The Daily IIJ

Pakistan ranks 144th in UNDP’s Human Development Index (HDI), out of total 178 countries. According to UNDP’s HDI report, Pakistan faces enormous challenges, including poverty, poor healthcare facilities, illiteracy and a continuously soaring population.

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Pakistan Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Mansoor Sohail said that active participation of women journalists could play a pivotal role in improving the status of women by highlighting their issues in a befitting manner.

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The United Nations and the Finance Ministry of Pakistan are not releasing funds, which is hindering the Environment Ministry from carrying out its projects, said federal Minister for Environment,Pakistan, Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi.

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi left for the USA with the debate on the Kerry-Lugar bill going on in Parliament, which has yet to come up with its recommendations, because the time was running out for the deadline to sign the bill, sources told Business Recorder.

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Plan to double the budgetary allocation for health sector in Pakistan from the existing 6 to 12 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the much-delayed National Health Policy 2009 is under consideration to achieve the goal of health for all.

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 Pakistan has evolved a comprehensive strategy to avert any possible transmission of swine flue virus during the current Hajj season and decided to restrict people under 15 and over 65 years of age from travelling to Saudi Arabia. “This is one of the preventive measures to save the country of disease, because the immune system [...]

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