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Policy making: USAID, others plan non-formal education
It aims to teach basic literacy to non-school going students
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US consul general inaugurates high school in Rohri
Pakistani students can prove to be assets to their country after getting good quality education, says Shelton
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USAID mission director honoured
Groarke delivered a key note speech focusing on the ‘Diaspora Engagement for Impact Investment in Pakistan’
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Raising Agri Production: 826 community organisations set up
USAID has established 826 community organisations to increase the production
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USAID to make $60m available for clean energy
US envoy stresses on importance of economic ties, deepening partnership
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Dairy sector: Newly trained technicians get motorcycles
To help educate farmers on improving livestock in remote villages
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Amendment: Finance Ministry, USAID sign agreement
The agreement provides an additional $407 million to support US and Pakistan government initiatives
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USAID disputes audit report findings on partnership with Pakistan
OIG recently conducted a performance audit of the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act funding
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Row with State Dept derailed USAID mission
Only $1.8b of total $7.5b disbursed so far, reveals damning audit report
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Developing countries: ‘Success of women entrepreneurs means enlisting men’
Activists say women more likely to quit, receive threats without backing of men
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USAID donates 200 bicycles to UAF Women’s Cycling Club
The donation is part of a grant to empower women in Pakistan’s agriculture sector USAID’s Gender Equity Programme
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Initiative: Businessmen welcome help to boost investment
The SCCI was already focused on the promotion of agriculture-based industry in Sialkot: SCCI president
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Seminar: Role of brand development highlighted
All the participants gave suggestions for institutional strengthening and export development
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Sigh of relief: Students ecstatic as girls schools reconstructed in Matta
K-P government has constructed more than 100 institutes in Swat
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Centre set up to find power crisis solution
Institution to be established in partnership with Arizona State University
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Centuries-old barter system revived with this Pakistani startup
‘Goats for water’ aims to help rural Sindh fight energy woes through exchange of animals
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Pakistan's export goal unlikely to be met in absence of action plan
KCCI chief asks govt to address supply, demand-related challenges.
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District’s expenses: Peshawar gets deficit budget after delay
Total outlay is Rs10.66 billion; deficit of Rs28 million
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Vaccination drives: Effective communication key to improving health facilities
Speakers say communication skills needed to convince people to vaccinate children
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Exchange programme: Pakistani students return after semester in US
The USAID funded the exchange programme
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For policymaking: Meeting held on public-police coordination
For policymaking: Meeting held on public-police coordination
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Don’t take the threat lightly
We would to be on our own if the US threat of cutting off aid is actually carried out. Let us have a plan ‘B’
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‘Foreign aid: dump it’
There are a welter of motivations — many of them frankly militaristic or self-serving — that underlie foreign “aid”
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Research: First meeting of USAID centre
Vice Chancellor Talat Naseer Pasha and 10 members of the advisory board attended the meeting
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As humanitarian needs grow, USAID chief says the world must act
'This is not the time to cut resources, the world has got to ante up at much higher level than is the case right now'
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Pakistan Reading Project: USAID awards 3,100 scholarships to aspiring teachers
Over 108 students receive Associate Degree in Education
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Curbing corruption: USAID team appreciates NAB’s measures
Other members of the office of Inspector General USAID also attended the meeting
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USAID to build 106 schools in Sindh
Under the programme, USAID is constructing 106 schools in different parts of the province
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Cooperation: ‘USAID helped generate 1,750MW’
The project has created 7,700 jobs and trained 49,000 small dairy farmers
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Maize seeds: USAID, PARC launch hybrid programme
The aim of the project is to enhance crop yield
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In appreciation: Tablets awarded to 713 teachers in Mardan
The tablets were distributed to teachers based on their performance at the school
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For city roads: Work on modern drainage system begins
LG minister says roadside drains being converted into sewers
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Literacy for all: USAID distributes 120,520 classroom resources in Sindh
The project is being implemented under the Sindh Basic Education Programme
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Ameliorating energy crisis: USAID funds 50 master’s scholarships
Grants for programme at US-Pak Center for Advanced Studies in Energy
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Pakistan has 10,159 tcf of shale gas deposits: USAID
Country also holds reserves of 2.3t barrels of oil, shows study
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Civilian aid: US project fails to ‘democratise’ Pakistani parties
Parties fail to adopt standards for internal democracy; US OIG says $21.5m programme unlikely to achieve aims
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One step back: Funds withdrawn for pedestrian bridges in city
A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPA has also objected to the pedestrian bridge built on Ring Road
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Buildout: Govt, USAID push for municipal development
Starting with Peshawar, project will extend to Malakand, DI Khan soon.
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In letter to NYT, USAID defends programmes in Pakistan
Argues that it 'has contributed to dramatic improvements in the quality of life for the citizens of Pakistan'
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Agro research: USAID arranges training in Netherlands
Horticulture contributes more than 11% to the agriculture GDP
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Innovate, grow more, live better
Pakistan has great potential to grow into a highly prosperous and food-secure country
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Over 66-year period: India top US economic assistance recipient
USAID report also says Israel was given the most foreign assistance