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SDC VIDEOS
Firdous Ashiq Awan Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting.
Firdous Ashiq Awan Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Addressing SDPI's Annual SD Conference 2019.
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Sustainable Development in Digital Society
Youth and peace building
Youth should be given voice and space in decision making
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THEMES
Economic Development
Trade in the South Asian Region is facing various hurdles, among them a trust deficit between the two leading countries India and Pakistan is a huge one, and that is giving a sluggish pace to the regional trade, experts concluded at 14th SDC in Islamabad. The confidence building measures need to be adopted to overcome this deficit. Our correspondent Muhammad Adnan has more to tell...
Food Security
The World Food Program has declared about half of Pakistan 165 million populations as food insecure. To preempt the impending disaster, government has prepared a safety program named as ‘National Zero Hunger Action Plan’ which the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani has already announced. The program will be launched as an integral part of the federal budget 2012-2013. Our Correspondent Kashmala Chaudhry has the details.
Peace and Conflict
Senior analysts have advised Pakistan’s policy makers to adopt an honest and truthful approach in dealing with the situation arising in the aftermaths of the 2 May 2011 Abbotabad Operation by the American Special forces to kill Osama bin Laden. In a seminar on “War on Terror: Post-Osama regime,” organized by SDPI in Islamabad, there was a near consensus among the retired civilian and military bureaucrats, academia and the civil society representatives that THE military establishment and intelligence services should be brought under civilian control.
SD Conference
Trade and business ventures between India and Pakistan will create a win-win situation for both the countries, however any incident on borders can have direct adverse impact on it, said Minister of State for Commerce, Textile & Privatization Khurram Dastgir Khan while addressing the 30th anniversary lecture event on the occasion of SDPI\'s 16th Annual Sustainable Development Conference. The lecture was jointly organized by the SDPI and CUTS International.
Anum Lodhi has the story...
Environment
Know how individual best practices can help save water, what is #GREENit campaign of German embassy and what Pakistan can learn from Germany on renewable energy.
Governance
Failure of international institutions has led to radicalization in different parts of the world. The need of the hour is to reinterpret Islam as was done by Sir Syed and Iqbal. Speakers expressed these views while addressing a seminar on "De-radicalization of Vulnerable Segments in Pakistani Society". Our Correspondent Kashmala Chaudhry has more...
Social Sector Development
Investment can be generated in resource rich areas in Pakistan with the cooperation of corporate sector which can play its societal role through CSR as weak and non-existent government institutions are unable to effectively address the multifaceted conflicts in Pakistan. Fatima Mansoor has more to tell…
Miscellaneous
Military activity at the Siachen Glacier is primarily responsible for an increase in its melting rate, which is causing disasters. Experts say if it continues, it can threaten water security of the countries dependant on these glaciers. Our correspondent Kashmala Chaudhry has more.