Tag: UNDP

UNDP, Japan to assist Pakistan in ensuring transparent elections

Japan to provide $ 5.9 million to ECP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will get professional, technical and financial support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)...

Microsoft Pakistan to collaborate with UNDP for youth development initiatives

ISLAMABAD: Microsoft Pakistan, a global leader in technology and innovation, has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The...

UNDP support in various uplift projects lauded by minister

KARACHI: Minister Planning and Development Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani said on Thursday that Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2000-2015 remained unachieved due to inconsistent policies...

Disaster hit Chitral will be fully supported by UNDP, Norway

Natural calamity hit Chitral and other parts of Malakand Division will be fully supported by United Nation Development Program (UNDP) said UNDP Country Director...

Media training for Punjab Regional Election Commissioners concludes

A two-day media training organized by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for Punjab based Regional Election Commissioners (RECs) concluded at a local hotel...

PKNHDR launch may face further delay as UNDP’s Pakistan director set...

Although many economists out-rightly reject the approach and methodology being adopted in the National Human Development Report, it is widely considered to be the best indicator to assess the human development in a country.

Pockets of poverty

The Planning Commission with the support of UN Development Programme has stated that almost 40 per cent of the Pakistani population is ‘multi-dimensionally poor’....

ECP expresses reservations over UNDP’s report

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has expressed reservations over the report submitted by a United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) consultant on voting rights for...

One million Pakistanis to return home as military ends operations

Aid shortfalls, ruined infrastructure and the lingering risk of attack are undermining efforts to return around one million Pakistanis to homes they fled after...