Pakistan Study Centre

AFGHANISTAN POST-2014 AND ITS

Abdul Qadir , Shazia Jaffar — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200

After thirteen years of war in Afghanistan the coalition forces are
withdrawing from Afghanistan with a stalemate between the Taliban and
Afghan government. The war in Afghanistan has been catastrophic for
Pakistan with thousands of lives lost and the economy in shambles. The
withdrawal of NATO forces will not result in relief for neighboring
countries as each will be vying for more power in Afghanistan. In case of
any civil war in Afghanistan, Pakistan will continue to bear the brunt of
losses on many levels.

AN INDISPENSABLE GROWTH FOR PAKISTAN THROUGH FREE TRADE WITH INDIA TO COUNTER INFORMAL TRADE

Dr. Bashir Ahmed Kakar, Dr. Kaleem Ullah Khan Barrech — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200

Pakistan and India, the best demographic South Asian “Golden Land”,
have had a tremendous experience of bilateral trade with relevant
competitive advantages contributing towards Global trade enchantment
with an extensive realism of free trade in last decades but that has
unfortunately declined, which has let the masses on both sides suffer the
miseries of poverty and low standard living mainly caused by the trade
restrictive policies on both the sides. Given the endowed trade feasibility
is in the wide interest of both sides where this study classifies the core
areas for available possibilities of trade and investment cooperation
amongst both countries further encouraging the exchange for trades
through acquiring the status of most favorite nations towards each other
to curtail the degree of informal trade by proper archive management. The
policy by now inhibits trade, lacks transparency leading to high
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transaction costs along with other varied barriers though having Social
similarities as well comparative demands across equally. Effective system
of information flow, contract enforcing, risk sharing & mitigation has
already been organized by the informal trader being efficient than formal
trade in returns even though relative cost is much higher. The paper as
well identifies factors determining informal trade, major informal route,
estimate of Pakistan informal trade with India, modalities of informal
trade and recommendations to shit it towards formal trade by promoting
free trade.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING MIGRATION BEHAVIOR A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT KECH BALOCHISTAN

Fathe Muhammad , Dr. Shahida Habib — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200

The study was designed to give us insight into the migration behavior of
the people in the changing patterns of socio-economic, demographic
structure, cultural and psychological context. The present study was
conducted in district Kech (Balochistan). Purposively sampling technique
was applied for selection of the male heads migrant family. Data was
collected through a structured questionnaire. The result shows that the
majority (60%) of the respondents were fall in age category 46 to 60
years, 50% of the respondents was illiterate, majority 90% of the
respondents have married. More than half (55.3%) of the respondents
were agriculturists after migration and before migration their ratio was
drop off up to 46.perecent. Vast majority 90% of the respondents come
here for improve their social contact. Vast majority 95% of the
respondents migrated due to lack of laws and orders situation. On the
basis of results it was recommended and suggested that government
should provide all basic facilities at the door steps and gross root level of
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masses in order to stop the rural flow of migration. The government must
allocate a larger share of development funds for the provision of the basic
amenities of a modern and comfortable life.

FATHER’S INVOLVEMENT IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Gohram Baloch — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200

Father character is very much vital to the greatest improvement and wellbeing of a child. In past it was understood father’s part was just of
financial earner but, now it embraces emotional support, nurturing, care
giving, and overall development. The goal of this literature analysis was
to discover “father’s involvement” in his “children‘s”, rational,
“physical”, “social”, “emotional”, mental” “cognitive” and reasoning
improvement and “development”.
Early child development starts establishing a country from
zero. The main assets of a country are its inhabitants. If the children of a
country pass through a favourable early child development in their
childhood, their base strengthens and the whole nation succeeds.
In early years “Father Involvement” plays an accurate crucial part in
child development. Dad’s positive participation can mark academic,
theoretical, educational successes, achievements and formal education of
the children.
The Literature evaluation talked about following query: “Father’s
involvement” in child “growth and development” from birth till the age of
8.
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Thirty published articles were searched including “nationally and
internationally” throughout Literature exploration. Nevertheless merely
twenty “articles” have been found related to study. These terminologies
have been utilized for L search ””role of father in cognitive
development”, “role of father in social and emotional development”,
“role of father in physical development,”… “Fatherhood “)

