Equitable Development

        timurdata Created from poll data gathered by Sirdar Timur Hyat-Khan and Contact Youth in Islamabad Pakistan, June 2005. Mark Rosst processed the data with NetDraw. Groups were colored using the Newman/Girvan algorithm. Image is public domain. Conventional solutions for the reorganization of existing institutions would entail preparing plans for them. The solution offered is not conventional and as such does not run along these lines. The plans are for new mechanisms to replace existing overstaffed, incompetent, out of date Ministries, Departments, and other organs of governance. For meaningful and positive change to take place, a different approach will have to be used. Take the example of a large and rambling structure with many rooms and halls. The structure is obsolete, has ill-served the inhabitants, assailed from within and without, and is falling down. Is it possible to remodel the existing structure with all its baggage? Is sudden change viable? Does i...

  THE WAH GARDEN: The Mughal Emperor Jehangir while traveling to Kashmir stopped at a small village near Hassanabdal. This village was named Jalalsar and was situated near a number of springs. “Wah, Wah, exclaimed the weary Emperor at the idyllic sight. From then on the village was renamed as Wah or “Wow” as the Americans would put it. Today the area is called the Wah Gardens as the Emperor had built a miniature Shalimar Gardens at the site. Belonging to this place, I always felt that our whole Country should be developed on similar lines. Why not Pak Gardens? With the help of Australian concept of Permaculture or permanent agriculture as well as demonstrated success of low cost Sub Soil Irrigation for our Barani areas, I have successfully developed a low cost, poverty alleviation kitchen garden. This unique structure is completely environment controlled and protected. Summer shading and winter cover with plastic (110 gm/m2) provides temperature control. Relief from heat is provi...

  21 st Century Agricultural Opportunities: Pakistan’s Path to Prosperity: I     = Indus Delta.      II = Southern Irrigated Plain III = Sandy Desert (a & b) IV  = Northern Irrigated Plains (a & b)    V = Barani Lands  VI = Wet Mountains VII =  Northern Dry Mountains            VIII = Western dry Mountains  IX = Dry Western Plateau     X   =  Sulaiman Piedmont  Map of Pakistan Agri-Ecological Zones. 1 1  Regional Soil Survey Report, Rawalpindi Area, Soil Survey of Pakistan. Introduction: Climate Change Adaption: 2 Pakistan is expected to be one of the most affected of the countries in South Asia by climate change. 3 With 45% of the labor force employed in the agricultural sector and 24% of national GDP deriving from agriculture, 4 the resilience of agricultural production is of high importance to the development of Pakistan’s economy. One ad...