NewsRack: 'Poverty' news in 'Pakistan' topic for user newstrust

Ahmadis in Karachi: Pulpit pounding, barricades, prayers but no peace – The Express Tribune	22.5.2013	Delicious popular

How America Became a Third World Country (Kramer & Comerford) (Cached)	22.5.2013	Informed Comment
Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford write at Tomdispatch: The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air [...]
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Foreign countries to shut doors on unaccredited labour by 2015	22.5.2013	Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News
Foreign countries to shut doors on unaccredited labour by 2015
Pakistan NGO Review	21.5.2013	Delicious popular

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Infrastructure failings clip the wings of Indonesian airport	21.5.2013	Washington Post: World
KUALA NAMU, Indonesia — The state-of-the-art $527-million Kuala Namu International Airport rises elegantly out of degraded plantation and swamp land 18 miles from the rapidly expanding city of Medan, the biggest on the resource-rich island of Sumatra. ...
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Pakistan's new government must put development before debt repayment \| Nick Dearden	21.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
With an economy paralysed by IMF interference, Pakistan could reassert its independence by halting debt repayments No matter which government Pakistan's people had voted for last week , the debt payments the country is scheduled to make in the next two years will largely decide that government's economic policy. That is, unless the government decides to put its people ahead of those repayments. Given the scale of problems Pakistan faces, is it possible that a sovereign economic agenda could find its way on to the table? Pakistan's economy has been paralysed by its debt , run up by military juntas, the US's "war on terror", natural disasters and "austerity loans" from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The country's debt has doubled since 2006 – reaching nearly $60bn. Worse is to come; Pakistan is expected to spend more than $6bn repaying debt next year – impossible without more loans, sharp austerity or running down the country's already depleted reserves. While the pummelling of ...
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www.economist.com	20.5.2013	Delicious popular

Pakistan, Islam and Democracy (Cached)	20.5.2013	Informed Comment
Pakistan, a country 97 percent Muslim, has just made its first successful transition from one elected, civilian government to another since its founding in 1947. The country has had long bouts of military rule, and a history of coups against elected prime ministers, as well as, in the 1990s, a series of presidential decrees dismissing [...]
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blogs.tribune.com.pk	20.5.2013	Delicious popular

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Pakistan turns off air-conditioners and tells civil servants to ditch socks	20.5.2013	The Guardian -- Front Page
New dress code issued to government employees as country endures blackouts of up 20 hours a day amid 40C temperatures Pakistan has told its civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid soaring temperatures to deal with chronic power cuts. The government has turned off all air-conditioning in its offices as the country endures blackouts of up to 20 hours a day in some places. "There shall be no more use of air-conditioners in public offices till such time that substantial improvement in the energy situation takes place," a cabinet directive said. As part of a new dress code, moccasins or sandals must be worn without socks. The power shortages have sparked violent protests and crippled key industries, costing hundreds of thousands of jobs in a country already beset by high unemployment, a failing economy, widespread poverty and a Taliban insurgency. The "load-shedding" means many families cannot pump water, let alone run air-conditioners, with ...
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IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 20	20.5.2013	NY Times: World
David Cameron’s woes; Afghan women’s rights; H&M in Bangladesh; study abroad and the safety factor; the Cohen brothers at Cannes; wind-limit questions at the America’s Cup.
Pakistan, rusting in its tracks	20.5.2013	Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News
Pakistan, rusting in its tracks
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Habib Jalib - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia	19.5.2013	Delicious popular

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Hun Ki?	19.5.2013	Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News
Hun Ki?
Call for enforcing minorities’ rights	19.5.2013	Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News
Call for enforcing minorities’ rights
Leather industry can’t sustain power tariff hike	19.5.2013	Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News
Leather industry can’t sustain power tariff hike
Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel	19.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel
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The joy of giving	18.5.2013	Hindu: Opinion
In her new film, Meera Dewan celebrates the langar, one of the finest traditions of selfless community giving.
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CASA calls for fixing teachers' troubles	18.5.2013	Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News
CASA calls for fixing teachers' troubles
41 students caught cheating	18.5.2013	Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News
41 students caught cheating

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