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Posts Tagged ‘Poverty’

Pleasures of Wealth and Pains of Poverty

By Amber Ghaffar • Jul 20th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Just a while before i was watching fondly an interview of Famous event manager Zareen Khalid (famous for her shadi and mehndi managements ) .almost speechless i was imagining how much extra money these UPPER CLASSIAs have for their TASTE and standard maintenance .at the same time glimpse of those news headings of suicides due […]



Mustaqil Mizaji

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)



Poverty, do we need a bunch of economist

By Dr Razahaider • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

These minorities are the people that are striving hard to maintain their base line ,which if breached would take them to the below poverty line where majority are satisfactorily managing their issues ,as norms ,nature ,comfort ,necessity, desire has been over come and ego and self respect has been sacrificed ,due to their extremes of dependencies or whatever



Unknown

By Asim • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: Misc

In their misery, offer they diversity
Into human soul and its mechanics
We don’t hear or see them
And yet in existence, they offer
Beauty and pain, we walk past
Carefree and not observant
Like unknown hands, they perform
Old functions of humanity, we take
For granted, for leisure and reflection
What will we get we ask,
Ask you the wrong questions
Ask us, how we […]



It’s not a rocket Science : Rocket or Roti?

By Rohail Butt • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Where Pakistan test fires long range surface-to-surface Hataf-6 Shaheen-2 ballistic missile successfully, and India prepares for it’s own retaliatory test fire, people of both countries wonder about as to how to arrange food and medicine for their children today.
Put a hand on your chest and tell me, if your kids are hungry for three days […]



National Employment Scheme in Pakistan

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

After taking the vote of confidence from the newly elected assembly, Prime Minister Makhdoom Yousuf Raza Gillani announced many nice tasks, though his 100-day plan lacks the modus operandi.
The most striking announcement was the National Employment Scheme. That’s the need of hour, but one dreads the future of this scheme, as several schemes like these […]



Common Man’s Foremost Problem in Pakistan

By The Pakistani Spectator • Mar 23rd, 2008 • Category: Misc

Objectively, what really a man who earns hardly three meals a day for his family prefers for from the new government?
Is it the reinstatement of Judiciary?
Is it the end to the terrorism?
Is it the removal of President Musharraf?
Is it the reduction in price hike and availability of food and medicine at affordable prices?
What do you […]



Grinding Change, Snappy Hopes

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Mar 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

If you ask me then after casting my vote on 18th February, I thought that now the things will become rosy and hopeful in a jiffy and the change would be swift and drastic, and the mandate would blossom in split time.
More than one month has passed. President Musharraf is still there on the throne […]



Aur Bhi Ghum Hien Zamanay Mien Judiciary K Siwa

By Amna Gilani • Mar 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Well, I am all for the restoration and reinstatement of the deposed judges and I am a very ardent supporter of the free judiciary, but I would like to divert the attention of the newly elected and oath-ed members that the fire of stomach doesn’t get satiated with the judiciary, rather it needs roti and […]



No Honeymoon

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistan is knocking on the door of democracy, while the forces of status quo are trying desperately to pull it back. The elections which occurred on 18th February have ushered a a new dawn heralding a richly hoped transformation repudiating the massively skewed previous government of PML-Q under the stern eye of General (r) Pervez […]