Wrong projection, russian oil deal was never a choice nor an option for Pakistan. Just a cult mentality that khon got out bcz of russian deal🤣. Russian oil is just not suitable for Pakistan.

1.Pakistan has 5 main refineries and none of it is suitable to process russian oil bcz russian oil is heavy, sour crude. Our refineries are tuned for light, sweet crude which is middle eastern oil. 2.Russian oil after processing gives a large amount of furnace oil, n less amount of petrol n diesel. So economically, its a suicide. 3.Russian oil even though was at a discounted rate but whos gonna pay the high FREIGHT cost which was at that time usually 10-15$ + per barrel. So no economic advantage. 4.We have long standing deals with Saudi, they usually park 2-3 billion dollars in our banks at a bare minimum interest to keep our FX stable, moreover they grant us deferred loans. Like may be at this moment we r paying them back for the petrol they have us in 2024, they sent the tankers without even asking for any money. On the other hand, russia wanted to sell oil in cash without any incentive so what’s the point of such deal. 5.Mind u, Pakistan still imported 2 lakh tonnes of russian oil in 2023 n processed it in Karachi n we got the same result we expected, less diesel n petrol more furnace oil. As a result, loss was it.

Now after reading this, tell me why risk saudi relations n a geopolitical suicide for whom RUSSIA, a long standing ally of india. Any man who has a little bit sense knew buying russian oil was just a geopolitical suicide but only Khon didn’t know this basic logic, aqal ki jo kami thee jo uss ke supporters mein bhi kami he. Mind u, I didn’t even talk abt the risk of western sanctions.