Britons increasingly turning to food black market, experts say
Hand to mouth: Britain’s food poverty crisisPoverty Exclusive: Goods such as meat, cheese and confectionery stolen in large amounts to be sold to people hit by high cost of living […]
Pakistan economy: Price spikes, political woes hit millions
bbc.com By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News Daily-wage labourer Asif Maseeh wakes up each day wondering how he will feed his family of seven. “We just pray to God that we’ll […]
Surging inflation, interest rates and living costs: Global economy calls for a middle way
11th August 2023 Romaan Basit, Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre Throughout history, major world crises have often sparked economic chaos. Take the Treaty of Versailles – it marked the end of a […]
Why is Hajj so expensive?
The cost of Hajj is seemingly getting more and more expensive each year. We outline the key reasons why and also the alternative ways to attain the reward of Hajj! […]
Now it is really getting serious…
Coffee and chocolate help drive supermarket prices higher By Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News The rate of price rises at UK supermarkets hit a new high in the year […]
Analysis: Why flour is now dearer than human life, dignity
Ahmad Fraz Khan Published April 6, 2023 PUNJAB’S free flour scheme has not only been humiliating for the unfortunate; it has, perhaps for the first time, exposed the true scale of […]
Pakistanis reel under skyrocketing inflation — ‘Two-time meal is not possible with what I earn’
By PTI Apr 10, 2023 8:58:44 AM IST (Updated) A Pakistani-American economist based at the prestigious Princeton University, has warned that Pakistan’s economy is in a tailspin, going from crisis to catastrophe and […]
Egyptians cling to Ramadan charity as inflation soars
Inflation hit 32.9 per cent in February By AFP – Mar 28,2023 – In this photo taken on March 22 a young worker stacks trays of freshly-baked bread at a bakery at […]
Kurds to play kingmakers as Turkiye prepares to vote
ZAID M. BELBAGI March 28, 2023 Last month’s earthquake and the subsequent flooding are a somber reflection of the sad state of Turkiye’s Kurds. However, the natural disaster has the […]
Pakistan edges closer to debt default as inflation, political turmoil and unrest collide
Pakistan’s economy is facing total collapse – will it go the same way as Sri Lanka? ByJoe Wallen, SOUTH ASIA CORRESPONDENT13 February 2023 • The morning news updates on the television […]
Countries financing Ukraine war should compensate affected vulnerable nations
Jan 11,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The Euro-centric Western prosecutors of the Ukraine war care little or nothing for the peoples of this region, Africa and Asia who […]
The US inflation bonanza for sovereign debtors
Oct 11,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Project Syndicate By Gautam Nair and Federico Sturzenegger CAMBRIDGE — As developing countries confront a new era of elevated inflation, rising interest rates, a […]
Amazon’s satanic mills
Sep 28,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Antara Halder HANOI — With Britain suffering through its worst cost-of-living crisis in decades, owing to high inflation and soaring energy prices, hundreds of […]
How the west poisoned its money
Sep 24,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Yanis Varoufakis ATHENS — Capitalism conquered the world by commodifying almost everything that had a value but not a price, thus driving a sharp […]
PAKISTAN. PSO, TCP, Police and Inflation
Nadeem Moulvi September 17, 2022 The writer is a business analyst. Poverty, law and order, floods, Dengue, food prices, and rapidly rising electricity and petroleum prices are among some of […]
The Guardian view on the global food crisis: this is just the beginning
Editorial Prices are soaring as climate shocks and the effects of war in Ukraine exacerbate structural problems Wed 7 Sep 2022 Seven years ago, world leaders committed to a highly […]
Why Lebanese citizens are joining the migrant tide out of the Middle East
SPECIAL A boat carrying migrants stranded in the Strait of Gibraltar before being rescued by the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Salvamento Maritimo sea search and rescue agency. (AFP) Short […]
Why Europe’s fate matters to the Middle East and North Africa
AFSHIN MOLAVI July 27, 2022 Short Url The EU is facing a rough winter. Overdependence on Russia for its energy needs has left many countries across the continent vulnerable to […]
Europe ‘shot itself in lungs’ with sanctions on Russia: Orban
BY REUTERS BUDAPEST JUL 15, 2022 Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban arrives at a European People’s Party (EPP) meeting ahead of a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 28, 2018. (Reuters […]
Biden will see a new Middle East when he visits next month
IBRAHIM SHUKRALLA June 15, 2022 Short Url The UAE and Israel’s economic relationship has developed enormously since the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020. And the two countries last month […]