In a session this Tuesday, the Punjab Assembly described Nov 3, 2007 as a ‘black day’ in the history of Pakistan.
Amazing isn’t it, that Nov, 3rd 2007 is a black day…but Oct 12 of ‘99 is …well not a colored day at all. Just a normal first time suspension by some nobody day. We don’t [...]
I am really ill at ease blogging about issues like war on terror, power shortage, sugar and flour crisis and the corruption of the current rulers. I dare to ask where is the governance, where is the vision of this government, whats the plan and where this government intends to take us, and what goals [...]
It’s a tough weather, the summer, and it is getting intense every year. To add more to misery is the power shortage problem. When the hot season was in its full swing the government tried to solace the public by saying that the power shortage problem would be completely dealt with by December this year. Pardon me, for I have a weak memory, but I remember similar promises were made last year but forgotten completely with the rising of the summer sun. Bloody summer!
Ramadan is the month of fasting and hoarding. Market mafias, wholesalers, retailers and shop-keepers; everyone chucks extra profit from the faithful in all the edible items. One gets to know that Ramadan is approaching well before its moon sighting as the prices of everything surge to a whooping measure. In total disregard to what Ramadan [...]
Besides of establishing a Ramadan package, the Punjab government of Shahbaz Sharif has come hard on the hoarders of sugar. The government has issued orders to take punitive actions against those sugar millers and traders, who have not been releasing the stock despite their commitment, causing a massive hike in the commodity price nationwide.
Not only [...]
Hoarders and profiteers, almost all of them Muslims, have once again created a fake shortage of sugar from the market just before the start of month of fasting: Ramadan. Though Ramadan is still ten days away, and the T.V is blaring away the celebrations of 14th August, the people of Pakistan don’t have power, gas, [...]
First the blood of Pakistanis went dry when they started living with the constant fear of suicide bombers and bomb blasts, then they started living permanently in fasting-mode, as the food items like flour and sugar became scarce and beyond the reach of their pockets. Then they started living in darkness as their long ago [...]
