Entrenched poverty is denying opportunities to millions of Pakistanis and undermining Pakistan's long term stability and prosperity. Our team in Pakistan is working to reduce poverty and build a prosperous democratic Pakistan with a focus on education, health, governance and economic growth which will help the poor and improve stability in the country, the region, and beyond.
I have been working in and on Pakistan for many years, starting there as an economist in the 1980s. It is perhaps the most exciting and challenging partner country for anyone interested in development. It has it all – conflict …
'No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you’, said Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan. Unfortunately for the majority of Pakistani women, the notion of equality remains a dream, even …
Pakistan has the highest out of school population in the world. Learning levels are low. Successive governments have not allocated sufficient resources in the right places and have struggled to take many of the tough political decisions required to tackle …
This Ramadan Britain’s biggest Muslim charity has issued a declaration of war, and Pakistan is one of our key battlegrounds. Islamic Relief's cause is a war not on man, but on hunger. Our War on Hunger fundraising drive is a logical …
I landed in Islamabad, Pakistan, 2 years ago to take up the post of Senior Education Adviser and Team Leader. Having worked all my life in education in the UK I was new to international development, leading a new team …
For a long time Pakistanis have been talking about change. In governance terms we call it reform. The message, however, is clear – business as usual is not working. Not far from where I work in DFID Pakistan there is …
In the UK, Pakistan is regularly in the news, and most of it is bad. So you may find it hard to believe that anyone would work here by choice. But I do - and I really enjoy it! Pakistan …
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