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| Ejazul Haq may form his own PML |
| 2008-02-20 |
| Former religious affairs minister Ejazul Haq said on Tuesday that he might form his faction of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) in future. Express News quoted Ejaz as saying that flour, sugar and power crises were the main causes of the PML-QuaidÂ’s defeat in the polls. Speaking at a press conference in Haroonabad, the former minister said that February 18 elections had set a standard for free and fair polls in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Mexico has corn shortages, "What do you mean NO tortillas or Enchilads?" Are you out of your mind? EAT WHITE BREAD? Revolution time. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-02-20 13:12 |
| #2 Bad wheat harvest in Australia. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-02-20 08:19 |
| #1 "flour, sugar and power crises" Mexico has corn shortages, due in significant part to diversion of US farm output to fuel production. Pakistan has sugar shortages - perhaps related to increased sugar-to-ethanol production in (for instance) Brazil. Flour shortages? Perhaps some diversion of farmland to corn (for ethanol) production, but most wheat lands are not suited to corn in the first place. Increased demand? Weather related crop shortfalls? Speculation? Something else? But not good for Pakistan, or South Africa, or .... pick a place where people depend on food imports. If these shortages are real, and if they last any length of time, they WILL lead to political upheavals all over the world. And political instability is bad for economies everywhere. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-02-20 08:15 |