POVERTY IN PAKISTAN CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Poverty Condition in Pakistan 3. Definition 4. Causes of Poverty in Pakistan * Government Policies * Poor Governance * Corruption * Unemployment * Overpopulation * Education 5. Remedies to Overcome Poverty...
Poverty, causes & solutions Outline • Poverty • Poverty Definations • Poverty in Pakistan • Poverty and Islam • Cause of Poverty & Solutions • Feudalism • Ignorance: • Disease: • Apathy: ...
Population Report Pakistan Done By: Risatul Haque Chowdhury (Risatt) ID: 1307C2**11 To: Mr. Daniel Layng Introduction Pakistan is located in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between Iran and Afghanistan on the west, India on the east and China on the north.1 Islamabad is the new...
Are microfinance loans productive as per MDG’s in Pakistan? To encounter the prime aim of MDG’s (Poverty Eradication) by 2015, World summit evaluates progress in 2005. This meeting held in New York, USA where head of 151 nations get together under the ridge of United Nation General Assembly. Microfinance...
Pakistan (Listeni/ˈpækɨstæn/ or Listeni/pɑːkiˈstɑːn/; Urdu: پاكِستان, Pākistān, Urdu: [pɑːkɪst̪ɑːn] ( listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اِسلامی جُمہُوریۂ پاكِستان, Islāmī Jumhūriya'eh Pākistān, Urdu: [ɪslɑːmi d͡ʒʊmɦuːriə-e pɑːkɪst̪ɑːn]), is a sovereign country in South Asia...
Pakistan today faces various social problems. Child Labour is a social issue within Pakistan and is considered a violation of human rights by the United Nations. Pakistani society is such that, a poor child can quite conveniently be deprived of basic education, only to feed the rest of his family members...
Business Govt Jobs 2014 in Planning and Development Department Punjab Government of the Punjab planning and development Department southern Punjab poverty alleviation project required procurement officer, admin and accounts officer, assistant director agriculture, Assistant Director of livestock. Good...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and encouragement of investors is the need of the hour for the elimination of poverty and unemployment keeping this in views Pakistan aims to attract foreign investment worth five billion dollars this year, but needs to tackle reform, maximize anemic growth and stem rampant...
Future of Democracy in Pakistan I. Quaid’s vision of Democracy II. United Nations and democracy · United Nations Democratic Fund · UN charter endorses democracy · Article 21 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights highlights democratic values ...
hunger and poverty will increase sharply across the world. At the same time, rising food prices provide a strong incentive and opportunity for many developing countries to strengthen the contribution their farmers, and the agricultural sector as a whole, make to national economic growth and poverty reduction...
Williams, syndicated columnist “Development must take the people not as they ought to be but as they are.” —Claude Ake, political economist Poverty and Prosperity are two opposite words same as third and first are two opposite worlds. Soon after the World War II ended, the term Third World arose...
Areas | 27,220 Sq. km. | Islamabad (Capital) | 906 Sq. km. | | Population | 163417500 (May 30, 2008) | Administrative Setup | Pakistan is divided into four provinces viz., North West Frontier Province (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. The tribal belt adjoining (Khyber...
Abstract: Poverty is dynamic in nature: even as some people move out of poverty, other people simultaneously fall into poverty. The poverty pool is being simultaneously both depleted and refilled. In this assignment we have discussed poverty, its causes and affects it has on our country Pakistan. Further...
II. POVERTY PROFILE 1. The Planning Commission has decided that the official poverty line for Pakistan will be estimated on 2350 calories per adult equivalent per day. This is based on an adult equivalent intake of 2150 calories in the urban areas and 2450 calories in the rural areas. The poverty line...
POVERTY Definition: Poverty refers to the condition of being unable to provide for one's basic needs such as food, clothing, housing, education, and health facilities etc. in sufficient quantities. If poverty is defined on the basis of calorie intake or income, a quarter to one-third of the population...
(Hazarika, 2002). By 1982-83 more than half of the area of cultivation of wheat and rice in developing countries including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Sri Lanka was adopted through these high yielding varieties of seeds (Dalrymple, 1985; Basu, 2009). India introduced these hybrid seeds...
inputs and outputs they have a central role in economic development. There is a desperate need to raise both health and education standards in Pakistan including its availability. Good health not only gives a longer life span but it help in raising return to investments in education, as a healthy...
based industries. About 62% of the population lives in rural areas and depend directly or indirectly upon agriculture for their livelihood (Govt. of Pakistan, 2011). Hence, the economic growth and welfare of the country is dependent on the development of agriculture sector. The development of this sector...
ORDER SITUATION IN PAKISTAN: After 9/11, the US/Nato forces invaded and bombard the Afghan nation, sometimes indiscriminately, which led to the desired goal of destruction of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, but in addition, gave rise to a lot of internal and external problems for Pakistan: the economy, internal...
September 2009 / 04:40 Essay on: Youth Crime: Causes and Remedies For Youth Essay Competition 2008 of Ministry of Youth Affairs Government of Pakistan By: Muhammad Ali Shuja Student, M.Phil Economics Applied Economics Research Center, University of Karachi 23rd June 2008 Table of Contents ...
