture, Tax Evasion and Electricity Tariff
Industry in Pakistan faces a rather high electricity tariff of PKR 41 in Pakistan, making it regionally non-competitive.
For the current year, of this PKR 41, PKR 22.16 is just the capacity charge which would have been at
34
84
225
PM's Anti Theft Campaign:
Recovery reached 1748 million this morning and FIRs stood at 5000.
There is always a time lag between action taken and payoff reaped.
It took seven days to collect first 800 million. In last two days, we cllected more than 900 million.
41
52
226
Net Effect of PKR 42 Billion due to anti-power theft campaign in last 48 days.
It does not include indirect impact for month of October which can only be estimated by middle of November.
Our gratitude to Provincial Governments for full support. Chief Secretaries and IGPs have
32
71
206
Neglet by the state or a sub-culture of impunity.
In FY 2022-23, we lost 97 billion out of 132 billion worth of electricity supplied to Balochistan.
Of 35 billion collected, 20 billion were collected from Quetta alone.
Only two districts lost less than 50 %.
Something is
37
76
214
Alhamdulillah !!! it worked.
Anti power-theft campaign: evidence from Charsadda.
Success of the campaign hinges upon behavioural modification in order to undermine the sub-culture of impunity.
Last week, a team of academic researchers visited me and presented a pretty strong
22
59
218
Morality of a desert district
Sparsely populated, least urban and much poorer in terms of economic base,Tharparkar district exhibit an extraordinary sense of civic duty of paying up its dues.
What makes it different ?
Shall we learn something from the people of Tharparkar?
29
79
210
Power Theft Control Update:
Recovery crossed 14 billion as September ended last night.
Arrests: 10000 plus; 8900 in Punjab.
In Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwah, just 725 arrested despite 75 % of share in theft quantum of three provinces
Variance in writ of the sate ?
56
89
197
Electric sale, collection and loss in Punjab
In FY 2022-23, we collected PKR 2319 billion and lost PKR 134 billion in Punjab.
Of 134 b, we lost more than half (69 b) in four districts.
Of 2319 b, we collected more than half (1211 b) from six districts.
Control variables?
24
95
194
Campaign impact of PKR 72 billion and Mirpur Khas as load-shedding free city.
Alhamdolillah, as of yesterday, anti-theft campaign has yielded a net impact of PKR 72 billion.
Yesterday we also declared urban area of Mirpur Khas load-shedding free. Bringing down theft level in
22
48
202
Capacity Payment doubled as dollar rose from PKR 100 to 300.
Foreign-funded dollar-denominated IPPs have contributed the most.
Locally funded RLNG plants's capacity payment has increased by 60 % while foreign-funded coal plants' payment has gone up by 145 %.
Policy lessons ?
46
82
193
Have affected additional saving of PKR 55 Billion as of yesterday i.e. in less than 73 days
46 billion from 7th of September till 31st of October and PKR 9 billion in November so far.
November data includes detection charges and arrears recovery but does not include
39
67
197
غزہ ۲
قہر کا سورج دو نیزے پر
آگ میں جلتا شہر غزہ کا
خاک اور خون کی اس بازی میں
کون کسی سے پُرسہ لے گا
انہونی کے بڑھتے سائے
ناگن جیسے پھن پھیلائے
آنگن آنگن پھیل چکے ہیں
جس کا بیٹا خون میں لت پت
جاں سے گیا ہے باپ اُسی کا
دیکھ ذرا کیا ڈر ہے اُس کا
باپ کی تربت میں غلطی سے
اعضا بیٹے
13
61
175
ھوشو شیدی کی دھرتی سے بہادری کے ایک اور استعارے نے جنم لیا ھے۔ زرد موسم میں ہماری دھرتی کیلئے امید کا ایک اور چراغ روشن ھوا ھے۔
حب الوطنی کے ٹھیکیداروں سے عرض ھے :
"آپ نے پھر بھی وفادار نہیں مانا تھا
اور جب ہنستے ہوئے کھیل گئے جان پہ ہم
کہہ دیا آپ نے منہ پھیر کے دیوانہ تھا"
6
25
166
اہلِ غزہ کا ارادہ
کبھی تم نے دیکھی ہیں
نسلوں کی نسلیں
جو ہجرت کے خیموں میں پلتی رہیں
کبھی ایسی بستی میں بھی تم رہے ہو
کہ چاروں طرف
عدو کا ہی پہرہ ہمیشہ رہا ہو
کبھی تم نے ڈھالا ہے
آب ِ ندامت کو
آبا کے غم کو
تیر و کماں میں
یا طوق و سلاسل کی دلہن بنے ہو ؟
گر ایسا نہیں ہے
تو
12
53
163
غزل
کب ہم کو گوارا ہے بھلا تیرا جہاں اور
اک روز تراشیں گے کہیں کون و مکاں اور
یہ سوچ کے نکلا تھا ترے خلدِ بریں سے
دیوے گا کہیں لعلِ رواں پیرِ مغاں اور
ہم کفر کے کافر ہی بغاوت کی ندا ہیں
مومن کی عبادت میں یہاں سود و زیاں اور
واعِظ کی وراثت میں فقط
43
26
158
Anti-Power Theft Update:
Touched six billion recovery of which five billion in last 7 days.
