Pakistan’s response towards its own commitments at global level regarding socio-economic development and political empowerment of its citizens are often not fulfilled at the first place therefore the citizens’ confidence and trust on state institutions is weakening day by day. Since the failure in achieving these commitments do not have any major political implications due […]

Pakistan is a country where democratic governance, culture, values and practices are still weak due to its geo-political situation and economic vulnerabilities. War against terrorism, subsequent natural calamities like earthquake in 2005 and country wide floods in 2010, 2012 and 2014 further provoked the socio-economic and political challenges.  Therefore the attentions towards collective and inclusive […]

With the adoption of 2030 Agenda, on September 25th 2015 by the heads of states of 193 countries under the aegis of United Nation’s General Assembly (UNGA), attention turned to the national level, where our governments at federal and provincial levels, working with a range of stakeholders, and struggling to establish a framework for implementation […]

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were signed and adopted by 189 countries after the Millennium Declaration in September 2000.2 The further agreement by member states taken place at the 2005 World Summit. These eight time-bound goals are both global and local, tailored by each country to suit specific development needs and provide concrete, numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme […]

The Civil Society Perspective on Pakistan Millennium Development Goals Report (PMDGR- 2010) has been prepared through a process of consultation. The process has been enriched through a series of consultative meetings in all the provincial headquarters by involving Government officials/ decision makers, eminent community leaders, heads of Civil Society Organizations and representatives of networks. The […]