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2012

JUST FOR A PEACEFUL TOMORROW

PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER

 

Do we really need guns and cannons, drones and bombs particularly when we don’t have sufficient milk and food for our innocent children, medicines for our ailing patients and books for our deserving students? Certainly not; we will have to decide what we need and what we not. The wrong choice of needs and necessities is always the basic flaw that leads a society to a catastrophic destruction. Peace could never be possible in presence of weapons. No war can last longer if the confronting armies run short of arms and ammunitions. For a safer and a prosperous future of the world, all we need is to put a check on the manufacturing, production, trade and supply of weapons. Issues, particularly the conflicting issues are an integral part of life but these issues must be settled through talks and negotiations, not by use of force. Peace and harmony must be the top-most priority for everyone, at individual as well as at regional level. ‘World needs peace’ must be the most important slogan for all of us.Read More »JUST FOR A PEACEFUL TOMORROW

Development work in Islamabad Sector I-11 to be expedited

Development work in Sector I11 would be expedited soon as the Capital Development Authority will vacate all the areas under adverse possession by the end of December.

This was decided in a meeting at the CDA Headquarters, chaired by Member Estate Shaista Sohail and participated by the representatives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Administration, UNHCR, ICT, police and other relevant government organisations.

The meeting was briefed on the chronic issues related to Sector I11, which are real hindrance in the development of the sector. Most important of all are the slums in this area, which not only hinder the development work but also cause multiple problems in the capital.Read More »Development work in Islamabad Sector I-11 to be expedited

Dynamics of choice and opportunity in a free market economy

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By Huma Siddiqi

It is an inherent rule of nature that an organism tends to seek the maximum benefit with the least amount of effort. That explicitly depicts how we as a nation of consumers behave. But its flip side also explains the exact reason why predators go after the feeblest. We as consumers experience life as it happens to us mostly because we are hooked to our needs and not willing to even twitch a muscle for our betterment, it is but natural that the helpless consumer gets statistically gang raped by all possible corporate and regulates or the coalition of the two.Read More »Dynamics of choice and opportunity in a free market economy