Disbanding A Visionary Social Development Approach: The Orangi Pilot Project
Karachi, Pakistan’s largest economic hub and haven for migrants is globally recognised for producing one of the most famous social ...
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Tag: development
Understanding Economic Crisis In Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Class, Gender And Development
Despite the centrality of the dispute of Jammu & Kashmir in the political, economic and diplomatic discourse of the mainland ...
Zooming In On The Trouble With Higher Education And Research Institutions In Pakistan
This picture speaks loudly to why our universities rank at the bottom of international rankings. Universities are meant for research ...
The Political Economy Of The Establishment’s Neutrality In Pakistan
This article presents a political economy explanation of ongoing institutional recalibrations in Pakistan. In particular, it critically scrutinises the notion ...
Rural Sindh And The Struggle For Clean Drinking Water
Samiya a 47-year-old resident of settlement Khalid Lund Hari, union council Dad Khan Jarwar, district Tando Allahyar, says, “We fetch ...
PM IK’s Stated Commitment To The Uplift Of Balochistan Is Laudable: Now It Must Be Implemented
Prime Minister Imran Khan trekked the remote district of Nushki in Balochistan province. His visit comes after recent assaults on ...
How ‘Development’ Snatched Identities Of South Asia’s Indigenous People
There are still people who think of their land like a mother; they prefer culture and traditions to economic and social ...
Despite Court Verdict, PM Imran Vows To Save Ravi Urban Development Project
Following the Lahore High Court (LHC) ruling that the Ravi Urban Development Project (RUPD) as such is unconstitutional and must ...
Rural Women Are Looking For Opportunities, Not Handouts
According to the Pakistan Economic Survey (2021), 24.3%, i.e. one in every four Pakistanis, lives below the national poverty line. ...
A Lone Activist Is Fighting Climate Change In KP, Planting Millions Of Trees
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s flagship Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Plantation (TBTTP) initiative is not only helping the country to counter ...
Can Profits be Turned from State Owned Enterprises?
Pakistan’s State Owned Enterprises’ (SOEs) contributed PKR4 trillion to total revenues in 2018-2019. The total asset value was 19 trillion. ...
Protesters In Gwadar Continue Their Protest For Economic Rights And Civil Liberties
On this 15 November thousands of people walked from Gwadar’s Syed Hashumi Chowk to Gwadar Y-Chowk near Gwadar port. Here ...
Lessons From Sindh’s Grassroot-Level Leadership And The Development Sector
In the late 1990s, the development sector considerably matured itself. However, European donors catalyzed the process and helped the sector ...
Filling The Strategic Void In Afghanistan
The dust has yet to settle from America’s hastily withdrawal from Afghanistan and instead of engaging with the Taliban to ...
Writing Columns And Physical Disability
In this article, I would like to weave my writings for newspapers with a bit of my personal story of ...
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The Problem With Dynastic Politics In Pakistan’s Sharply Stratified Society
It has been observed a number of times...
With The Controversy Raised Over Gyanvapi Mosque, More Questions On The Place Of Muslims In India
In an India that gives an increasingly dystopian...