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By: Sugar Lords Making Money | Deadpan Thoughts

Sugar Lords Making Money | Deadpan Thoughts — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:19:14 +0000

[...] Sugar lords making money . Mon, Aug 24, 2009. Current Affairs, F.K’s Life, Karachi · sugar-price-313. As Ramzan our holy month of fasting begins prices are being jacked up day and night by our esteemed and honest shopkeepers. …Next Page [...]

By: Jane C

Jane C — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:54:25 +0000

I seem to remember that the sugar shortage is global – caused by events (- can’t remember what exactly) in South America.

Sugar isn’t something I buy that often so I haven’t been monitoring the price in the UK I have to admit!

By: Faisal.K

Faisal.K — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:01:01 +0000

thanks kal it is a group of commodity traders in collusion with feudal sugar mill owners in collusion with parliamentarians that cause prices to go up like this.

@ alyb your solutions to the problem if applied to something like “shortage of water” would thus be?
1) Stop drinking or using water
2) Stop voting for those in control of water
3) Stop complaining

makes sense? i don’t think so

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By: Aly B

Aly B — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:51:52 +0000

Solution:

1)stop havin sugar in your tea (actually stop having tea at all)
2)stop eating all those jalaibis and kheers and what not.
3) Stop voting for sugar lords as your leaders
4) Stop complaining

-Aly
http://discomaulvi.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/DiscoMaulvi

By: Floost

Floost — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:57:29 +0000

Thank you! You often write very interesting articles. You improved my mood.

By: Kalsoom

Kalsoom — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:14:44 +0000

Great piece Faisal. I actually had an interesting convo with someone about commodity prices before Ramazan not too long ago in my effort to understand the issue. It really is a sense of panic about the rising prices which leads many of us to buy food in bulk prior to Ramazan and hence lower supply, and drive up prices further. There are so many issues at work, that it can be hard to pinpoint the main source of the problem.