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An Exclusive Talk with Major General (R), Muhammad Samrez Salik, HI(M) at the SDPI's 22th SDC
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
THEMES
Economic Development
Discussing Free Trade Agreements between Pakistan and China, experts at a seminar organized by SDPI find ways and means as to how Pakistan can reap maximum benefits out of them.
Food Security
World Food Program (WFP) in collaboration with Health Department, and United Nations Children\'s Fund (UNICEF)administered medical treatment to 17,727 children and 7,781 pregnant and lactating women under Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme in Rajanpur. Experts say the Programme would help reduce the problem of malnutrition in the area. Raja Taimur Hassan has the story...
Peace and Conflict
Is Pakistan still relevant for Afghan peace process? Listen the expert opinion of seasoned diplomats and analyst on how Pakistan can be part of solution for stable Afghanistan.
SD Conference
250 million people are estimated to be left homeless by 2050 due to climate change, as they are more dependent on natural capital, say experts at a panel titled \"Impact of Climate Change on Human Capital and Security\" at the 17th Sustainable Development Conference organized by SDPI in Islamabad. The poor have least resources, and lack the ability to cope with change in climate, say experts, adding that the vulnerability of the poor can only be removed by establishing a rights based society. Raja Taimur Hassan has more to tell...
Environment
Both India and Pakistan are facing the issue of smog because of stubble burning. Mr Abid Omar, the founder of Pakistan Air Quality Initiative, and Mr Siddharth Singh, the author of The Great Smog of India’, share their experiences and present a way forward.
Governance
Pakistan’s is facing enormous macroeconomic challenges which hardly leave any fiscal cushion for the government to be innovative or to take popular measures. These were the key points of a seminar organized by SDPI on post budget titled 'Federal Budget 2013-14: An Overview'.
Our correspondent Wasif Naqvi has the report…
Social Sector Development
Overwhelming majority of women in rural areas of Punjab and Khyber PakhtoonKhawa are subjected to domestic violence and are represented by their male family members at public forms.
The survey conducted by SDPI, under the Awaz Voice and accountability project has reviled that majority of religious minorities are marginalization in these areas, where delivery of basic services is poor.
The study conducted with the support of Department for International development (DFID), UK has revealed that rural communities consider informal dispute resolution mechanism, such as Jirga and Panchayat as more effective than courts. Our Correspondent Wasif Naqvi has the story . . .
Miscellaneous
The government of Netherlands has provided technical and financial resources to give primary education to more than 8,000 girls in Pakistan, over the next two to four years. The structured programme which has been started in 10 countries worldwide has been rolled out through partner organizations in the non government sector. Raja Taimur Hassan has more...



