“Over the years, we have done lip service to the need for civil service reforms and all efforts to move forward ended without any concrete outcome”, says Dr Hussain.
He was speaking at the first National Forum on Philanthropy in Pakistan hosted by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) jointly with Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) and Global Donors Forum (GDF) at the Commission Secretariat here on Tuesday.
The theme of this forum was “Conventional to Strategic: A New Paradigm in Giving” held with an aim to celebrate the achievements of PCP since 2001 and join heads to bring improvement in philanthropic operations of PCP.
Dr Ishrat Hussain, former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan and Tariq Mahmmod Pasha, Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue were chief guests of the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.
PCP Board Chairman Zaffar A Khan, Execuitive Director Shazia Maqsood Amjad, GDF Convvenor Dr Tariq H Cheema, and a large number of vice chancellors and representatives of donor organisations were present.
Dr Mukhtar said: “Education and health sectors need proper attention of philanthropic organisations, be it in the form of individual contributions or corporate charity endeavours,” he emphasised. He assured that HEC will provide all-out assistance to philanthropic activities of donor organisations.
Dr Ishrat Hussain remarked that philanthropy in Pakistan has three supporting instruments including state, market and community. He said the state allocates resources to various sectors while performing the responsibility of ensuring equitable resource distribution.
He said philanthropic organisations need to help out-of-school children acquire education.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 28th, 2018.
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