News & Blogs from Pakistan
Posts tagged Sugar
Pakistan seeks access to the US, European markets
May 14th
President of Pakistan Asif Zardari, who is eager to get free access to the United States and European Union markets for commodities of his country Thursday reviewed options with the relevant governments officials.
Federal Minister of Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim informed Pakistan’s parliament that Pakistan has lost about $40 billion in war against terrorism as a [...]
A day in PP 63 – what is to be done?
May 12th
My friend Amanullah Kariapper's account of a day spent in PP 63 (Faisalabad) for the election campaign of the Labour Party candidate.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN THE BARBARIANS WITHIN US
May 10th
Sehar Tariq
We all remember the barbaric footage of the Taliban flogging a young girl in Public. Chillingly similar was the story of the police in Faislabad, flogging a woman who had gone to report a theft.
We all remember the months of debate on whether the flogging of the girl in Swat was authentic or not. [...]
Raising Boys not Barbarians – Sehar Tariq
May 7th
According to the Aurat Foundation, a women’s rights NGO, there were at least 7,571 incidents of acid attacks, rapes, spousal beatings and other violence against women in Pakistan in 2008 alone. And because that statistic is based on media reports, the number is actually higher, particularly since most victims don’t come forward about their abuse. [...]
Total loss touches Rs 6.5 bn
Jan 8th
LONDON: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has been rocked by another $31 million sugar scam the third in a row in the last two weeks after
Dealers buy TCP sugar for Ramazan bazaars
Jan 8th
LAHORE: Dealers have started lifting sugar from stocks of Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP), to sell it at relatively less price during Ramzaan.
Ayesha Siddiqa’s MILITARY INC: A Deflective and Derogatory Book
Oct 23rd
Dr Ayesha Siddiqa’s ‘The Military Inc.’ is a book deflective of reality, highly derogatory and against the very notion of sovereignty. The publication of Dr Ayesha Siddiqa’s own book ‘Military Inc’ in 2007, in President Musharraf’s era, repudiates her claims to term the military rule as manipulative and suppressive. Dr Ayesha Siddiqa wrote a whole book, to malign a system (MILBUS) whose worth does not exceed 0.8% of Pakistan’s free market economy.
Electricity: Solutions and Ongoing Projects
Jun 17th
In 1999, our installed capacity was merely 15,860 MW. (With Hydel 4826 + Thermal 10,897 + Nuclear 137)
In 2005-06, our installed capacity increased to become 20,495 MW. (With Hydel 6499 + Thermal 13,534 + Nuclear 462)
