LITERACY IN PAKISTAN Pakistan’s Senate on Wednesday was informed that national literacy rate is 54 percent out of which 66.25 percent male and 41.75 percent female are literate. This was stated by Minister for Education‚ Mrs. Zubaida Jalal in her written reply to a query raised by Senator Sardar Latif Khosa in the Senate here. Giving the province-wise and gender-wise detail‚ the Minister informed that an estimated 60.8% population is literate in Punjab province. The literacy rate for male and
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Year 8 Geography Assignment Pakistan and its poverty… Compiled By: Toobah Farooqi Hope you like it!!! Pakistan Pakistan or officially‚ the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is rated one of the poorest countries in the world due to its high infant mortality rates‚ low adult literacy rates‚ low life expectancy‚ and not enough access to clean water‚ food‚ safe housing‚ healthcare and finally education. The main reasons why there are so many poor people in this country is because there is a lot
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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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Energy sector of Pakistan According to a forecast by Pakistan’s Private Power & Infrastructure Board‚ the power supply and demand gap will grow to over three times its current size by 2020 As illustrated in Chart 1‚ the following are key players in the energy sector: (i) Suppliers of primary energy: These include (a) oil/gas exploration companies (e.g.‚ OGDCL and PPL)‚ (b) oil refineries (e.g.‚ ARL‚ Parco)‚ and (c) distribution companies in gas (e.g.‚ SNGPL‚ SSGC) and oil (e.g.‚ PSO‚ Shell). All companies
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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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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In order to achieve full employment and raise its entire population above the poverty line by the year 2006-07‚ Pakistan needs to create additional employment for 100 million persons and raise the incomes of millions of under-employed persons. This report presents a program to achieve these goals utilizing the country’s competitive advantage in labour-intensive agricultural crops and allied industries. Misfortunes can happen to some very good products. One of the major reasons
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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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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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A critical analysis of education system in Pakistan Education is a systematic process of establishing the pillar of society. It brings up an empty mind with discourse tongue of awareness. The literal meaning of education and supplementary definition particularly on the ground of Pakistan poses an alarming condition. Sine the birth of newly independent state Pakistan‚ education lagged behind due to deliberate negligence of parochial feudal and state politician in particularly and bureaucracy in generally
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