1500 arrested till now across the country.
No respite till this sub-culture of theft is reversed. Good citizens cannot be allowed to be punished for the sins of the delinquents.
33
52
156
12th Day update:
Recovery crosses 4.6 billion; arested persons at 1104; delta between FIRs and arrests, though widening, will be bridged.
HESCO has started to pick up; SEPCO and PESCO need to roll their sleeves too.
Mafias within DISCOs have started to feel the heat.
37
49
150
Myth 001 :
Pakistan's public sector expenditure is too high; therefore need to move towards smaller footprint of the public sector.
Fact Check:
Pakistan's public sector expenditure, though inefficient and wasteful and in need of major redirection, is definitely not higher
34
54
152
Anti-Power Theft Campaign Update:
PKR 7.88 billion recovered.
This campaign is not about fines and recovery; it is about modifying the free-lunch behaviour.
Real payoff will be measurable by middle of next month due to limitation of monthly billing and payment cycle.
44
45
147
PM's campaign against Power Theft
Will cross first billion recovery mark today, although all nuts and bolts of anti-theft campaign are still not fully in place.
An iterative process: learning by doing in place. Fully-evolved model by end of the month Insha Allah.
33
33
141
سنا تھا ظلم کا احساس صرف ان لوگوں کو ہوتا ہے جو خود ایسی ابتلا سے گزرے ہوں مگر غزہ کے معاملے میں تو بابل کی قید کاٹنے والوں نے عمرانیات کے سب اصول غلط ثابت کر دیے ہیں ۔ کوئی سوچ ہی کہاں سکتا تھا کہ ایک دن حضرتِ یعقوب کی نسبت والے ایسے وحشی بن جائیں گے ۔
21
71
143
A human tragedy is unfolding in the Kacchi Plains and between Indus and Kirthar Mountains: Sohbatpur, Dera Allah Yar, Oosta Muhammad, Gandakha, Garhi Khairu, Wara, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Mehar, Johi and thousands of villages between them are under water.
11
67
140
Last night national grid (excluding Karachi) made a historic record of maximum power generation so far. We crossed 25500 MW barrier at 11:59 pm.
20
41
140
PM's Anti Power-Theft Campaign so far:
Total estimated financial impact has been PKR 38 billion, including the second order impact on theft and recovery of billed amounts during the month of September but not October which can only be known after the closing of accounts for
15
38
136
PM's Power Theft Control Campaign:
18 days, 17000 plus FIRs, 32 suspensions, and 3000 plus arrests down the road, recovery from delinquents crossed PKR10 billion yesternight.
PKR 8 billion recovered in last 10 days.
Of late, SEPCO, HESCO and PESCO picking the rhythm.
28
39
118
Minus Karachi, less than 90,000 out of 29.6 million consumers use more than 1000 kWh per month in summer.
Lucky 90,000 in a country of 240 million.
Does this data make sense ?
Or there is massive double-metering by the richest ?
38
39
117
Starting on 7th of September, anti power theft campaign was designed to:
(a) deter power theft
(b) improve bill payment and
(c) apprehend thieves/defaulters.
Results on (a) and (b) would be partially visible, by 15th of October.
Result on (c) : 18.39 billion recovered.
16
52
94
دنیا کے بکھیڑوں میں کہاں قوسِ قزح ہے
ہم باز بہادر ہیں نہ وہ روپ متی ہے
11
16
98
Gaza's Testimony, an Urdu poem, with Arabic and English subtitles
13
40
96
Punjab Province of British India in 1920-21 consisted of Pakistani Punjab minus Bahawalpur Division plus four Indian states: Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Dehli State minus princely states of Kapurthala, Patiala, Mandi, Jind, Faridkot, Sirmur and Chamba.
