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Kibera Inside and Outside
kashkin dabruski Jan 5, 2008Bullets inside my head
And hunger outside me
I am a little child
My mother gone
Privatization of PTCL: The Redundant Employees
Imran Ali Teepu Nov 25, 2007As many as 40,000 people will quit the job through Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) offered by the PTCL management.
India: Is Growth Coming at Expense of Development
Aparna Pande Feb 21, 2007For the last two years the IMF and the World Bank have been warning India about the dangers of inflation.
Little Beggar Beauty
Lakshmi Mukundan Aug 4, 2006I am like many in my city
Not callous enough to be unmoved
But too timid to do what I could and should.
Media Spin and the Hidden Poverty in America
M Asadi Apr 1, 2006The mainstream media instead of being outraged at why 37 million Americans are poor and chronically hungry in one of the wealthiest countries of the world gloats over a fictitious one percentage improvement
familiar junction/beggars galore/avert eyes/ignore ignore
Mariam Shoaib Dec 6, 2005Reality hits as traffic lurches to a start.
Church Lures Gujarat Tribals to Christ
Sunil K Poolani Nov 15, 2005Poverty is forcing the tribal community to embrace Christianity
London Targeted: Numbers Game
Temporal Jul 7, 2005today’s mourning
in the wake of
yesterday’s jubilation
and the futility of
fragmenting one
into us and them
Outside the Military Hospital
Bina Shah May 2, 2005The sun is equally unkind to them all
And God is equally forgiving. And that’s the way it’s always been
Despite fifty years and as many leaders in between.
Linking Poverty and Population
Kamal Siddiqi Apr 24, 2005Currently Pakistan is the sixth most populated country in the world. It also enjoys the dubious distinction of having the largest people under the poverty line, estimated at over 50 million.
Fighting Poverty in Pakistan
Kamal Siddiqi Apr 13, 2005Mr Aziz holds the view that a higher growth rate will, in itself, take care of poverty. However, there are many that do not agree with this assertion.
Lahore Street Scene
Tauheed Ahmed Apr 5, 2005On a hot summers day I see
A child cross the melting street
A load on her head
And no shoes on her feet
Cave-men of Rawalpindi
Shahzad Raza Oct 14, 2004Former Kashmiri landlords are living miserable lives in caves in Rawalpindi
The Politics of Rape
Beena Sarwar Sep 28, 2002Why the Meerwala Jatoi panchayat thought they would get away with it
The Forgotten Children of God
Zalan Alam Dec 5, 2001Beneath the four main castes is a fifth group, the Scheduled Caste
The Relationship That Heals
Ali Hashmi Nov 1, 2000no one comes to see me because they are happy or content with their life.
The Boys who will be Men
Shandana Minhas Nov 3, 1998The supreme guru of all things in sight was perched birdlike...
The Lost Generation
Shandana Minhas Oct 8, 1998You cannot throw a stone without hitting a cynic here
For My Love
Mustafa A Menai Apr 14, 1998...mullah wife gadding about in a dodge ’em car, quaking with full blooded mirth.
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