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Posts Tagged ‘Price Hike’

Spiralling Price Hike

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Every stratum of the society is affected by the gruesome price hike of day to day commodities. For the common man in the society it has become nearly impossible to support a family. It has become extremely hard to fulfill the needs of children regarding their food, health, education and entertainment. Things have gone through [...]



Budget and Agriculture Sector

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


“Grateful Nation”…..

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • May 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Crisis of Roti

By Ali Yar Khan • Apr 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The previous government of Musharraf and Quisling-League has thrown Pakistan well on to the way towards the worst recession since it’s dependence. No water, no electricity, no food, no jobs and no peace; that is what we have got after the 8+ years Draconian rule of Musharraf and his cronies.
Now this storm of price hike [...]



No Honeymoon

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistan is knocking on the door of democracy, while the forces of status quo are trying desperately to pull it back. The elections which occurred on 18th February have ushered a a new dawn heralding a richly hoped transformation repudiating the massively skewed previous government of PML-Q under the stern eye of General (r) Pervez [...]



Reasons Behind Trouncing of PML-Q

By Amna Gilani • Feb 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Following are the main reason behind the debacle in election 2008 for PML-Q:

The war on terror
The judicial crisis
Confrontation with the media
The Lal Masjid operation
Shortage of wheat flour, power and gas
Skyrocketing prices of the essential commodities
Support for a dictatorial regime

Can you add any more reason in that list? Please proceed in the comments.



Is the Rice next after Pakistan Election 2008?

By Farid Masood • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Here, I am not talking about shortage of Ms Rice of USA, as she is there where needed. I am talking about the shortage of yield of crop ‘Rice’, which is the second food item after flour and is much necessary in many diseases when you cannot eat flour. We have witnessed the [...]



Elections & Economy

By Farid Masood • Feb 2nd, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Holding elections for a poor (apparently rich) country like Pakistan is a big ask, in terms of administrative measure, economic burden, rising issues of political parties, international pressures and terrorism etc. Here the terrorism does not means in American terms, basically the dealing between politicians and the prospect killing of politicians.
State Bank of Pakistan has [...]



Ramadan Al-Mukaram

By The Pakistani Spectator • Sep 15th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

The holy month of Ramadan bears many benefits for a persons following it spiritually. It tells how to bear hunger, thirst and how to refrain from evils, lies, back bighting etc etc. It also teaches us to obey to the Almighty. The Almighty says ‘A person having fast in this month will be rewarded by [...]



Medicine Prices

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jun 13th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

In last twelve months we have witnessed food inflation above 10%. The price hike in medicines was abnormally increased by the importer & manufacturers. I take an example of medicine used instant relief for the patients of Asthma.
Due to global warming the pollination process in plants starts very early before time and the span [...]