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SepUN Gender Snapshot Report 2024: Global gender gaps remain wide
Published in The Express Tribune on September 17, 2024 A new United Nations report titled ‘The Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024’ has highlighted that despite global progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment, significant gaps persist across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to end […]
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SepEDUCATION: THE STATE OF SCHOOLING IN PAKISTAN
By Rafiullah Kakar Published in Dawn on September 15, 2024 With nearly 67 percent of its population below the age of 30, Pakistan stands as one of the youngest nations in the world. This vast youth bulge presents us with a golden opportunity to capitalise on a potential “demographic dividend,”[…]
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SepThe need for social development
By Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri Published in The News on September 15, 2024 D emocracy has long been heralded as the political system best suited to prioritise citizens’ needs, particularly in the realm of social development. This belief is supported by growing evidence that democracies outperform autocracies in critical areas[…]
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SepNew incentives proposed to boost remittances
By Zafar Bhutta Published in The Express Tribune on September 14, 2024 ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has proposed performance-based incentives for banks and exchange companies to encourage higher remittance inflows through formal banking channels. Sources told The Express Tribune that during a recent Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)[…]
