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Posts Tagged ‘Sugar’

Ramadan and Price Hike

By Ghazala Khan • Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics

One solution and an equally viable one is to eat less and spend less in Ramadan to avoid price hike. All those Pakoras, Samosas, Kachorees, Dates, drinks, Chats, Dahi Balas, Chicken, Beef, Mutton, Chutnees and other things could wait to go in our never-satisfied bellies. Why is it necessary to adorn the Iftar table […]



Labour Day

By Ghazala Khan • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

All the social and economic achievement of any country depends upon it’s worker force. Unhappy worker means an unhappy and downward-spiraling economy. To mark the great services rendered by the workers’ force, May Day or Labour Day on May 1 is celebrated each year. Its’ an annual tribute paid to all workers for […]



People Eating Sugar or Sugar Eating People

By Farid Masood • Mar 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There were times when people disliked white sugar very much. People who make it part of their food items (deserts etc) keep white sugar in hidden places so that people don’t know about it.
With the passage of time need of sweetener increased and the sales of white sugar increased. Last year sugar was hoarded and […]



Why dont we go to poll our vote?

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Why don’t we just bother to vote? General Elections in Pakistan are likely to be held on 18th February, which is Monday next week, and it will be a national holiday, and that is what many of Pakistanis are happy about. They are asking each other as whether it will be a holiday on […]



A Ghazal for Lotas

By Fatima Tassaduq • Feb 10th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment, Pakistan Vote'08

They’re green, they’re white, they’re yellow
They get that way underground
There can’t be much to do
So now they have blue ones too
We don’t care what thay look like we’ll vote them
Any way they can fit in our washplate
Every way we can conjure to woo them
We’re delighted and think they’re just great
Loa tay tay Loa tay tay […]



Sugar Scam, Sugar Mills, NAB and Honorable Ministers

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 10th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Sugar is a produced by crushing of sugar cane which is grown locally. Sometimes when this crop does not come up to the required quantity due to many reasons (diseases, crop type etc).
But the main reason for gradually decreasing production of Sugar cane has some corruption in it.
Reason # 1
Farmer is not paid as per […]