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South Africa’s power supplier Eskom Holdings Ltd. generates nearly all the nation’s electricity at some of the world’s cheapest rates. That arrangement has allowed global mining giants to extract vast amounts of gold, platinum and coal from South Africa’s earth and to keep electricity affordable for the poor.
But the state-run utility says artificially low electricity […]

Just when we thought that the Politicians and political parties can’t get any more dishonorable and shameless, another incident happened live on Pakistani channels. Yes Folks PML (N)  Rally was powered by illegal electricity connection. Isnt it funny! how the bearers of the poor are caught red handed trying to be too smart.
According to the […]

Here is an interesting but a real thought provoking article by Dr. Ron Paul.
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Political Power and the Rule of Law
by Ron Paul
Source : http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul366.html
With the elections over and the 110th Congress settling in, the media have been reporting […]

I saw pictures of ‘Empress Market ‘in a newspaper,Lots of heads and traffic jam as usual………………..I remember my growing up days as a head on those roads with traffic.
I saw picture of a motocylist going wrong way,I saw picture of cars driving on traffic lines,I saw people on roof tops of speeding minibuses,I saw pictures […]

On February 9 as the four of us – Yusuf Jan, Faisal Shuja Khan, Syed Ahmad and I – walked into the Grand Hyatt, and registered for Nasscom 2010, we met various people from the Nasscom team and from the Indian IT industry. Some were old friends who were happy to see us and others […]

I saw pictures of ‘Empress Market ‘in a newspaper,Lots of heads and traffic jam as usual………………..I remember my growing up days as a head on those roads with traffic.
I saw picture of a motocylist going wrong way,I saw picture of cars driving on traffic lines,I saw people on roof tops of speeding minibuses,I saw pictures […]

One of history’s most important lessons is that politicians should never be given a free hand to borrow money to cover the costs of wars, overseas adventures, or military spending.

Eric Margolis

One of history’s most important lessons is that politicians should never be given a free hand to borrow money to cover the costs of wars, […]

Everyone seems to be on the Hate Obama bandwagon, and it’s a little sad if you think about it. From random strangers to random people on the street, you see the anger of their neighbors rubbing off on them. I’m not going to get too much into the political side of things, because much of […]

(SPIEGEL Interview with General Stanley McChrystal)

Killing the enemy is not the best route to success

Note for WoP readers: The other day I happened to delve into thoughts of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan. While giving interview to the German weekly Der Spiegel online about his new approach […]

PPP ministers and MQM officials now they fighting like dogs..like uneducated people..what a great politicians we have..GOD knows who is right who is wrong…
http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1100844729&Issue=NP_KHI&Date=20100203
http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1100844727&Issue=NP_KHI&Date=20100203

This cup of tea was served by: Arcane Dignitary

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I remember reading about Allama Iqbals’s work, back when I was in class 7. How he managed to rouse a sleeping nation with his words. He might not have lobbied with officials and politicians as much as the others, but his words and sonnets penetrated the dormant desire of freedom and to fight in the […]

There appears to be a developing trend of Pakistani leaders abusing each other on live national television. I am not sure what it means, but I find it to be a source of embarrassment and distress. What is also quite upsetting and perhaps, that is what makes the videos so popular, is how audiences are […]