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Sugar Production, Consumption

Sugar production, consumption

The sugar industry plays an important role in poverty alleviation of the rural areas. It is an essential commodity of daily use in every country of the world, and about…

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

In a night-time attack on the Freedom Flotilla last Monday, Israeli soldiers, in the habit of massacring innocent Palestinians at will, killed 20 activists and injured several others. This happened…

Peace Of The Grave

Peace of the grave

On June 10, 1963, President John Kennedy made a commencement address at the American University in Washington. Later, US intelligence reports had even the Soviet Communist Party Secretary, Nikita Khrushchev,…

Is This Politics Or Folly?

Is this politics or folly?

It is common practice, at least in rural Sindh, for someone to commit an offence, even murder, and then escape punishment, start a process of self-degradation by pleading, crawling, resorting…

Geographical Realities

Geographical realities

In previous articles (Aug 7, Aug 21 and Sept 7) for Dawn, I have argued that apart from other factors, geography also plays a major role in the economic development…

Structural Imbalances

Structural imbalances

The fundamentals of the economy have continued to get weaker and structural imbalances have widened even when the economy as a whole or some of its sectors may have performed…

The Seeds Of Destruction

The seeds of destruction

“Some countries fail spectacularly, with a total collapse of all state institutions. Most countries that fall apart, however, do so not with a bang but with a whimper. What is…

Better City Planning

Better city planning

The project appraisal document for the World Bank’s Punjab municipal services improvement project (PMSIP) lists Pakistan as the most heavily urbanised country in South Asia. Official estimates reveal over a…

Wheat Prices And Inflation

Wheat prices and inflation

THE wheat shortage, amidst claims of highest-ever crop size, is once again reinforcing the need for strong government intervention.