This sheet shows
1
27
88
What entitles us to steal?
Poverty ? Tharparkar does not.
Provincial Jurisdiction? Swat and Haripur do not.
Cheap power generation in the area?
Attock (7 b units) Tharparkar (19 b units) and Haripur (17 b units) do not.
مردانِ حق کا عزرِ لنگ وا حسرتا وا حسرتا !!!
20
42
88
What explains significant variation in power theft rates in four otherwise comparable districts on the left bank of River Ravi :
Kasur 16% ;
Okara 13% ;
Khanewal 6%;
Sahiwal 1%;
a) Land-holding structure ?
b) Canal colonists' ratio in population?
c) Type of power elite ?
23
37
87
Power tariff, inter-class and inter-region transfer of resouces.
Is it an appropriate policy instrument as long as richer sections of society are unwilling to pay their taxes ?
12
15
85
وہی وعدہ ماہِ تمام کا جو عزیز تھا تجھے جان سے
ارے کیا ہوا تجھے سیم تن جو لحاظِ قول و قسم نہیں
8
15
75
خوار و زبوں ہے تب سے جمہور یہ ہمارا
غافِل امیرِ اعظم ، مخلوقِ نم زدہ سے
4
20
76
Before-After Control-Impact (BACI) analysis shows significant impact of Anti-Power Theft Drive on consumer behavior:
a) theft gone down
b) billing gone up
c) recovery gone up.
Power theft is a multi-stage game.
Will the thieves re-adjust their strategy ?
20
32
71
Cross-country comparison of all countries with more than 50 million population and less than 1000 US $ Government expenditure per person per annum.
Fact I : All countries in this category are above the 45 degree line ie all are spending more than tax revenue.
Fact II :
13
29
74
سے کم ہے
30 ارب کی دن دیہاڑے یوں چوری ملک کے ساتھ بھی زیادتی ہے اور پشاور کے ان باشندوں کے ساتھ بھی زیادتی ہے جو ہر سال ستر (70) ارب جمع بھیی کراتے ہیں اور لوڈ شیڈنگ کی تکلیف بھی جھیلتے ہیں کہ کوئی اور اپنا فرض ادا نہیں کر رہا۔۔۔
2
18
70
Israeli state acts crazy, looks brutal and is a bad neighbour because any reasonable behaviour or arrangement does not work for it.
One-state solution does not work because the territory it occupies today (Israel proper+ West Bank+Ghaza) has an increasingly non-Jewish majority.
9
19
73
نجانے ہمارے مسائل اور ہماری نظمیں پرانی کیوں نہیں ہوتیں
4
14
68
شوق بھی گریز بھی ، شام سے سحر تلک
رات بھی دو آتشہ اور کوئی جلا نہ ہو
6
12
67
White Man's Burden and Bengal
Within 23 years after the Battle of Plassey, East India Company transferred goods worth 38 million pounds sterling from erstwhile Mughal province of Bengal (Bagladesh+ West Bengal+Bihar) to England without any payment whatsoever.
This would
10
22
73
Failure of Education Production Function ?
Average years of schooling is widely used as a metric to measure a country's success in making its citizens more productive in economic terms and more responsible in civic sense. This theory of change drives most of the schooling
14
29
70
یہ سوچ کے نکلا تھا ترے خلدِ بریں سے
دیوے گا کہیں لعلِ رواں پیرِ مغاں اور
6
16
67
ملتان میں تین (۳) ارب ؛ پشاور میں تیس (۳۰) ارب
یوں سمجھئے کہ ہر سال پشاور میں چالیس ڈگری کالج اس بجلی چوری کی نزر ہو جاتے ہیں اور ملتان میں ہم کوئی چار ڈگری کالج کھو بیٹھتے ہیں
یاد رہے کہ پشاور ناردرن بائی پاس (Peshawar Northern Bypass) کی کل لاگت با ئیس (۲۲) ارب
3
20
63
Pakistan: a federation of the equals ?
Myth 002 : Pakistan's federal structure is dominated by one province, giving rise to huge inter-provincial disparities.
Fact Check: When compared with large democratic and semi-democratic federations, Pakistan turns out be a federation
14
30
65
Rains hit Baluchistan hard: interalia, three transmission lines and 25 grid stations knocked out. Power Division's team got stationed in the area for ten days. Restored two transmission lines and 23 grid stations till late last night.2 grid stations await water level to recede.