Pakistan India Relations As seen in “The Nation” newspaper. Link http://nation.com.pk/archives/May-20-2008 Pakistan-India relations since independence have been the victim of oscillations between short-lived periods of euphoria and raised expectations followed by long intervals marked by disappointment...
The Social Evil (1) Introduction: (2) A worldwide problem (3) Situation in Pakistan (4) The evil effects it produces (5) The causes of … (6) The remedies of … (7) Conclusion Looking up the dictionary, we may say that Social Evil is “any vice that may...
this report has been to ascertain the various actors and principles and model of good governance together with the implementation of this theory in Pakistan. I would like to acknowledge your guidance and support throughout the term and would also like to express gratitude for giving me the opportunity...
sector. Pakistan has a large youth population. An estimated 103 million or 63 per cent of the population fall under the age of 25 years. Due to endemic poverty, the majority of youth in Pakistan do not have the opportunity to experience a childhood. Birth Rate The birth rate of Pakistan is 28 per...
Democracy in Pakistan Introduction: Democracy seems admirably progressing in Pakistan. However, certain impediments are maligning its evolutionary wings which need to be overcome. The former has successive factors...
the idea was reawakened, followed by a meeting of the foreign secretaries of the seven founding nations: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in April 1981, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Subsequent to this the Committee of the Whole upon meeting identified five major areas for regional...
Pak-India talks to help remove trust deficit: FO APP ISLAMABAD Foreign Office Spokesperson Abdul Basit said the meeting of foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India would help remove trust deficit between both countries, which would be a good omen for regional peace and stability. Talking to a private...
across poverty, the invasion of Soviet troops, war, women’s obligations under the Taliban rule, developing a strong friendship that will help them overcome the difficult challenges of the conditions of women in Afghanistan. The novel starts in the 60s. Mariam is a young girl who lives in poverty in a...
most bandied-about word in the world`s lexicon. Governments lose sleep over it, citizenries live in fear of it and the news is full of it. We in Pakistan have come to know it well. We know only too well the split nature of the debate: what ideology drives terrorism and how valid is it? Might we agree...
TERRORISM Terrorism is just a word in English, but it is a hazard for mankind. India faces the problems of poverty, population, hunger and literacy. But spread of terrorism is the most frightening of all. Be it in the small countries like Ireland and Israel, or in the big ones life Russia and USA, terrorism...
social conscience. By being brought up in Pakistan, a country with great economic and social extremes, I feel that I too have a well-developed social conscience. Economically, Pakistan is one of the poorest countries in the world, and it is this poverty and suffering that force you to open up your...
ICT as an enabler of Socio-Economic Development Attique Ahmad PITC, Lahore, Pakistan attique@pepco.gov.pk Abstract: Today’s is a world of many divides, one of the most typical being the Digital Divide which in itself has given birth to or is worsening other economic and social divides. In this world...
8, 2005 Inspired by India's spineless response to continuous terrorist attacks, on 29th October, 2005 during Diwali festivities in New Delhi, Pakistan sponsored terrorists exploded the bombs in busy market places killing at least 71 persons and injuring hundreds of others. Earlier on 10th October...
war-footing. I firmly believe that with good education the problem of unemployment would be solved to a large extent and that in effect would eradicate poverty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Samson Joy, student, Kasaragod, Kerala* If I become the prime minister ...
justice and independence for Kashmiris, and to ask for its water from India. There will be no India as well to connive with Mr Mountbatten to deprive Pakistan of its territories, to occupy Kashmir, Deccan, Junagarh, to disturb the people and government of pretty island (Sri Lanka) by sponsoring Tamil fighters...
till 2007] Table of Contents 1. Brief Economic history of Pakistan 1 2. Pakistan’s Recent Economic Activities 2 Stock Market 3 Manufacturing and Finance 4 Demographic Factors 4 Employment 4 Rupee: The Currency of Pakistan 4 Dollar-Rupee exchange rates 5 Foreign exchange reserves...
between india and pakistan like shimla agreement ,and the recent before kargir war (the talk) but despite all these attempts the war is still on.......... it is good that we r trying hard to improve our relation with pakistan and we should continue the policy of dialogue with pakistan ,but at the same...
the 13th SAARC summit had to be postponed. The postponement of the summit has made the other members of SAARC, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan apprehensive of India’s hegemonic role and its capacity to virtually block any move towards cooperation among the seven SAARC member states. Indeed...
being suffered by lack of food each day to sustain a healthy life. Thus, GM food should be considered as a possible method solving the starvation of poverty. (By Ashley) On the other hand, as the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications(ISAAA) (2008, Feb) states, the rate...
Maldives by 52 percent and in Pakistan and Sri Lanka by 46 percent when SAFTA is fully implemented Bangladesh's welfare gains are predicted to be the highest in South Asia, and the country could do well in areas like apparel, pharmaceuticals, plastics and ceramics. Pakistan may record a twofold growth...
