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Emerging Technologies & Regional Stability
Ecological Transition in Digital Era: CPEC Perspective
Emerging Technologies and Regional Stability
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Chinese star times
In digital world its important to reach out communities in far areas. Star times: an opportunity for Pakistan
Data challenges in Air pollution
Pakistan is facing data challenges on air pollution. We need to quantify emissions
Digital society is the only option for sustainable development
An Exclusive Talk with Major General (R), Muhammad Samrez Salik, HI(M) at the SDPI's 22th SDC
Inaugural of Sustainable Development Conference of SDPI at Presidency
President Dr Arif Alvi inaugurated SDPI's 22nd conference
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.
An Exclusive talk with Former Finance Minister, Punjab Ms Aisha Ghous at SDPI's SD Conference.
Opportunities & Challenges in Digital Age
An Exclusive talk with Former Chairman Board of Investment Mr Haroon Sharif at SDPI's SD Conference
Sustainable Development in Digital Society
Youth and peace building
Youth should be given voice and space in decision making
Youth and peace building
Youth should be given voice and space in decision making
Emerging Technologies & Regional Stability
Ecological Transition in Digital Era: CPEC Perspective
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
Pakistan has adopted its first ever hunger mitigation program named the "Zero Hunger Programme". The Programme has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. Our correspondent Fatima Mansoor has the story…
Peace and Conflict
Speakers apprehend civil war in Afghanistan after US troops’ withdrawal from there in 2014, which they say will certainly spill over into Pakistan. They further say peace in Afghanistan is long overdue, and now it is time for reconciliation. They add that 2014 elections in Afghanistan and India, 2013 election in Pakistan, Chief Justice of Pakistan’s retirement in 2013 etc would profoundly impact upon the regional politics, developments and strategic dynamics in Central and South Asian regions.
Raja Taimur Hassan has the story…
SD Conference
As the Millennium development goals are graduating into sustainable development goals, Policymakers, Researchers, are grappling with new challenges. Dr.Tariq Banuri, Utah University at the coffee table...
Environment
Pakistan has launched the first ever National Climate Change policy to adopt and mitigate the changing climate. The policy announced in Islamabad by the government aims at converting vulnerabilities into strengths by taking all stakeholders on board. Anum Lodhi has the story . . .
Governance
The majority of those children who complete primary level education in Pakistan cannot read Urdu and understand rudimentary arithmetic. These are the findings of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2011,conducted by South Asia Forum for Education Development (SAFED) and launched at the Planning Commission of Pakistan. Our correspondent Muhammad Adnan has details…
Social Sector Development
Hundreds of poor girls students future is on stake, due to continuous absence of teachers in Government (Girls) Higher Secondary School, Sabazkot, Sialkot. Raja Taimur Hassan reports from a school in a village of Sialkot, located in the north-east of the Punjab province, where there are no teachers and building is empty.
Miscellaneous
Greenpeace East Asia (GPEA), an independent, nonprofit, global campaigning organization in China, and All-China Environment Federation, a non-profitable civil society organization in the field of environment, visit Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and agree to promote green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) policy and practices between Chinese overseas projects with Pakistani stakeholders.
Raja Taimur Hassan has more to tell...