Asif sandila biography samples

< class="heading1">Analysis

Pakistan is facing an unprecedented power crisis, the worst in its history, with the deficit estimated to be over 8,000 MW. Rather than a shortage in its installed capacity, this power crisis has been mainly attributed to the Government’s inability to pay its electricity bills to the power generating companies, who in turn are unable to pay gas and oil suppliers, thereby forcing them to cut supply. As a consequence, the country is experiencing power-cuts for more than 14 hours in urban areas and up to 20 hours in some rural areas. This has led to disturbances in the cycle of tube- wells and the main filtration plants at Tawal and Khapur, resulting in a severe shortage of irrigation and drinking water supplies in these regions.

Apart from the setback caused by the floods and the general lull attributable to global recession, the recent energy crisis has generated a direct circular debt of P-Rs 300 billion that is likely to affect financial institutions. According to the Planning Commission, the crisis has left around 25,000 industrial units sick and 400,000 unemployed. Around 20 per cent of locally-made power-looms have been abandoned and imported machinery re-exported to India, Bangladesh, etc. The cloth industry that accounts to 60 percent of the country’s export revenue is fast shutting down as factory owners are forced to sell their looms owing to 12-16 hour power-cuts, thereby leaving thousands unemployed.

On the brighter side, in the manufacturing sector, demand for products, particularly textiles, automobiles, fertilisers, cement, etc, remain strong. However, despite this strong demand, there is an acute constraint in supply due to the shortfall in energy generation. According to the State Bank of Pakistan’s quarterly report, the most serious manifestation of this crisis is the loss of credibility in the international market due to an erratic supply of goods. The reduction in official working days to five days a week adopte

No. Name Appointment Date Left Office Decorations
Naval Commander-in-Chief, Royal Pakistan Navy (RN Rear-Admiral)

1Rear-AdmiralJames Wilfred Jefford15 August 194730 January 1953
Naval Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Navy (3-star Vice-Admirals)

2Vice-AdmiralHaji Mohammad Siddiq Choudri31 January 195328 February 1959HPk, MBE3Vice-AdmiralAfzal Rahman Khan1 March 195920 October 1966HPk, HJ, HQA 4Vice-AdmiralSyed Mohammad Ahsan20 October 196631 August 1969HQA, SPk, DSC5Vice-AdmiralMuzaffar Hassan1 September 196922 December 1971HQA, SPk6Vice-AdmiralHasan Hafeez Ahmed3 March 19729 March 1975TQA
Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy (4-star Admirals)

7AdmiralMohammad Shariff23 March 197521 March 1979HJ, NI, SJ8AdmiralKaramat Rahman Niazi22 March 197923 March 1983NI(M), SJ9AdmiralTariq Kamal Khan23 March 19839 April 1986NI(M) 10AdmiralIftikhar Ahmed Sirohey9 April 19869 November 1988NI(M), SBt 11AdmiralYastur-ul-Haq Malik10 November 19888 November 1991NI(M), SBt 12AdmiralSaeed Mohammad Khan9 November 19919 November 1994NI(M), SBt 13(deposed Admiral) Mansurul Haq10 November 19941 May 1997stripped off (NI(M), SBt) 14AdmiralFasih Bokhari2 May 19972 October 1999NI(M), SBt 15AdmiralAbdul Aziz Mirza2 October 19992 October 2002NI(M), SBt, L'Honour16AdmiralShahid Karimullah3 October 20026 October 2005NI(M), SJ, L'Honour, L'Merit17AdmiralMuhammad Afzal Tahir7 October 20057 October 2008NI(M), L'Merit18AdmiralNoman Bashir7 October 20087 October 2011NI(M), L'Merit19AdmiralAsif Sandila7 October 2011PresentNI(M), L'Merit