While the proportions of this debilitating process is not yet clear, the Covid-19 pandemic is causing a massive melt-down of global economy. The growth rates of some important western economies will go into the negative, for this quarter the US economy has shrunk by 4.8%, the biggest downtown since the 2008 recession. Such a global…
Millions of people have lost their jobs and more will still lose, the pandemic not only taking lives but badly aggravating the economic crisis. As times goes on many industries and commercial entities will go down, some permanently, and it will be no easy thing to revive the economy, at least we must try. But…
Introduction: It has been established earlier that the Quran denies existence or belief in any other scripture or book except Quran 6:19, 38, & 114-116, 39:23, 45:6, 77:50, 7:185). The prophetic traditions and narrations found in Hadith books also conform to this Quranic Command, because Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) has also been reported to have banned Hadith writing…
In May 2019 four people in Muzaffargarh were arrested for hoarding sugar and thus contributing to an artificial crisis; in one go-down had stocked 40,000 sugar bags, another berserk had hoarded 70,000 wheat bags; may thousands must have done the same without getting caught. The punishment for those two, was not reported, obviously it was…
1 litre of milk costs about a third of the average wage, 1 kg of powdered milk eats up approximately half and a loaf of bread is almost a quarter. Prices double nearly every 15 days! Even the revised IMF year end inflation projection for the country is 200,000%! Over 3 million people have immigrated,…
Food security is of central importance to national security. That it was not been realized is surprising given that the sieges of forts and were only successful by forming them into cities starvation Now it will have to remain central to our security imperatives. With a population of more than 200 million people more than…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) being the 2nd largest economy of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has now become the role model for others in the fight against COVID-19. The government of UAE has announced economic package of approximately AED 26.5 billion ($7.2 billion or 2 percent of…
Last month, the PM Imran Khan announced the country’s biggest emergency cash program, with a value of Rs 144bn, to disburse Rs 12,000 to approx. 12m beneficiaries. The World Bank has praised the PTI government’s EHSAAS welfare program, and its effectiveness in providing aid under the critical threat environment formed by the sharp spike in…
Afghans are not known for abiding by treaties and agreements, they are also poor performers in handling intra-Afghan negotiations. Both the Taliban and the US troops are accusing each other of violating the peace agreement and the dysfunctional Afghan government is playing spoilers. May be implementation of the agreement is more messy than the process…
Vegetables constitute an integral component of our cropping pattern but the increasing pressure on food and cash crops has limited the area under vegetables to about 3.1% of the total cropped area. Because they have a shorter maturity period vegetables fit well in most farming systems. Vegetables provide proteins, minerals and vitamins required for human…
