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Buying Pressures on Market, Is There Any Solution?

By Farid Masood • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

When salaried class get wages, they go for grocery shopping and dry items for upcoming 15 or 30 days. The Business or upper class purchase items 10 to 15 days in advance for the coming time especially when Ramadan comes. This activity puts buying pressures in the market. Producers of general kitchen items are producing […]



Credibility

By Farid Masood • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Generalissimo (Retd) Pervaiz Musharraf enjoyed blind powers for almost nine years. Graph of his credibility oscillated by his efforts to destabilize the constitution, institutions and noble personalities.
These were his personal efforts to damage his credibility and he never knew it could happen to him. Apart from his personal efforts there were certain elements around him […]



Electricity Tariff raised by 31%

By Farid Masood • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Misc

No instance in the world like we have, the tariff raised for a utility item, which is almost not available in Pakistan. The shortage of electricity has become the biggest problem for citizens of Pakistan. As the span and duration of its unavailability is increasing it is increasing different diseases in its consumers like high […]



Democratizing the Autocracy

By Farid Masood • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

We often hear the term that we are heading towards democracy. If we recall our short memories, these words were in air during 1988~1990 and 1993~1996. Whenever, Pakistan Peoples Party comes in power in the center and off-course in Sindh province the democracy there are loud voices that democracy returned in Pakistan. The situation of […]



Fazlur on Political Business

By Farid Masood • Aug 27th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Yesterday, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has parted itself away from government coalition comprising of PPP, PML(N), JUI(F) and ANP. By this announcement of PML(N) now the game for election of the person for Office of the President of Pakistan has become red hot.
PML(N) has announced its candidate Mr Justice (Retd) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddqui for Presidential elections. […]



3rd and Workable Option

By Farid Masood • Aug 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Security advisor to the Prime Minister, Mr Rehman Malik said yesterday, after the suicide attacks on Pakistan Ordinance Factories Wah (Main Gate), that we have two options to combat terrorism:
 i)                 Give in to Terrorism
ii)                  Fight Terrorism
Mr Malik cannot feel the grief, sorrow, future problems, social issues ahead, for families of 120 innocent people killed in […]



Kashmala Tariq, The Next President . . !

By Farid Masood • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Watching a private TV Channel I came across an SMS sent by a ‘Therki’ that the next President of Pakistan should be the political beauty queen, Independent elected member on women seat Ms Kashmala Tariq. In old times when philosophy of management was evolving, there were many theories about traits of a leader, some said a […]



Post Musharraf Scenario

By Farid Masood • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Whatever the case may be, Musharraf resigns willingly or compelled to do it or through impeachment process, there would be a great vacuum during impeachment also in Pakistan’s political leadership. We need to have a politically strong person in President’s chair. Thought the powers centers made be General Musharraf to survive may be curtailed even […]



Who Impeaches?

By Farid Masood • Aug 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Time has become crucial for General (Retd) Pervaiz Musharraf and off course for coalition government as well. Nation has impeached the presidential policies through electoral and demanded the elected leaders to do it constitutionally. After delay of almost five months coalition collected required courage to perform at nation’s will and to make this decision public. […]



31% Taxation on Cell Phone Calls

By Farid Masood • Aug 17th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Government, in budget 2008~09, has increased sales tax on mobile calls from 15 % to 21%. Increase in sales tax on other general items was also increase from 15% to 16%.
In 2005, total revenue from cell phone sector was around US $ 4.0 billion. Cell phone industry has enormous growth rate in Pakistan so […]