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Posts Tagged ‘Utility Stores’

Fake Flour Crisis Looming Large

By Ali Khan • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

When today, I gave myself a break from “yearning for justice” and went to buy flour, I got shocker my life, as despite of roaming about the whole locality and then half of the city, I was unable to find a single bag of flour.
Small-time shopkeepers showed me despair and their inability, while the big [...]



Flour Crisis Rooting Out

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • May 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

One of many prime responsibilities of the government is to supply flour to the people at affordable prices everywhere in the country through either utility stores or through the general markets.
Along with the ample supply of the flour, government needs to keep a strict check on smuggling and hoarding of the flour. The inter-provincial ban [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]