News & Blogs from Pakistan
Posts tagged Sugar
Saving on petrol imports
May 8th
Oil and electricity are going to be the main nemesis for this year as well.
The man who sold the world
May 7th
Osama bin Laden has succeeded in polarising the world in death almost as much as he did in life.
Commodities: Global prices steady in April
May 6th
Sliding dollar and increased oil prices kept global food prices steady in April.
Sugar: SECP allows launch of futures contract
May 5th
Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited (PMEX) granted permission for introduction of sugar futures contract.
Provisional report: Floods, power outages drag growth rate down to 2.4%
May 5th
Major push came from services sector, industrial sector contracted.
Summer sun: Drink lassi and sharbat, avoid heatstroke
May 2nd
Medical experts advise people to avoid going out in the sun and drink plenty of chilled beverages.
Police torture: The penalties of public service
May 2nd
Peasants who caught robbers made to eat from dog’s dish.
Mukhtaran Mai: the other side of the story
May 1st
By Bronwyn Curran
Published in TheNews on Saturday, April 30, 2011
As the author of a 2006 book on the Mukhtaran Mai case and a former Islamabad-based Western female news correspondent, I must raise a voice of dissent amidst the shrill reaction to the …
General K, We’re About To Have Some Words
May 1st
General Ashfaq Kayani runs this country. Let’s not waffle about on this issue. The democratic regime is anemic at best and hapless at worst. What he says carries weight. People listen to him. When General K says that the nation will not sacrifice its honour for prosperity, he’s expecting people to take it at face [...]
Pakistani tax dodgers put economy in peril
May 1st
Pakistan defies mounting Western pressure to end a giant tax dodge.
