Kidney market shut as Pakistan cuts supply | A BILLION-DOLLAR kidney bazaar that thrived across Pakistan has been abruptly shut down, forcing thousands of kidney patients to look elsewhere for a donor. | Lax regulation in Pakistan had permitted the rise... Trade deficit hits $16bn | By Mubarak Zeb Khan | ISLAMABAD, May 10: Surging crude oil and food prices in international markets pushed Pakistans trade deficit to $16.805 billion in the first 10 months of the current financial year, up ... Food, energy inflation squeeze economy: FBR chief at LCCI | LAHORE, May 10: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Muhammad Abdullah Yousaf says the economy is under severe pressure owing to unprecedented increase in petroleum products and food prices. | Addressing i... SWABI: Swabi people stock new crop for food security: Flour crisis deepens | By Muqaddam Khan | SWABI, May 10: As the flour crisis deepens, people have started stocking fresh produce of wheat to cope with the situation while flourmills have geared up efforts to procure the commodity i... Mind the direction | By Afshan Subohi | The voters rejected the PML(Q) despite the high economic growth rate because it did not benefit the majority and, instead, led to a whirlpool of food, fuel and financial crisis. They voted ... Soft credit to farmers for better crops | By Nasir Jamal | LAHORE: Never mind the deteriorating macroeconomic stability, which is perhaps the only thing that is worrying the countrys finance managers and most economists for the last several months i... Unpopular decisions are inevitable | By Ihtasham ul Haque | ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar does not foresee any serious law and order situation emerging from the growing food prices which, he otherwise admits, are causing considerable pro... NWFP blames lack of insight | By Zulfiqar Ali | PESHAWAR: Despite having vast tracts of fertile land, conducive climate and a huge potential for hydel-power generation, the North West Frontier Province is self-sufficient in terms of neith... The maze of food subsidy | By Sher Baz Khan | ISLAMABAD: With the rising food prices having made more than 77 million Pakistanis vulnerable to economic shocks, the issue of subsidising the countrys agricultural sector has once again c... Labour leaders vent their rage on govt | By Zaheer Ahmed Khan | KARACHI: Trade union leaders hold wrong planning, smuggling, hoarding and failure of the implementation machinery responsible for current food crisis. | Rulers apathy, pathetic contrib... Textile, farm sector can solve problems | By Mohammad Saleem | FAISALABAD: Growth of the textile industry, farmer-friendly policies, alternative means of fuel and private power generation offer the only and immediate solution to the food and energy p...
Kidney market shut as Pakistan cuts supply Sydney Morning Herald| A BILLION-DOLLAR kidney bazaar that thrived across Pakistan has been abruptly shut down, forcing thousands o...
The Muslim middle class The Guardian| They're well-educated professionals with a modern outlook. They're also pious and socially conservative | Ma...
Trade deficit hits $16bn Dawn| By Mubarak Zeb Khan | ISLAMABAD, May 10: Surging crude oil and food prices in international markets pushed P...
Mind the direction Dawn| By Afshan Subohi | The voters rejected the PML(Q) despite the high economic growth rate because it did not b...
Soft credit to farmers for better crops Dawn| By Nasir Jamal | LAHORE: Never mind the deteriorating macroeconomic stability, which is perhaps the only thi...
Unpopular decisions are inevitable Dawn| By Ihtasham ul Haque | ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar does not foresee any serious law and order situ...
NWFP blames lack of insight Dawn| By Zulfiqar Ali | PESHAWAR: Despite having vast tracts of fertile land, conducive climate and a huge potenti...
The maze of food subsidy Dawn| By Sher Baz Khan | ISLAMABAD: With the rising food prices having made more than 77 million Pakistanis vulner...
