The Pakistani Spectator

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Posts Tagged ‘Poverty’

What is the crime of ordinary citizens of Pakistan?

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Mar 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistanis are seething with anger and they are asking each other as who is there enemy and who is killing their children and their families, and who is blowing himself up without discrimination in the markets and the offices of this country?
Whether these are the agents of International powers who want to see Pakistan unstable […]



Daughter Buried Alive by Parents

By Amna Gilani • Mar 7th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

Poverty is the worst of the evils. It could make a human animal, and it could devastate a society. While our rulers and leaders haggle over the intricacies of power games, people in Pakistan are burying their children alive, because they cannot feed them or provide them any medical facilities or anything else.
In Mamoo Kanjan, […]



Attracting Voters to Polling Stations

By Farid Masood • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Worth A Second Look

Since the independence of Pakistan, many elections were held, some under military coups and some under the rule of law. The voters turn out remained below 30% of the total registered voters except the turnout was above 40% in 2002 elections as mentioned by the Musharaf regime.
People don’t go to the poling stations for many […]



Tackling the Terrorism

By Ghazala Khan • Jan 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

When would we start learning lessons from the mistakes of others? Before we started fighting terrorism in our country, we have had burning and glaring examples of US fighting the same kind of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s exactly not the ditto copy of what we are facing in our tribal region and in […]



An Interview with Cart Owner

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 18th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

His name is Saif Ullah. Mr. Saif Ullah sells fruits or vegetables on a cart near a bus stop. He has four children, two of them are school going in small classes. His reply to some questions as below:
‘I live in a rented accommodation consisting only one room and a very small shed. The rent […]