Pakistan Govt receives 1st installment of $ 2.6 billion PTCL Bid

Re: Pakistan Govt receives 1st installment of $ 2.6 billion PTCL Bid

I am trying to understand why is this such a big deal. Did you pakis not expect to get paid for the asset sold and hence it is a huge surprise that the agreed upon terms of the transaction actually got the payment processed or is it that you are surprised that an asset can be worth over $1B dollars and are just giddy at the number of zeroes. What exactly is it with this thread? The question you have to ask is, is this transaction halal.