Pakistan’s progress has also been severely lagging in Goal 2, achieving universal primary education as it is off track in achieving the targets set for 2015 in all three indicators. In particular, the completion/survival rate seems to have declined rapidly ...
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Life began with water and it will end without it. Not water but safe drinking water can ensure protection from most water borne diseases. The water-borne diseases accounts for nearly 60 percent of child deaths. Daily 630 children die from ...
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In the MDG area of promoting gender equality and empowering women (MDG 3), Pakistan has achieved one of the highest ratios of women parliamentarians in the South Asia Region. The proportion of women in the national parliament (National Assembly and ...
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Poverty is widespread amongst the Pakistani population. Especially in rural areas and urban slums the majority is pronouncedly deprived in their well-being, and suffers poverty in many dimensions. 60% of Pakistan’s population is poor[1]: they live on under US$2/ day ...
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