Provincial Economic Development: Performance, Challenges, and the Way Forward Khalid Ikram* 1. Introduction Analyses of economic development in Pakistan have traditionally followed a “top-down” approach. They examine the behavior of macroeconomic indicators for the country as a whole, referring only in a general, even cursory, manner to the trajectories of each province, and even more summarily to the policy issues, constraints, and opportunities that confront the different provinces. The implicit
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Introduction Khaled Hosseini (born march 4, 1965) is an Afghan –born American novelist and physician. After graduating college, he worked as a doctor in California, an occupation that he likens to "an arranged marriage" for him. Hosseini is a relatively new author. He has published three novels in ten years. His first novel The Kite Runner is considered as first novel written in English by Afghan writer. Hosseini's works reflect a wide range of important current events and contemporary issues
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remained unconscious and in critical condition, but later her condition improved enough for her to be sent to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, United Kingdom for intensive rehabilitation. On 12 October, a group of 50 Islamic clerics in Pakistan issued a fatwā against those who tried to kill her, but the Taliban reiterated its intent to kill Yousafzai and her father. The assassination attempt sparked a national and international outpouring of support for Yousafzai. Deutsche Welle wrote
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but he cannot do anything about it, he must just accept the fact that he is not American, but only a lowly worker with green card. He has been a taxi driver for eight years; it is only at this way he can give economically support to his family. In Pakistan he was a respected man who has owned a spare-parts shop. Riaz seems to be religious because he listens to the Holy Quran on the radio. He seems also to have hold on to his tradition. He criticizes the Pakistani boy’s behavior because it is not that
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Introduction: Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan – America physician. He is the Afghan writer who wrote his novel in English in which he conveyed a message about Afghanistan before the world. Khaled Hosseini in his novel magnificently depicts of the social, economic, religious, and political aspects of the Afghanistan. He shows us how are the morality and honesty degraded by politically, socially, economically, and sexually in Afghanistan that can alert any conscious citizen in the world against immorality
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the women, the restriction the forced on the women, and health issues that where caused by the Taliban regime. Taliban is a Muslim fundamentalist group in Afghanistan. They developed their extremist interpretation of Islam in the refugre camps of Pakistan during the war in 1979-1989. The Taliban fought against the Mujahedeen for control of the country. With this victory they came back to the heart of Afghanistan which is know as Kabul the capital of the country. On September 27, 1996 the take over
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on Afghanistan involves the improvement of the nation’s security and infrastructure, yet this policy is in fact generating more destabilization in the region, particularly because of the US’s continuous support of the government of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The United States current policy on Afghanistan deals with preventing the Taliban from taking control of the government once again, ending Al-Qaeda leadership and infrastructure, eradicating narcotics production and helping in the securitization
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Vasant is known as Basant Panchami in Punjab and Haryana. It marks the advent of spring. Fields of mustard present a colorful sight all over rural Punjab. The Basant fair is held in many villages of Punjab. People put on yellow costumes appropriate to the season and eat boiled rice dyed in saffron. Symbolizing greenery, the event signifies developing of tender leaves and also filled-up granary with the recently-harvested crops. It is traditional to fly kites on Basant. The phrase "Ayi Basant Pala
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (FPCCI) (INCORPORATING AMENDMENTS UPTO 9TH SEPTEMBER 2002) PUBLISHED AND ISSUED BY THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY FEDERATION HOUSE, MAIN CLIFTON, KARACHI ii INDEX (MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION) SR. 1. 2. 3. SUBJECT Name Offices Objects SECTION Section 1 Section 2 (i,ii,iii) Section 3 (i to xxix) Section 4 Section 5 PAGE 1 1 1-3 3 3 3 3 3 3-5
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Toba Tek Singh Two or three years after Partition, the governments of Pakistan and India decided to exchange lunatics in the same way that they had exchanged civilian prisoners. In other words, Muslim lunatics in Indian madhouses would be sent to Pakistan, while Hindu and Sikh lunatics in Pakistani madhouses would be handed over to India. I can't say whether this decision made sense or not. In any event, a date for the lunatic exchange was fixed after high level conferences on both sides of the
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