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The country’s poverty reduction strategy must include large-scale investment in strengthening the available human resource base so as to produce a skilled and competent workforce that can respond to the increasing demands of a steadily growing economy. According to recent Asian Development Bank’s estimates, almost one-third of the Pakistan’s population lives below the poverty line. Seventy-five percent of these poor …

Pakistan is a huge population that is suffering already from energy and water shortage. Moreover, food inflation has been touching double figures since last half a decade and has gone up to 26% in 2010. Realizing these ground realities, Pakistan needs to look seriously into its agricultural problems. The magnanimity of the agricultural problems in Pakistan has undoubtedly crippled the …

We (Pakistan and the US) need to get- together, we need to talk together openly, honestly and frankly. Q:-Now that the Parliament has unanimously approved its guidelines, what is the way forward for the two countries? Ans: First of all, we are very pleased that the Parliament has taken this job very seriously and has come up with these guidelines …

Now the time has come for the preparation of CSS-2013. Candidates had better set their directions by improving their English language, opting for scoring subjects and taking proper guidance. In the past few years, I have noticed that the CSS aspirants usually spend this crucial time visiting different academies and switching from one academy to another without thinking about their …

My Motto in Life is: Attitude is Everything Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): Please tell us about yourself, educational background and achievements in detail. Habib Munir (HM): I belong to District Panjgur, Mekran division of Balochistan. I am a self-motivated person who believes in hard work irrespective of reason being ‘Attitude is everything’. I completed my primary education from St. Mary’s …

Is the rise in oil price real or government is fleecing people by raising the oil price every other day? Pakistan is currently among the lowest performing economy in the Asian region. Pakistan’s GDP growth is being recorded as less than that of China, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It is facing multifaceted challenges at the macroeconomic level which are …

An overview of the measures taken by the Government of Pakistan to fulfill its commitment to reduce the poverty level by half as signed in the declaration of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) in September 2000 along with 187 other UN members. Pakistan signed the declaration of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) in September 2000 along with 187 other UN members. The …

Shahla Qureshi PSP, 39th Common Jahangir’s World Times: Please tell us about yourself, educational background and achievements in detail.   Shahla Qureshi: I belong to Karachi; I passed my matriculation from Govt. Girl’s Secondary School, SITE, Karachi then FSc (pre-medical) from Khatoon-e-Pakistan Govt. Degree College Karachi. After that I joined University of Karachi for BSc (Hon) and MSc in Zoology …

Capitalism with its emphasis on growth and prosperity has tended to increase inequality and poverty which are detrimental to social stability and harmony. Justifying the acquisition of wealth through its model of competition and efficiency, the operation of capitalism has seen the rich becoming richer to the point of dominating and hegemonising markets and then driving people out-of-work and business …

Ali Sarwar Naqvi Former Ambassador and an expert on Nuclear Diplomacy Profile In a long diplomatic career of thirty-six years, from 1970 to 2006, he served at the United Nations, both in New York and Vienna, and in Washington D.C, London, Paris and Brussels. In the course of professional work, he delivered lectures and speeches on various current affairs issues …