Wednesday, July 16, 2025; Karachi

1057 am I am on my bed after the toilet routine, but I think I should go out and give money to the attendant for the water delivery service;  also ask him how he plans to get a replacement phone because his phone was stolen last night.  As soon as he boarded the bus, somebody said 'hey, you dropped something' and he was naive enough to think that he had dropped his phone outside the bus.  Most probably the guy who told them that he dropped his phone was the one who picked his pocket and had the phone. The attendant jumped off the bus and went to the place where the guy said he dropped something; he did not find his phone there. 

541 pm Now going to Shershah to meet Hameed for gears; hope we can make it not too late after 6 pm

609 pm Still not there

704 pm now going home. Fruitless meeting with Abdul Hameed and a young man, Ahsan. Ahsan is a global player: he said he bought machinery in scrap from Canada, held it in a storage in Dubai, and then sold it to a buyer in Iran.  Iran knows how to bypass sanctions.