By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Pakistan was perhaps the only country in the world where food was plenty. Now it is facing a daunting challenge of unprecedented inflation and food shortage, making it a key concern for the policymakers, economists and market participants. Widespread hunger and malnutrition is now the reality of Pakistan. There is hardly [...]
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No Comments »By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Social justice is a concept which provides meaning and significance to life and makes the rule of law dynamic. In a welfare state social justice must be treated as cardinal and paramount. Unfortunately the sitting PPP Government has deprived people of even their basic rights instead of providing them social justice. [...]
Posted in Crimes, Crisis, Current Affairs, Economy, Pakistan, Politics Tags: Articles, Crimes, Current Affairs, Economy, Pakistan No Comments »By: Shaukat Masood Zafar According to Transparency International Pakistan (TIP), Pakistan has lost an unbelievably high amount, more than Rs8,500 billion (Rs8.5 trillion or US$94 billion), in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance during the last four years of Zardari-led Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s tenure. Corruption has increased in recent years at alarming level. [...]
Posted in Business, Crimes, Crisis, Current Affairs, Economy, Media, Pakistan, Politics Tags: Articles, Corruption, Crimes, Current Affairs, Media, News, Pakistan, Politics, PPP No Comments »PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER US Department of State says in one of its recent reports regarding drug trafficking in the Central Asian states, “The Central Asian states that border Afghanistan are facing a significant threat from illicit narcotic drugs transiting from Afghanistan. Violent extremist groups from Afghanistan and Pakistan threaten stability in the region, with drug [...]
By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Millions of suffering Pakistanis voted for them believing that they will not fail Pakistanis after nine years military regime; they will bring the desired changes. They must not fail! However, They have stolen much of our collective wealth and left us with little to fight our massive poverty. They have not [...]
By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Pakistanis are not mature enough with democracy regime; while most of the politicians are morally bankrupt! The country’s current misfortune is due to civil leadership, who has demonstrated no appetite for sustainable change, economic or social. The effect of the stronger economic performance during military regimes translated into something more meaningful [...]
Posted in Business, Crimes, Crisis, Current Affairs, Economy, Media, Pakistan Tags: Articles, Crimes, Current Affairs, Media, News, Pakistan, Security No Comments »By: Shaukat Masood Zafar The prices of 350 medicines increased from 20 to 100 percent in the wholesale and retail markets across the country increasing inflationary pressures. Almost all local and multinational pharmaceutical companies notified the increase to their respective distributors, dealers and wholesalers. The increases – some as high as 100 per cent – [...]
Posted in Business, Crimes, Crisis, Current Affairs, Economy Tags: Crimes, Current Affairs, Media, Medicine, News, Pakistan, Politics No Comments »By: Shaukat Masood Zafar There is a mess of political parties in Pakistan; all talking a lot about poor people and their problems. Nobody knows who is actually a true representative of people? If we look back, the picture for the last four years of “Democracy” has remained bleak. Political parties across the country are [...]
Posted in Current Affairs, Economy Tags: Business, Crimes, Current Affairs, Economy, News, Pakistan No Comments »By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Food is a basic human need and it’s the government who has to ensure a dependable food security system for the nation. For a country like Pakistan, this is crucial, since now a large part of the income of the population has to be spent to procure food. High grain prices [...]
By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Pakistan’s rich human and material resource endowments have given it the potential to become a major player in the global economy. Pakistan is rich in minerals. It has good agriculture potential. The young population in Pakistan is large — as is the percentage of young who are unemployed but well-educated, meaning [...]
