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Economic betterment will help resolve K-dispute: Attique
NEW YORK: Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has said that concentration on improving the economic conditions of the Kashmiris would help create conducive environment in the State for intensifying moves for solution of Kashmir dispute. “Economy help resolves disputes”, he observed. He was talking to Mr Stephen B Kaplitt, chief [...]
Continue reading...Worsening security affecting Afghan aid groups
Sunday, August 17, 2008
KABUL: Deteriorating security in Afghanistan is making it more difficult for aid organizations to carry out their work, the director of a group that lost four workers in a Taliban attack said. Ciaran Donnelly, director of operations in Afghanistan for the International Rescue Committee, said the entire aid community has been affected by worsening security.”We’re [...]
Continue reading...USAID provides emergency assistance to NWFP flood Victims
Monday, August 11, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided $50,000 in emergency relief to people in flood-affected areas of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The money will provide jerry cans and tankered potable water, kerosene lamps, cooking stoves, fuel, and kitchen utensils to approximately 5,400 individuals/900 households in [...]
Continue reading...Musharraf miappropriated US aid, alleges Asif
Monday, August 11, 2008
LONDON: Co-chairman of the ruling party Asif Ali Zardari accused President Pervez Musharraf that he misappropriated hundreds of millions of dollars of American aid given for supporting the war on terror. Mr Zardari made the charge in an interview with The Sunday Times correspondent Christina Lamb. He also detailed for the first time President Musharraf’s attempts [...]
Continue reading...Gates approves $20 Billion in Afghan Aid
Saturday, August 9, 2008
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will endorse a $20 billion plan to substantially increase the size of ANA and will also restructure the military command of American and NATO forces in response to the growing Taliban threat, senior Pentagon and military officials said. Popularity: 21% [?]
Continue reading...25 NGOs receive USAID grants to promote potable water
Monday, June 30, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today awarded grants to 25 local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to create community awareness about clean water and hygiene practices in 19 districts, the Federally Administered Tribal Area, and the Frontier Regions. “Water- and sanitation-related diseases are responsible for 60 percent of child deaths in Pakistan,” said [...]
Continue reading...USAID trains 18 district health officials for birth spacing program
Friday, May 30, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) certified 18 district health and population managers from Sindh and Balochistan “to emerge as leading voices to encourage birth spacing” in their respective districts. “Infant and child survival rates have not changed much in the past ten years,” said Mary Skarie, USAID/Pakistan’s Health Office Chief while [...]
Continue reading...USAID to improve competitiveness of Pak’s fisheries sector
Thursday, May 22, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Competitiveness Support Fund, a joint initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan is providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock and the Sindh Fisheries Department for better management of the Karachi Fish Harbor. Pakistan has a fish and [...]
Continue reading...USAID Marks Successful Closure of PISDAC Project
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) marked the closing of its four-year $11.3 million Pakistan Initiative for Strategic Development and Competitiveness project (PISDAC) after registering “significant achievements” here on Wednesday. “Providing economic opportunities for all Pakistanis is fundamental in building a solid and sustainable foundation for continued economic growth, prosperity, and peace,” said [...]
Continue reading...Govt believes in transparency: Soomro
Sunday, May 18, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro said has that the government believes in transparency and agrees in principle to live telecast of the proceedings of the Parliament subject to rules of each House. He said while talking to Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator of USAID on Sunday. He said that technical details in this connection are [...]
Continue reading...CSF objective to enhance Pak Economy competitiveness
Saturday, May 10, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF), a joint initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan established to reposition Pakistan’s economy on a more global competitive footing. The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2007-2008, which is published each year by the World Economic Forum, benchmarking [...]
Continue reading...USAID Awards Top Midwifery Students of NWFP
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
PESHAWAR: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presented awards to three outstanding students of its community midwifery training program at the Post Graduate College of Nursing here Tuesday. More than 100 student midwives from Upper Dir and Buner and their parents participated in the ceremony. “Women and newborns are the most vulnerable part [...]
Continue reading...USAID sets up media center at Balochistan Assembly
Monday, May 5, 2008
QUETTA: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) inaugurated Monday a media center at the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. The media center provides journalists with the technology they need to cover and report the Assembly’s proceedings. “We strongly believe that a vibrant democracy requires free and responsible media,” said Michael Hryshchyshyn, Director of the USAID-Pakistan [...]
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The DAWN Group of Newspapers, published by the Pakistan Herald Publications (Pvt.) Limited (PHPL) was founded by the Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the father of the nation. The group began its publication, the DAWN newspaper, in 1947 immediately after independence and has ever since emerged as one of the high brow English Newspaper of pakistan with huge circulation. This newspaper has a wide readership because it is trend setter and its editorials always choose an independent and pro Pakistan policy. This is the most read newspaper in specific classes e.g. Ambassadors, Ministers, Professors, Teachers and Students. Dawn has recently launched English News Channel that has been running successfully.
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