Sectarianism in Pakistan INTRODUCTION The decade of the 1990s witnessed a frightening upsurge in the Shia-Sunni sectarian violence in Pakistan‚ both in terms of scope and intensity. Recently‚ sectarian strife has engulfed even those areas‚ which were previously unaffected‚ largely because of the emergence of organized terrorist groups along sectarian lines. Besides target killings‚ these groups hit even ordinary members of each other’s sects. The problem‚ therefore‚ is no more of an occasional nature
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strong role in determining the behavior of the trade balance. The exchange rate regime can help improve the trade balance but will have a weaker influence than growth and monetary policy. Keywords: Trade balance‚ ARDL‚ exchange rate‚ money supply‚ Pakistan. JEL Classification: F10‚ F12‚ C15‚ C22. Waliullah is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Economics and Management‚ Tohoku University‚ Sendai‚ Japan. ** Mehmood Khan Kakar‚ Rehmatullah Kakar‚ and Wakeel Khan are MPhil
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Terrorism in Pakistan The term "terrorism" comes from French terrorisme‚ from Latin: ’terror’‚ "great fear"‚ "dread"‚ related to the Latin verb terrere‚ "to frighten". Though terrorism has no accepted definition‚ yet it can be defined as the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aim or the calculated use of violence or threat of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature‚ this is done through intimidation
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Papers 2007:29 Entrepreneurship in Pakistan Nadeem Ul Haque Formerly Vice-Chancellor Pakistan Institute of Development Economics‚ Islamabad PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ISLAMABAD 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise—without prior permission of the author(s) and or the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
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he History of Pakistan (Urdu: تاريخ پاكِستان )‚ encompasses history of the region that constitute modern Pakistan. Prior to independence in 1947‚ the area of modern Pakistan was both ruled and reigned by local kings and under numerous imperial power throughout different time periods. The ancient history of the region comprising present-day Pakistan also includes some of the oldest empires from the South Asia[1] and some of its major civilizations.[2][3][4][5] By the 18th century the land was incorporated
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The history of Pakistan as a separate country began in 1947 when the Indian subcontinent gained independence from Great Britain and was partitioned into the two countries of Pakistan and India. This separation was the culmination of events set in motion by the formation of the All-India Muslim League in 1906 to seek political rights for Muslims. Mohammed Ali Jinnah‚ called Qa’id-e-A’zam (Great Leader)‚ served as the league’s president and was the main force behind partition. At first he worked with
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COUNTRY WHY I LOVE MY COUNTRY Pakistan our sweet homeland. Pakistan had appeared on the world map in 1947 but after the Muslims had made enormous scarifies. No other nation‚ it may be pointed out‚ has achieved such a major political objective in such a short period. But the Muslims of sub-continent had to strive with great perseverance of life and property of achieve this goal. Why I love Pakistan? It is not that Pakistan is a Muslim country. I love Pakistan because it is a hard-earned country
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Question: The Government of Pakistan offers health care for free or at nominal rates in public hospitals. Does this act like a health insurance? Who benefits from such a policy? Critically analyze the policy and assess if a program like Medicaid can be successfully implemented in our context; will it improve health outcomes? The Economic Survey of Pakistan 2011-12 suggests that the federal government’s expenditure on health amounted to a measly 0.27% of the national GDP (“Pakistan”). Given that a majority
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Unemployment is one of the biggest problems of Pakistan. Even a person unemployed who has ability to do work and is willing to do work is unable to get job opportunity .In the current situation more than 30 lac people are unemployed in Pakistan and unemployment ratio is more than 12/I want to share the reasons because of which the rate of unemployment in Pakistan is very high . The higher growth rate of population is the major cause of unemployment in Pakistan .the resources of the country are limited
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Terrorism in Pakistan Terrorism in Pakistan has become a major and highly destructive phenomenon in recent years. The annual death toll from terrorist attacks has risen from 164 in 2003 to 3318 in 2009‚ with a total of 35‚000 Pakistanis killed as of 2010. According to the government of Pakistan‚ the direct and indirect economic costs of terrorism from 2000-2010 total $68 billion. President Asif Ali Zardari‚ along with former President ex-Pakistan Army head Pervez Musharraf‚ have admitted that terrorist
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