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Tariq Aftab Hussain - who has written 16 posts on Pakistan Times!.
Govt cuts prices of petrol by Rs9, diesel Rs4
ISLAMABAD: Government has decreased prices of petrol by Rs9 and diesel by Rs4 per litre with immediate effect. Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tareen had announced a day earlier that prices of petroleum products would be reduced on Sunday. He said the benefit of declining international oil prices would be passed on [...]
Continue reading...Privatization through Public Private Partnership under consideration
Friday, November 28, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The government was considering the privatization of public sector entities through Public Private Partnership instead of the out right sale of State Owned Entities (SOE). Federal Minister for Privatization Syed Naveed Qamar stated this while addressing the signing of Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) and handing over ceremony of Hazara Phosphate & Fertilizers (Pvt) Limited [...]
Continue reading...SECP’S regulatory policies behind amplified compliance
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The timely regulatory actions taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) have resulted in increased compliance on part of the corporate and other sectors under its purview. During the year 2008, the SECP authorized 19 inspections where it was suspected that substantial shareholders’ interests may have been affected or where such [...]
Continue reading...Shahbaz Bhatti for minorities’ welfare
Saturday, November 22, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti has said that the present government has taken a number of initiatives for the welfare and protection of rights of minorities under the dynamic leadership of President of Mr. Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. He was talking to a three member [...]
Continue reading...Neo-Liberalism in Latin America- Resutlting Social Movements
Saturday, September 6, 2008
South America can be considered to be the hub of Social Movements. Presence of various movements is there in every aspect of life and range from movements for the right of unemployed workers to movements of Coca farmers. They range from peaceful to extremely volatile movements. The formation of identity according to classes has brought [...]
Continue reading...Should Legislation Support for Voluntary Euthanasia
Friday, September 5, 2008
Euthanasia As medical science has developed increasingly sophisticated treatments and medications, it also has given Americans choices about life and death unheard of before. Today, technology allows people to live prolong periods, even after their bodies and minds can no longer sustain bodily functions. The moral and ethical issue regarding euthanasia plays a tug-of-war in our [...]
Continue reading...Role of Indian Judiciary in evolution of Indian Democracy
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Did the Indian Judiciary play a significant role in development and evolution of Indian Democracy? Judicial system administers justice in the name of the state and it is a mechanism for resolution of disputes. The system through out the world varies with regards to the amount of autonomy it possesses, which in turn determines the [...]
Continue reading...Colonial Expansion; American Imperialism vs European imperialism
Friday, August 1, 2008
What circumstances led to the emergence of the United States as an imperialist power, and to what extent was/is American Imperialism different from European imperialism of the past couple of centuries? The rise of the US as an imperialist power and its domination of the world as never seen before, presents a very different example for [...]
Continue reading...Karzai to visit India on Monday
Friday, August 1, 2008
NEW DELHI: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will pay a state visit to India Aug 4 on his way home from a South Asian summit in Sri Lanka, it was announced here. Accompanying the president during the daylong trip will be Foreign Affairs Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta and the National Security Advisor. President Pratibha Patil will host [...]
Continue reading...Technological change in Japanese agriculture
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Change in technology is divided into three parts, i.e. 1. Pre-World war 1. A period of rapid growth lasting from approximately the time of the Meiji Restoration (1868) until the end of World War I. 2. Interwar .A period of rapid growth lasting from approximately the time of the Meiji Restoration (1868) until the end of World War I. 3. Post-World [...]
Continue reading...PML-N sincere in cooperation with PPP: Nawaz
Thursday, July 3, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz PML(N) Quaid Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has said that his party is sincerely cooperating with the government to strengthen democracy in the country. Talking to newsmen at Islamabad Airport before his departure for London today, he said they have strong reasons to support the PPP led government but complained that [...]
Continue reading...Why India is a stable democracy and Pakistan is not?
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Writer has tried to find out the answer of a question as to Why is it that India has evolved into a stable democracy but Pakistan has not been able to do so? He has drawn a comparison between India and Pakistan with various variable. What irks all the youth in Pakistan is; what [...]
Continue reading...Individualist vs Collectivist - a comparison of Switchfoot with Strings
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
To derive a comparison between individualist and collective societies here is best example of Spiderman Song. Two videos by Switchfoot (Music Group from USA) and second one is by Strings (Music group from Pakistan) drags our attention towards how true is Harmon’s theory that “Men are to grater extent products of their institutional environment i.e. [...]
Continue reading...Pak IT exports reach $175 million in 2007-08: PSEB MD
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has reached the figure of USD 175 million annual IT exports during the financial year 2007-08 about USD 13 million more than the USD 162 million target set for the said year. “We are satisfied with the pace of progress of the local IT sector and ambitious about its [...]
Continue reading...BB’s 55th birth anniversary to be observed
Friday, June 20, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The 55th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will be observed through out the country today (Saturday). The main function will be held at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto, the ancestral village and family graveyard of Bhutto family in Larkana district. The ceremony will start with blood donation by party leaders and workers besides [...]
Continue reading...Neo-Liberalism in Latin America-I
Monday, July 16, 2007
contributed by Umair Siddiqui & Tariq Aftab Introduction: This paper aims to study the advent of neo-liberalism in Latin America by looking at the backdrop that made it possible. It will also study the impact made by neo-liberal policies on the region, its economy and people. The paper has been divided into two parts. The first part [...]
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