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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
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Emerging Technologies & Regional Stability
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THEMES
Economic Development
The government needs to review the imposition of tax on telecom industry in order to encourage investments, say speakers at a panel discussion on \"Role of Information Technology and Telecommunication in Economic Development\" on the occasion of 16th Sustainable Development Conference in Islamabad. They further say the government should create an environment so that the full potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) might be exploited. They are of the view that knowledge and information economy has emerged as a means to address economic development, poverty driven challenges, and job creation.
Raja Taimur Hassan has the story...
Food Security
The Brazilian Zero Hunger Programme, is being replicated in Pakistan to alleviate poverty and eliminate hunger. What this programme entails for Pakistan is the only relevant question. Tahir Dhindsa tries to get an answer from the stakeholders in this television programme, in Islamabad
Peace and Conflict
The rise of Taliban has strengthened its foothold of extremist elements and allowed them a greater space to march on and impose their brand of ideology. Madrasa reforms therefore, are necessary for bringing peace, religious harmony and creating sustainable development, these were the views of the experts at the session on “Rethinking Education for Pluralism: Representation of Religious Minorities in Public and Madrasa Education” at the 14th SDC. Our correspondent Muhammad Adnan has details…
SD Conference
Democracy can become a single-fit governance model for all the countries in South Asia, if inequalities and social disparities are removed from within their democratic setups. Experts at a panel discussion “Third Wave of Democracy: A Myth or Reality from South Asian Perspective” try hard to assess the possible change and future of democracy in line with the basic understanding of the people, academia and political elites of how they view democracy in South Asia.Our Correspondent Raja Taimur Hassan has more to tell…
Environment
In South Asia climate change can have severe and irreversible consequences for every sector of the economy including livelihood. The female population, however remain the most vulnerable. Highlighting the potential of this negative development in climate change, experts from India and Pakistan in the panel “Gender and Climate change” suggest close cooperation between the two countries for taking advantage of each other’s experience and knowledge base. Our correspondent Raja Taimur Hassan has more…
Governance
Dr G. Shabbir Cheema is Director Asia-Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiative (AGDI) and Senior Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Social Sector Development
Foreign economic assistance causes conflict since donors mostly pursue their strategic agenda and impose conditions while ignoring the local realities. Dr Nadia Tahir, the Associate Professor at the University of Lahore, believes that the foreign aid is usually given to handle conflicts. Speaking at a seminar, Does aid cause conflict?, at SDPI in Islamabad, she discusses various dimensions of official economic assistance, conflicts and development. Our correspondent Raja Taimur Hassan has the story…
Miscellaneous
Years after its establishment through a state-of-the-art law, Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) is struggling for financial independence, which is the first step towards establishing its administrative and overall autonomy. Chairperson CCP, Rahat Kaunain Hassan in an exclusive interview with Tahir Dhindsa says she was looking forward to a quick disposal of the pending cases, as the Competition Appellate Tribunal becomes fully functional.