The Global Social Network
Added by Riaz Haq on December 25, 2012 at 9:30pm — 21 Comments
Whether it was the bloody Civil War to abolish slavery in America or the Meiji Restoration that transformed feudal Japan into an industrial giant, history tells us that violent conflict has been an integral part of the process of social change. Pakistan, too, is experiencing a similar violent social revolution. It started well before the terrorist attacks of 911 and the subsequent US invasions of…
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Eclipse of Feudalism in Pakistan
By Arif Hasan
Mechanisation and middlemen: A customised tractor with a trailer full of harvested sugarcane, in Pakistan.…
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime".
Added by Riaz Haq on December 8, 2012 at 10:13pm — 9 Comments
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Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow says he’s “super excited” about the company’s Reko Diq copper-gold development in Pakistan. Speaking about the Pakistani mining project at a conference in the US State of Colorado, the South Africa-born Bristow said “This is like the early days in Chile, the Escondida discoveries and so on”, according to Mining.com, a leading industry publication. "It has enormous…
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Citizens of Lahore have been choking from dangerous levels of toxic smog for weeks now. Schools have been closed and outdoor activities, including travel and transport, severely curtailed to reduce the burden on the healthcare system. Although toxic levels of smog have been happening at this time of the year for more than a decade, this year appears to be particularly bad with hundreds of people hospitalized to treat breathing problems. Millions of Lahoris have seen their city's air quality…
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