PAKISTAN AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM Fazal-ur-Rahman Following the events of 9/11‚ Pakistan joined the US-led international coalition against terrorism. As a result of Pakistan’s sustained support and relentless efforts‚ the international coalition against terrorism has been able to achieve significant success in the war on terrorism. Pakistan’s contribution in the war against terrorism has been acknowledged across the world. The US leadership termed Pakistan as a ‘crucial ally’ of the US and
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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON PAKISTAN By ABDUL MOHSIN Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people‚ companies‚ and the governments of different nations‚ a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has many fold effects. It affects economic development and prosperity‚ culture‚ environment‚ political systems‚ and human physical well-being in societies around the world. There are however‚ controversial opinions
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The Roots of Pakistan’s Political Crisis. Sadia Abbas It seemed too good to be true. Pakistan had a judiciary asserting itself. The media was feeding a nascent democracy movement. The military was being challenged. Even the intelligence services were being asked to produce those it had been “disappearing” for years. If you were accustomed to CNN quiescence and had grown up in a Pakistan with one state channel on which hyper-formal anchor-people mechanically read the news in an Urdu inaccessible to
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SECTION-1 GROWTH OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN PAKISTAN 1.1 What is electronic media? “Electronic Media” are those communication mediums which are based on electronic or electromechanical means of production and most often distinguished from print media. The primary electronic media sources familiar to the general public worldwide include radio‚ sound recordings‚ television‚ video recording and streaming internet content” . It denotes‚ “the main means of communicating with large number of people‚ especially
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intensive‚ the industry offers developing countries an alternative to advance early stages of industrialization with high potential of employment generation and export expansion. T&C exports account for more than 70 % of total exports in Bangladesh and Pakistan‚ 50% in Sri Lanka and around 25% in India and China.[2] This surely gives a very apt reason why any policy changes related to this sector hold such significance. All the years that the MFA was operating‚ it was unanimously agreed that it was a
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Failure of democracy in Pakistan [pic] Democracy can be defined as the government of the people by the people and for the people. It is an ideal form of the government in which all the strata of the population has great say in the internal and external affairs of the country. Significance of the democracy can be gauged from the fact that in the countries where it works and exists full well‚ they have well organized or disciplined states before and mostly peaceful political‚ social weather is prevailed
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because 70% of the world’s population struggling through extreme-poverty conditions are women‚ according to Opportunity International‚ a US-based non-profit organization that works with microfinance lenders. A woman is less likely to receive formal education‚ business training‚ or a prominent role in society in an underdeveloped region‚ and without proper financial support may never overcome those obstacles. Role of Micro Finance in the Economic Development As credit plays vital role in beginning
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accordingly. 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Since this is an Islamic country‚ “sexual Harassment” is not a topic that can be discussed openly. Hence the term “eve-teasing” came into being. It is used widely in major Asian countries too of which Pakistan is seriously affected by this problem. Eve-teasing is basically the act of harassing women in public which is usually done by groups of young men in public places‚ primary hangout spots‚ bus stops‚
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OVERVIEW OF PAKISTAN The economic blues continue to encircle Pakistan’s fragile economy‚ which is faced with Many challenges such as high commodity prices‚ wheat/sugar crisis‚ declining exports‚ Current account deficits‚ severe power shortage‚ low literacy rate‚ paramount political And geo-strategic issues. Stagnating health facilities‚ poverty‚ unemployment‚ regional and provincial disparity are the hallmark. According to World Bank‚ the Public Sector Capacity Building Project in Pakistan was framed
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Patriarchy and Female Poverty Abstract Poverty reduction has been since long a major development policy across the globe‚ owing to the dire consequences of persistent poverty on the developmental health of various countries worldwide. However‚ amidst the designing of diverse measures for tackling poverty some groups have suffered either insufficient representation or have not been counted at all. Women constitute one
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