Pietermaritzburg Jobs 2016 Pakistan

Creating the right kind of jobs should be the priority for Pakistan

In an evolving world of work— the rapid creation and destruction of jobs— the issue of unemployment has acquired centrality in the development process and has led to the question of whether jobs, or workers, should be protected?Looking from an egalitarian perspective, the welfare of millions revolves around four things: full employment (including self-employment), fair wages, reasonable prices and an accelerated programme for community...

‘Tourism makes for 2.9pc GDP, creates 1.4 million jobs in Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD: Tourism is already a key sector in Pakistan, makes for 2...

4 million jobs, but this is far below Pakistan’s potential, said World Bank Country Director Anthony Cholst on Monday...

Pakistan needs to create more jobs: WB

ISLAMABAD: The country’s economy needs to create more jobs by taking advantage of the large influx of a well-educated young labour force, says a new research by the World Bank...

One of the key findings is that there are insufficient jobs where bachelor and graduate degree holders are expected to use their acquired skills...

Pakistan's younger women riding a digital wave in drive for better jobs

When Kainat Naz joined a women-friendly technology boot camp a year ago, she had no idea it would completely change her life and her views on how women can work in conservative Pakistan...

So she signed up for a tech programme called TechKaro, an initiative by Circle — a social enterprise that aims to improve women’s economic rights in Pakistan — and is now working full-time for a software company...

State executions in Pakistan decreased by 73pc in 2016: Amnesty International

State executions in Pakistan dropped by 73 per cent in 2016 as compared to the previous year, with over 360 convicts put on death row and more than 87 hanged, rights group Amnesty International said in its latest report released on Tuesday...

According to the report, Pakistan was joined by Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq as one of the countries with the greatest number of state executions in 2016, amounting to 87pc of death sentences...

SAG 2016: Pakistan’s first women boxers determined to land big punch

The three fighters will become the first female boxers from Pakistan to feature in an international sporting event when they step into the ring on February 13 at the ongoing South Asian Games...

But if you’re mentally strong and physically not quite there yet, you still have a chance,” says Noman as he brushes aside the inexperience of the Pakistan trio as a demotivating factor for the girls...

Moor selected as Pakistan's submission to Oscars 2016

Oscar fever officially kicks off in Pakistan as the Pakistani Academy Selection Committee has announced Moor as its selection for submission to the Foreign Language Film Award category at the 88th Academy Awards next year...

"Moor pushes the boundaries of cinema in Pakistan," she said of the film, "A visual treat, the film reminds us of the history of a land we too often ignore...

2016 World T20: Muddled Pakistan have plenty to ponder

Pakistan will end 2015 with the bitter taste of a 3-0 rout at the hands of a largely inexperienced England side...

The T20 series defeat, in harmless conditions in the UAE, set the alarm bells ringing but anyone who has followed Pakistan's limited-overs performances over the course of the year would agree that it did not come as a surprise...

2007-2016: A decade of deadly insurgent attacks across Pakistan

Here is a list of major attacks against civilians by militant groups in the country since 2007:October 18: Bomb attacks targeting former premier Benazir Bhutto kill 139 people in Karachi as she returns to Pakistan for the first time in eight years...

May 13: The first attack officially claimed by the Islamic State group in Pakistan kills 45 Shia Muslims in Karachi...

Pakistan launches new polio vaccine, aims for 2016 wipeout

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday formally launched an injectable polio vaccine, an important step to accelerate its polio eradication campaign as the authorities vowed to wipe out the disease by 2016...

Pakistan is one of three countries in the world where polio remains endemic...

Pakistan women to tour England in 2016

LONDON: England’s women cricket team will play three one-dayers and three T20 games against Pakistan next year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Tuesday...

”“All the venues that will be staging games against Pakistan have the aspiration of reaching new fans and achieving capacity crowds...

Pakistan seeks 120 LNG cargoes for 2016-2020 delivery

SINGAPORE: The Pakistan State Oil Company launched two tenders on Monday to buy 120 cargoes in total of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) over five years, setting a new bar for requirements following big recent purchases from Egypt and Jordan this year...

Read: Chinese company to build LNG, gas pipeline projects in PakistanAt the same time Jordan concluded part of its first major LNG buy tender, awarding half of its four-year requirement...

Pakistan win 2016 World Team Junior Squash Championships in Poland

KARACHI: Pakistan won the 2016 World Team Junior Squash Championships after beating defending champions Egypt in the final by 2-1 on Wednesday...

“My heartiest congratulations to the entire Pakistan team, Pakistan Squash Federation and above all to the entire nation for the great victory,” Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said...

700,000 Afghan refugees returned home from Pakistan in 2016: IMF

WASHINGTON: More than 700,000 refugees returned to Afghanistan in 2016, most of them from Pakistan, says an IMF report released on Friday...

The refugees were “primarily returning from Pakistan, often not voluntarily,” it added...

No journalist murdered in Pakistan in 2016, says CPJ report

No journalist was murdered in Pakistan “in retaliation for their work” in 2016, a first since 2001, a recent study reported...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent organisation working to promote press freedom worldwide, in its special report launched on Monday said that it “did not identify anyone singled out for murder in Pakistan because of journalist work” — for the first time in 15 years...