Eyewitness to Burma Genocide
From the Blog mtrtmk Eyewitness to a massacre … "All the men were arranged in lines, with their heads down, and shot dead," he says. "If they were not dead, the soldiers used a knife to cut their throat," he adds, drawing his hand across his neck. He goes on: "The women and children watched as the men were killed. After the men, they began killing the children and babies by throwing them into the river. "They didn't use a bullet for the children, but they snatched them from their mothers arms." … pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Rising Share of Income of Poorest 20% Pakistani Households
From the Blog riazhaqThe share of national income of Pakistan's poorest 20% of households has increased from 8.1% to 9.6% since 1990 , according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (NESCAP) Statistical Yearbook for 2015. It's the highest share of income for the bottom income quintile in the region. *Income Share Change in Asia's Poorest Quintile: * The countries where people in the poorest income quintile have increased their share of total income include Kyrgyzstan (from 2.5 per cent to 7.7), the Russian Federation (4.4 per cent to 6.5), Kazakhstan (7.5 per cent to 9.5) and Pakistan (8.1 per cent to 9.6). India's bottom income quintile has seen its share of income drop from 9% to 7.8%. Bottom Quintile Income Share Change. Source: UNESCAP Statistical Yearbook pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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