School of Leadership Foundation (SoLF)

Posted on January 16, 2008
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By Shireen Naqvi and Darwaish Back in June, I wrote about Education For All program initiated by the Government of Punjab with the support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It was just one example of some of the great work going on around us which mostly goes unnoticed and gets very little attention. There […]

No More Guilt Trips on Currency Notes in Pakistan

Posted on January 13, 2008
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Deeda-i-Beena ATP Editor’s Comment: It turns out that, in fact, the said line (husool-e-rizq-e-halal ibaadat hai) does still exist on the new note. Our thanks to the readers who were able to catch the oversight that we failed to. However, we have kept the post live partly because the discussion is itself interesting and partly […]

Being a Patient in a Pakistani Hospital

Posted on January 8, 2008
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Syed Ahsan Ali Being a chronic cardiac patient, I get severe pneumonia often which usually takes me to one of the largest private health facility in the largest city of Pakistan. I have been to the same hospital three times in the past five years so I understand how things operate there. But this time, […]

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