Fayyaz Yaseen
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Articles By Fayyaz Yaseen
02-November 2011, Islamabad: The Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) held its fourth National Convention of Community Local Support Organizations (LSOs) to share and learn from the collective experience of the community organizations. LSOs, fostered by Rural Support Programmes (RSPs) throughout Pakistan, are federated bodies of small community organizations, mainly at the union council level. The […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
Society |
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Undocumented economy has appeared to be a blessing for Pakistan for it is this undocumented economy that is not only witnessing a reasonable growth, but that is also curbing a portion of the rapidly growing unemployment in the country. However, the fact of the matter is that amid the overall deteriorated economic situation in the […]
ISLAMBAD: (31 October 2011) Paying rich tribute and homage to Madar-e-Jamhooriat, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, the speakers and participants, said that Nusrat Bhutto was one of the greatest woman the country has ever produced and the country and nation are now poorer without her. They said it during a condolence reference in memory of Begum Nusrat […]
Inflation in Pakistan has become a persisting phenomenon, and the government agencies, particularly the State Bank of Pakistan, despite opting for a strict monetary policy for long, has not been able to curb it. Is it so that the State Bank is not the competent body to do the job? And if the answer is […]
Oct 29 2011 | Posted in
Pakistan,
Politics |
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Apparently, the rally by Muslim League (N) is aimed at ousting president Zardari from power, however, a closer look reveals that all that drama is about countering Imran Khan at a battle which has always remained named to the “Shareefs” but which is slipping from their hands fast like sand from the close fists. Shareefs […]
Oct 28 2011 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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Pakistan and India, the two neighbours and the arch rivals have decided to prefer tables over battles. After the terror attacks in Mumbai and on the Indian Parliament, the relation between the two countries had revived its traditional hostility. However, it seems there is a realization on both sides that dividends lied there in friendship, […]
Oct 27 2011 | Posted in
Opinion,
Pakistan |
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The Ombudsman represents a government body which is independent from the judiciary and the executive and addresses citizens’ complaints. Having special powers to protect citizens’ human rights, ombudsman offices are considered as places of solace and asylum for neglected sections of society. Depending upon the powers an ombudsman is entrusted with, its role varies from […]
Oct 20 2011 | Posted in
Pakistan,
Society |
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ISLAMABAD (20 October 2011) there is a need to control lines losses, rationalize energy tariffs, establish a single coordinating agency for energy development in Pakistan, appointing competent professional CEO’s and private management for public sector energy enterprises, and abolish all kind of untargeted subsidies, said Shahid Sattar, Member Energy, Planning Commission of Pakistan while addressing […]
Oct 20 2011 | Posted in
Latest News |
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ISLAMABAD (17 October 2011) the speakers of a conference organized to commemorate the World Food Day have stressed the need of having an effective and responsive food governance mechanisms to ensure equal access to food and to control high food prices in Pakistan. Highlighting food and energy as immediate challenges faced by Pakistan , they said […]
Oct 18 2011 | Posted in
Health,
Pakistan |
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By definition, e-governance means ‘using web-based internet applications to ensure the access of ordinary citizens to the information held by government officials, and resultantly, to bring about improvements in the government operations’. E-governance is not a new concept; neither in the world nor in Pakistan. Rather, both developed and the developing countries are making use […]
Oct 17 2011 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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With globalization fast becoming order of the day, countries – regardless of their status as developing or developed, have started to realize the importance of attracting foreign direct investment in improving and sustaining their balance of payments and their industrial production. And Pakistan, being a fragile economy with deteriorated balance of payments and faltering industrial […]
Oct 17 2011 | Posted in
Editorial,
Pakistan |
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Business Process Outsourcing or BPO is an industry that has been witnessing a sustained double digit growth for past two decades or so. It is a segment of the information technology which is at the heart of the Enabled Services industry. Amid being a multidimensional sector which covers a wide spectrum of services comprised of […]
Oct 15 2011 | Posted in
Business |
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