Pakistani Paradox
Originally published in Dawn.
By Irfan Husain
PAKISTAN is a country of paradoxes: while we rank 105th in terms of Gross National Income (GNI), we are placed fourth in the world for the amount we give to charity as a percentage of our per capita income.
As a result, some 45,000 not-for-profit …Read More
Pakistan’s Streets Kids Drop the Begging Bowl, Opt for Pencils Instead
Published in the Inter Press Service News Agency
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, May 21 2015 (IPS) – Khalil Ahmed’s life story sounds like it could have come straight out of the plot of a Bollywood flick, but it didn’t. And that makes it all the more inspiring.
Residents of the sleepy town of …Read More
How Can We Get More Pakistani Children into the Classroom?
Mushtaq Chhapra is a Schwab Foundation 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awardee
Pakistan frequently makes headlines for the instability in its sociopolitical structure. Paradoxically, the country also has a major asset it can be proud of: a burgeoning population under the age of 15 comprising 35% of the country’s 180 …Read More