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Posts Tagged ‘Poverty’

Poverty is Blessing: Some times

By A Khokar • Jan 3rd, 2012 • Category: Features

Pakistan and India may be known for the poverty stricken masses deprived of basic civic amentias or equal job opportunities but owing to the current economic disasters and recession engulfing the West; the state of affairs of the masses out there is also not very different especially in US, the land once famously known for [...]



Finding a shoulder to shift responsibility…..

By Mian Usman • Jan 27th, 2011 • Category: Worth A Second Look

Where are we heading as a Nation? Majority of people will come back with an answer that we are heading towards total destruction. A lot of reasoning is brought forward in this consent that we have no systems, we have no leadership or corrupt leadership, our country is in the control of USA and so [...]



Suicide Note

By Asim • Oct 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Part 1: The Introduction
I am an outsider
A view from inside
I will kill
Myself
And my own
Two angels
All that existed
For me and them
To return
To perfection;
As the sun rises tomorrow!
Part 2: THE GOLDEN BRIDGE
As life walks past,
Upon this golden bridge,
Symbols of our past
In distance, of unity and strength
From promise of slogans
Of “roti, kapra and makan”
To dazzling boards enshrined
Of our [...]



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 [...]