Education is the key to prosperous pakistan n character building Education is simply defined as a process by which people acquire knowledge, skills, habits, values, or attitudes. Process of teaching and learning has existed in human society since thousands years ago. Human beings have been learning...
3 Mha is canal irrigated and 3.5 is rain fed. Agriculture acts as an industry and it is gaining recognition for its importance in combating wide spread rural poverty and acts as stabilizing factor in the national economy. It is clear from the above facts that it becomes indispensable to manage water resources and agriculture properly...
the world. Excluding the athletes and spectators who enjoy the sport, there are those who produce the products for the sport as well. In Sialkot, Pakistan, hundreds of human laborers slave over the creation of these footballs. The fact is that these people, human laborers, are the very same people that...
There are many organizations active in the country. There are Pakistan sponsored terrorist organizations in Kashmir which are ready to cause unrest any time in any part of the country. They get financial support from their masters in Pakistan. No body can forget the 26/11 Mumbai attack in which more than...
were economical when they were made overseas. The foreign workers did not have the high-paying jobs as promised. The sweatshop was back and they had poverty-wage jobs. They were under paid and working in poor conditions with masses of eager workers waiting in line for them to quit. So how did these poor...
Country- Islamic Republic of Pakistan Committee- United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Topics: - 1) Proper Infrastructure and Management in Earthquake Prone Areas 2) The politics of neglected diseases Topic 1: - Major Earthquake prone zones in the world: - Japan Chile San...
hundred. The perpetrators were never caught. Pakistan and state sponsored terrorism In 2009, Pakistani President Asif Zardari admitted at a conference in Islamabad that Pakistan had, in the past created terrorist groups as a tool for its geostrategic agenda Pakistan had long been accused by neighbors Bangladesh...
ON CONSUMPTION AND CALORIC AVAILABILITY IN PAKISTAN: Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional and Panel Data Jed Friedman, Seo Yeon Hong, Xiaohui Hou November 2011 THE IMPACT OF THE FOOD PRICE CRISIS ON CONSUMPTION AND CALORIC AVAILABILITY IN PAKISTAN: Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional...
Discrimination in Developing Countries 7 Dowry 7 Neglect 8 Infanticide and Sex-Selective Abortion 9 Abuse 9 Labor 10 Gender Discrimination in Pakistan 11 Education 13 Regional Differences 13 Workforce 14 Government 14 Gender Discrimination and Economic Development 15 Output per capita...
accommodations, health and education yet with increasing prices from daily grocery, house (room) rent to school-fee, he decided to send his family back to Pakistan by the time his daughter reached school age. He told me, with only by himself (without his family) he could stay in just a small room and save more...
people to take off goods from stores Made by child labor Has any body found answers? Have you found a sponsor? To help the poor who lives below poverty line, crying foul is all very fine, Who will provide them necessities? So they can live in dignity, Find a decent vocation, Food, shelter, clothing...
COMPARISON OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA'S ELECTRICITY POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF LOAD-SHEDDING AND BLACKOUTS ---Economic (a) Business Sector and Industries (b) Agricultural Sector (c) Flight of capital to other countries (d) Hesitation in foreign Investment (e) Inflation (h) Poverty (i) stagnation...
Important Essays Outlines Democracy in Pakistan The appraisal of last 60 years of democracy 1. 2. 3. 4. Where does Pakistan stand in terms of democracy? Is the democracy – an issue of Pakistan or all Muslim countries? Is the democracy an issue of Pakistan or all third world countries? Has the...
interaction between two worlds: 5. the cities of India . . . and rural India poverty, spirituality and modernity mix and coexist Many people in the Western world think of India as an inert and distant [grouping] of people and poverty, a combination of the exotic and tragic. This misperception, popularized...
of their current circumstances, for example if their home country is presently in a war, if they come from a third world country full of punishing poverty with lack of education, food or basic hygiene’ or basic human rights containing their inherent value and dignity has been diminished. At the current...
that have contributed to its emergence as a successful SEZ. There are useful lessons to be drawn from Shenzhen's experience by countries such as Pakistan in designing their economic reform policies. The major findings of this policy brief are summarized below. The experience of Shenzhen has demonstrated...
President of Pakistan, Zia Ul-Haq. The 1970’s period is well known for its economical crisis in Malaysia due to the decrease in rubber price. Anwar saw his opportunity to solve the problem and gain more support, therefore, he rushed to solve the poverty issue in Baling. He leaded the anti poverty riot in...
had to defend an American infidel against the attacks of his peers, so be it. However, Ali was not alone in his passionate love for the children of Pakistan, almost every adult in the Karakoram branched out and supported Mortenson in his quest for education. Even Sher Tahki, the religious leader in Korphe...
to continue especially with Pakistan providing safe haven for all Taliban insurgents. The Taliban has a great amount of support from other terrorist networks such as the Haqqani network which has a lot of influence on the Durand line which separates Afghanistan and Pakistan. They now have some 3,000...
against poverty by helping poor households build their income and assets (Zaman 2004). According to the State of MicroCredit Summit Campaign Report (2005) as of 2004 some 3,200 microcredit institutions reportedly to reached more than 92 million clients of which approximately 73% are living in poverty when...