THE FUTURE OF PAKISTAN The exercise of pondering over the future of Pakistan essentially boils down to suggesting that several things might happen over the next few years in Pakistan-or that‚ just possibly‚ none of them will. A rather foggy crystal ball‚ for Pakistan’s future is as ambiguous and confusing as its past. The existential dilemma appears to be that while Pakistan is not a “failed state”‚ if an ill-governed one‚ it has since its birth been a “failing nation”. Pakistan is emphatically
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RENTAL POWER PLANTS: PANACEA FOR ENERGY NEEDS OR LIABILITY FOR PAKISTAN (K Raza Gardezi) 30 December 2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Pakistan is currently facing a power deficit estimated at 4000 MW - 5000 MW. To tide over the significant electricity shortages in the country‚ the Government of Pakistan planned to add 4‚225 MW of generating capacity in 2009 against which the achievement was a meager 151 MW. There were many reasons for the failure of the 2009 capacity addition
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from the web like www.pbs.gov.pk/‚ specifically answer the following questions: a) What is the demographic makeup of the population of Pakistan? b) What is the age dispersion in Pakistan? and c) What industries do you see benefiting/losing within Pakistan because of these population figures. a) Demographic Details (Data source: http://www.indexmundi.com/pakistan/demographics_profile.html) Gender Precentage Population Male 51.4% 97‚809‚640 Female 48.6% 92‚481‚488 Total 100.0% 190‚291‚128
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Prior to creation as a modern state in 1947‚ the area of modern Pakistan was both ruled by local kings and under various 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 subcontinent[1] and some of its major civilizations.[2][3][4][5] By the 18th century the land was incorporated into British India. The political history of the nation began with the birth of the All India Muslim League in
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son that started at my high school and did not speak English at all. He suddenly became one of the most popular‚ well known students at our school‚ purely because everyone was so interested in him and his story. His attendance bought an inkling of cultural diversity to our school and made the atmosphere slightly more interesting. As far as religions go‚ people in my hometown would most certainly claim to be either a Christian or a non-believer. No other churches or religious groups even exist in Knox
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AGRICULTURE IN PAKISTAN INTRODUCTION The Agriculture sector uninterrupted engages in recreation of Pakistanis economy since independence. In the early time period it considered a dominant sector but due to the declining its performance due to the political‚ social‚ environmental and climate conditions its production yield goes down gradually and now it is the second largest sector in Pakistan. It accounting for over 21% of GDP‚ 45% of total labour force engaged with this sector. Around 63% of country
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Introduction Pakistan was established in 1947 and since its inception; it has been surrounded by countless issues‚ some of which are confined to ill-formed/missing infrastructure‚ insufficient refined resources‚ barren or obsolete factories and technologies‚ the Kashmir controversy and other fronts also involving an ever-ready enemy to underscore its efforts towards progress. Despite being rich in natural resources‚ Pakistan has so far been a developing country with limited development in every
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Essay on Bureaucracy-Army Coalition in Pakistan By the turn of the decade‚ the Muslim League had lost all credibility in East Pakistan because of its language policy.There the mainstream Muslim League broke away and formed the Awami League in 1949. In West Pakistan‚ the Muslim League split into two informal groups-one consisting of old Leaguers who were mostly migrants from India and the other comprising the new entrants‚ mostly Punjabis and a few Sindhis and Pathans. While the former were mostly
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EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN _______________________________ A WHITE PAPER REVISED DOCUMENT TO DEBATE AND FINALIZE THE NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY February 2007 PREPARED BY JAVED HASAN ALY NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY REVIEW TEAM This White Paper is intended to stimulate discussion of major policy issues concerning Education Sector in Pakistan. At this stage‚ it is not an official statement of Government’s policy but a draft document. Education in Pakistan A White Paper (Revised) -February
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Report on Education of Pakistan Our great Quaid-e-Azam Muhamad Ali Jinnah said: [pic] “The importance of education and the right type of education cannot be over emphasized. If we are to make any real‚ speedy and substantial progress‚ we must earnestly tackle this question and bring our educational policy and programme on the lines suited to the genius of our people‚ consonant with our history and culture‚ and having regard to the modern conditions and vast developments
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