Category Archives: Poverty

Public and private education

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Faisal Bari

Recently a spate of publications on primary level education sector in Pakistan have highlighted the facts that a) percentage of children going to private schools in Pakistan has risen rapidly to about 1/3rd of total by now, b) private schools … Continue reading →

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Murdering Millions

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Faisal Bari

Imagine the following situation. You do not need a second car, but you like the shape of the new Civic. Your old car is not too old, it does all you want it to do, it does not have any … Continue reading →

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The Boy from Depalpur

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Ali Hashmi

It was the bairs that caught my eye, those succulent yellowish-green berries that appear a few weeks out of the year on donkey carts in Lahore. Regular fruit sellers rarely stock them since they spoil quickly and are considered a … Continue reading →

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The Aid Debate

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Site Staff

According to the Millennium Project “More than one billion people in the world live on less than one dollar a day. In total, 2.7 billion struggle to survive on less than two dollars per day”. Eradication of poverty is a … Continue reading →

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