At present‚ the people are facing severe loadshedding/blackout problems due to shortage of power supply. Industries are closing down. Millions of Man hours have been lost leading to an increase in poverty and economic loss of billions of rupees to the country. It is happening despite the facts that about 60% of Pakistan’s population has an access to electricity. And according to World Energy Statistics 2011‚ published by IEA‚ Pakistan’s per capita electricity consumption is one-sixth of the World
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Introduction “Unemployment is a situation where people of a country are willing to work‚ able to work but cannot find jobs.” Officially unemployment is defined as the situation of being without work‚ wanting work‚ and actively seeking work. It is usually measured as a percentage of the people in the total labor force or the total for some social group. During periods of recession‚ an economy usually experiences a relatively high unemployment rate. Economy of an individual is at the utmost priority
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which Pakistan employs for large-scale power generation. The implementation of the 2006 renewable energy policy has stimulated some interest in large-scale renewable power generation‚ but only one 50 MW wind energy project has been deployed in the Sindh region to date - that‚ too‚ with limited success. The potential for renewable energy
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the members of the committee on the topic of Energy Crises in Pakistan. I am grateful to my colleague members of the committee Muhammad Taimoor Shah (YP23-Punjab15)‚ Ushna Ahmed (YP59-Sindh11)‚ Yasir Riaz (YP12-ICT02)‚ Shaheera Jalil Albasit (YP56-SINDH 08)‚ Ahmed Numair Farooq (YP21-Punjab 01)‚ Gohar Zaman (YP25-Punjab05)‚ Osama Mehm00d (YP42-Punjab22)‚ Anum Zia (YP23-Punjab03) and specially Touseef Abbasi (YP02-AJK02) for their cooperation‚ active participation in the meetings‚ deliberations and
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Ghulam Abbas (Urdu: غلام عباس ) was a short story writer. He was born in Amritsar‚ India and died in 1982 in Karachi‚ Sindh‚ Pakistan. His short stories have a distinct style in Urdu literature. His short stories AAnandi and Overcoat earned him international fame. He became popular without associating himself or depending on any of the literary movement or group. Aanandi‚ JaaDay ki Chaandni and Kan ras are his books of short stories. What fascinated him more than any other thing was human nature
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The PPP rigging parliamentary elections was arouse nine opposition parties against Bhutto. Despite of having aristocratic feudal background Bhutto had campaigned in 1970 on the simple promise of “food‚clothing and shelter”. Punjab and Sindh‚ the province of Pakistan‚ had led to a landslide victory for the PPP. Bhutto slogan was “Islam our Faith‚Democracy our Polity‚ Socialism our Economy”. The effort of Bhutto broke yhe power of twenty two elite families. Bhutto had broken away from
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MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan and Abuturab Khan 12. October 2008 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/11052/ MPRA Paper No. 11052‚ posted 12. October 2008 23:59 UTC Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan Professor‚ Department of Development Studies COMSATS Institute of Information Technology‚ Abbottabad and Institute of Development Studies NWFP Agricultural University‚ Peshawar
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Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Indo-Pakistani conflicts Since the partition of British India in 1947 and creation of India and Pakistan‚ the two South Asian countries have been involved in four wars‚ including one undeclared war‚ as well as many border skirmishes and military stand-offs. Additionally‚ India has accused Pakistan of engaging in proxy wars by providing military and financial assistance to violent non-state actors. The dispute for Kashmir has been the cause‚ whether direct or
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now west central Afghanistan. Finding his ambitions to control Central Asia blocked by other Turkish-influenced states‚ he embarked on yearly raids into northern India‚ which was then largely Hindu. Between 1175 and 1186 he overran the regions of Sindh and Punjab‚ although he was defeated in an attempt to subdue Gujarat. In 1191 he was dealt a major defeat by a confederation of Indian princes in present-day Haryāna
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