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Posts Tagged ‘World Bank’

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 […]



Pakistan: Paradise Lost

By Saleem Khan • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

August 14, 1947 is important because an independent and sovereign country called Pakistan was added to world atlas on that day. The creation of Pakistan was one of the best things that could have happened for a majority of the people living in this part of the sub-continent. One can weigh the pros and cons […]



Poverty, do we need a bunch of economist

By Capt(R)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



Dependence and Interference

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

When Javed Hashmi and Asfund Yar Ali stoop up to congratulate Dr. Fahima Mirza upon her becoming the first South Asian women to become the speaker of the national assembly, they also talked vehemently about the supremacy of parliament and they all stressed, in different words, to make the decisions in the parliament and to […]



The LOGIC works in the world

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jul 24th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Father: I want you to marry a girl of my choice
Son: “I will choose my own bride!”
Father: “But the girl is Bill Gate’s daughter.”
Son: “Well, in that case…ok”
Next Father approaches Bill Gates.
Father: “I have a husband for your daughter.”
Bill Gates: “But my daughter is too young to marry!”
Father: […]



Economies of Developing Countries

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

Developing countries have mere resources for their development planning and execution. Every budget announcement has a percentage of deficit. Various measures are announced to cut down the deficit. This is an advance announcement and general public not knowing the fact that what happened at the end of each year. To cover up the deficit governments […]