It is becoming clear that the resources available are simply too limited to cope with the flood disaster. The prime minister concedes that the government is overwhelmed and cannot manage. While this may be true, it does little to reassure people who, of course, look to leaders for help in times such as these. Shockingly, [...]
All articles in category: "Floods in Pakistan,Poverty in Pakistan"
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Perilous waters
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The wait for a messiah
Older readers will recognise this mantra from the past: “South Korea stole our first Five-Year Plan.” According to this urban legend, when a Korean was accused of this petty larceny by a Pakistani, he retorted: “Yes, but we implemented it.” The other pat on the back we give ourselves is about how PIA helped establish [...]
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A culture of suicide
A considerable stir was caused among the uninitiated when an honourable member of parliament pooh-poohed civil society’s concern and anger at incidents of suicide commonly attributed to the absence of livelihood. Everybody who had access to the media went hammer and tongs for the pir known for his felicity in changing political gaddis and ignored [...]
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Another suicide in Lahore, Pakistan
This week, another suicide case of woman with 4 children has occured in Lahore due to poverty. Authorities are coloring it with domestic issue while media is taking as madness of the housewife as she was willing to live separately. What ever the reason you can argue but in current circumstances and economy of the [...]
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The death of feelings
FOR a God-fearing, right-minded person it is painful to imagine that while the common run of people are increasingly finding suicides as the only shield against the inflationary onslaught, rampaging the country for quite some time, their rulers would be looking for still more ways to add to the rigours of life. This is the [...]
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