2 Steps Back for Pakistan’s NGOs
August 4th, 2008 by Sarah
Pakistan’s Commission for Human Development (NCHD), has been closed down due to financial constraints, leaving 80,000 employees jobless. The Commission sought to strengthen Pakistan’s Government Line Departments and non-governmental organizations while improving education, literacy and the provision of basic healthcare services.
Many, including Uzma Zafar in The Daily Mail, strongly oppose the decision, and claim that Pakistan’s government’s refusal to fund the Commission proves that “democracy is nothing more than a fad.”
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