7
24
66
First Anglo Sikh War
Started in second week of December 1845 with Battle of Mudki and concluded in second week of March 1846 with battle of Sabraon.
It was perhaps the only war in which both the GG (Lord Hardinge) and the C-in-C (General Gough), participated. The war was
5
20
64
Lahore and Karachi are likely to have 1.5 million plus active cases as of now. Two cities need an iron-clad cufew and not a simple lockdown; residents be given 5-days notice to prepare for a fortnight of total social abstinence.
@Fahdhusain
@laalshah
@YasirPirzada
@Razarumi
7
19
64
Govts are doing what they usually do but this region is a kind of blind spot of Pakistan for philanthropists and not-for-profit orgs, operating out of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. For them, left bank of Indus, DG Khan and Swat Valley are more reachable.
3
31
61
آتشِ دید سے دل روز جھلس جاتا ہے
شوق ایسا کہ ہتھیلی پہ دِیا رکھتے ہیں
8
9
62
خامشی پردہ دری ہے ، چشمِ جاناں نامہ بر
تن بدن کی گفتگو میں حرف سازی بے ثمر
4
12
54
Israel can only exist as a viable state with firm American military and diplomatic support.
In last twenty years, there has been a significant shift in American public opinion regarding Israel-Palestine conflict.
This opinion shift has occurred in favour of Palestinian
5
15
55
While media has started registering the early harvest of our massive camapign to control power theft, interaction with media is not a mere PR exercise for us. It is an operational imperative for three distinct reasons:
a) it creates awareness about the seriousness of the
9
13
54
Thank you Sir !
Power Division, Ministry of Energy through its 53 days long Anti- Power Theft campaign has recovered 46 Billion Rupees. We appreciate the efforts of all those government officials who worked day and night for this national cause.
110
37
179
15
9
56
Homes and hearths in one-third of Pakistan have been lost because of rains brought about by climate change. Poorest of the poor are paying for decisions made by richer people elsewhere to have a highly energy-dependent lifestyle, powered by fossil fuels over last century or so.
2
13
53
کعبے کی سب برکتیں میرِ عربؐ کی دین ہیں
دَیر بن جائے حرم یہ اُنؐ کا محور چھوڑ کر
1
4
45
Covid-19: Seldom in Pakistan have so many (doctors, administrtars, policemen and politicians) worked so hard and so sincerely for a public good and still failed.
Can tactical efficiency ever compensate for strategic errors?
@laalshah
@MohsinHamid1
@Fahdhusain
@YasirPirzada
8
15
47
COPs, Climate and Gambling
COP 28 is happening with a lot of fanfare. Let's put it in perspective.
World is actually in a state of climate change denial.
COPs, carbon markets and those conservation rites like "do not leave the tap open" and various other "go green" items
4
4
46
گفتگو بھی کرنی ہے شہر میں بھی جینا ہے
نا خدا سے کہنا ہے ، موج ہی سفینہ ہے
3
10
47
غزہ کی گواہی
غزہ کی پٹی سوال بن کر
بروزِ محشر حساب لے گی
جو مر رہا تھا غزہ کا بچہ
تو مامتا بھی بلک رہی تھی
جو پانی بجلی کے سارے سوتے
غزہ کے لوگوں پہ بند تھے تو
حقوقِ آدم کدھر گئے تھے
اماں کے ضامن کہاں کھڑے تھے؟
ہمیں بتاتے تھے اہلِ مغرب
زمانہ جو تھا وہ اب نہیں ہے
جہانِ نو کے
8
11
45
New York Times reporter and editorialist, Herbert Lionel Matthews, had a clear view of Jinnah's ability to shape the map of India in October 1942.
Jinnah Sahib held the keys and held them tight enough to save most of us from the wrath of majoritarian tyrrany.
0
9
38
چل پڑی ہے چار جانب اب بغاوت کی ہوا
اُٹھ زمیں سے آدمی ، شمس و قمر کی بات کر
0
8
34
Ideology melts in the cauldron of military facts.
Journey from Pulwama to Gulwan has converted Moodi Jee from Sarvarkar's creed of violence to Ghandhi's philospophy of non-violence.
تقدیر کے قاضی کا یہ فتوی ہے ازل سے
ھے جرم ضعیفی کی سزا مرگ مفاجات
@YasirPirzada
@Fahdhusain
3
18
36
