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Articles with tag: Oil

Who is Making the Oil Fume ?

Adnan Bashir   Jun 22, 2008   interacts: 102

35 countries, 25 oil company CEOs and 7 global energy organizations assemble at Red sea city of Jeddah today as the world faces one of the most unprecedented global crisis

Starting from the End

Ali Hashmi   Mar 11, 2008   interacts: 16

Wapda and the ministry of power have implemented an emergency load shedding plan to plug the gap between electricity supply and demand leading to more misery for millions.

India-Iran Ties

Aparna Pande   May 30, 2007   interacts: 19

One has the world’s second largest gas reserves and the other is one of the world’s largest gas importers.

Monar Jomban (part 4 of 4)

Manali Chakrabarti   Mar 28, 2007   interacts: 2

They used to say ‘Allah will save us’ and a quarter of a century later I agree ‘only Allah can save us’ - the mess has gone beyond human intervention. I am old and my laughter is my tears too. (He suddenly looked around and said in

Blood Diamonds

Fazeel Chauhan   Dec 15, 2006   interacts: 2

Like selfishness holds hands with carelessness And recklessness goes together with dominance Then how can I explain to your fiancé That in her wedding ring is a blood diamond Representing the sacrifice of native virgins

Oily ‘Oil Wars’

Muhammad A Khan   Sep 3, 2006   interacts: 2

It is only a matter of time from hence to year 2040 when the fence sitters, equally thirsty of oil, would lose patience about US wrangling under the dream-world – like slogans of peace, prosperity, democracy, justice, human rights and above all safe

Meaningful Giants in ‘Eurasian Balkan’

Muhammad A Khan   Aug 3, 2006   interacts: 6

When the world is getting hoarse on the sight of ‘pressure cooker’, unfortunately no platform at the Eurasian Balkan level is being evolved for the dialogue among the Titans.

On death of a Terrorist

Tahir Qazi   Jun 11, 2006   interacts: 65

I did not know what to feel about the death of the most dreaded murderer and terrorist. I thought I should feel something.

Connecting the Dots: From Oil Energy to Green Energy

Saima Shah   May 25, 2006   interacts: 15

The real question is not what if conspiracy theorists are right, the real question is why there are many holes, foul-ups and goof-ups in the 9/11 story

Documenting Anarchy

Saima Shah   May 4, 2006   interacts: 23

Recently—meaning in the last decade but more openly since 9/11, there is a continued effort to document people all over planet earth. From the most disorganized countries to most orderly, there is a concerted effort to account for every person on th

Iran: The Next Stop?

H P   Mar 5, 2006   interacts: 152

Iran is not Iraq: Given the Iranians’ fierce nationalism and the Shiites’ traditions of martyrdom, any military move on Iran would receive a response that would engulf the entire region in fire

Pipe Dreams?

Aarya Nijat   Sep 4, 2005   interacts: 80

Pakistan has three natural gas rich countries in the region i.e. Turkmenistan, Iran and Qatar, all of whom are looking to tap the ready markets in Pakistan and India for the export of their gas.

UNhappy times?

Uma K   Apr 21, 2005   interacts: 8

“We are outgunned. We are outmanned. We need help from outside groups. We need to be able to organize outsiders to work with us to write to papers, to appear on television.”

Highway Robbery

Nadeem Akram   Nov 13, 2004   interacts: 7

I was told ‘good things come to those who wait’, ‘come December, check your odometer and then divide it with the amount spent on CNG and viola: One rupee saved for every kilometer you drove’.

Drooling Oil

Zille Rehman Niazi   Jul 27, 2004   interacts: 2

Beyond the road yet snaking through the mountain and bone dry gorges stood an empowering turret shining in the morning sun with small ivy-white and money-green caravan cabins surrounding it.

Black Days in Karachi

Bina Shah   Aug 17, 2003   interacts: 41

The Black Days have returned to Karachi, but this time they have nothing to do with politics, but a slowly widening oil slick, that grows day by day to destroy everything that Karachi holds dear.

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