SYSTEM GAPS AND INEQUALITIES IN THE HEALTH SECTOR IN PAKI S TA N

Dr Muhammad Usman Tobawal, Dr. Surrya Bano — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200

Governance in healthcare systems is concern of the most developing
countries because of increasing demand for quality service delivery and
results. The functions of the whole system are dependent on governance.
In Pakistan, lack of planning, poor management, feeble institutional
structures, delaying and complex processes and lack of coordination
among relevant stakeholders are the immediate barriers that make the
health sector nonresponsive to reduce inequalities and ensure good
service delivery. Gender disparities in Health sector and gender based
violence in all fields are most common in Pakistan, governance issues,
social and
cultural constraints are the barriers for access to proper health services
and gender equity. To ensure maximum coverage and effective service
delivery, ensure health equity, no gender based violence and no disparities
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in health services in Pakistan, public health policies in line with Human
Rights and community demand and ground realities need to be reformed.
This research was intended to identify the gaps and inequalities in the
health sector in Pakistan. Qualitative research approach was adopted for
the study. The data was collected from capital cities of the provinces of
Pakistan through Key Informants Interviews and Focused Group
Discussions. The research revealed that gaps in the planning process,
gender disparities in health care, poor implementation and management
of the health programs, absence of Monitoring and Evaluation, lack of
coordination among relevant stakeholders, institutional and staff
capacities issues are the major issues and gaps in health sector of
Pakistan.

GWADAR AND ITS GEOPOLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR PAKISTAN AND REGION

Ghulam Dastaghir, Rafique Akbar — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200

Gwadar is the third but most important port of in the south of Pakistan
which is located in the province of Baluchistan along the Arabian ocean
further opens in to Indian Ocean. The purpose of writing this paper is to
highlight its importance especially in this age of globalization when trade
has become a key to the progress and prosperity of nation. As I will
discuss in the research paper that the construction of Gwadar port is
necessary for
the economy of Pakistan and the underdeveloped province of Baluchistan
but will also serve the best strategic interests in the border scope even
further it is going to contribute in the progress and prosperity of other
nations as well like China, Afghanistan or Central Asian Republics by
decreasing their trade and travelling distance and breaking their blockade
by offering a new sea port to them in the shape of Gwadar among all this
china will need it most for developing its western region for .

CPEC CRUCIAL STEP TOWARDS PROSPERITY

Bijar Khan Rodini, Dr. Noor Ahmed — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a decisive as well as golden chance
towards the prosperity knocking at our doors. The key project in terms of
economic and political scenario for the welfare of the people of Pakistan
and China.
Surely it can be the game changer in this part of the world, therefore we
must stick with our basic plan, and should go all the way, as well as taking
all the essential steps for the feasibility of this huge project.
The main purpose and focus of this paper is to highlight the hurdles and
serious questions in terms of achieving this ever challenging goal.

Pakistan's political and Democratic system in the view of Islamic Prospective

Dr.Syed Bacha Agha, Nazir Ahmed Kasi — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200

Democracy means, Government of people, by the people and for the people
while every individual can participate in the affairs of Government too but
islamic democracy means Governemnt of God, by the representativs of God
and for the creatures of God. It is an underiable fact that the enemies of Islam
they adopt such ideas which are totally against the principles of of Islam like
communism, socialism, secularism, etc., people use these ideas as religion
and decmocracy is also one of them. The islamic Republic of Pakistan came
into existence in the name of Islam but yet to implement some basic principles
of the religion inthe system of this country. Today we are facing so many
problems like terrorism, corruption, target killing, sectarianism, suicide attacks,
bomb blasts and other so many problems, this research article is based on
the facts and tried to find out the causes of these problems and mentioned the
differences between democracy and Islamic law ans also highlight the
poisitive benefits of Islamic democracy. the primay and seocndary sources
have been used for this research article