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Are We Slaves Of Pakistan Elites?

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at 19 is appointed chair person of PPP. Here we go again. Are we still living in Mughal Empire? Emperor Babar was th…

Started by Shamsudduha Khan in NEDians Community News

3 Feb 14, 2012
Reply by Riaz Haq

TEN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEEDY STUDENTS

TEN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DESERVING/ NEEDY STUDENTS Sponsors Needed The following members of NED Alumni Association of Southern California are g…

Started by Moqueem Ansari in NED & Alumni Giving

7 Feb 10, 2012
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Pakistan Economy

The Planning Commission has been charged with developing growth policy and managing the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP). The Frame…

Started by Riaz Haq in Contemporary Pakistani Society

0 Jan 11, 2012

IBA's Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report on Pakistan

A recent report by the Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) finds that Pakistanis…

Started by Riaz Haq in Culture of Achievement & Entrepreneurship among NEDians

0 Dec 27, 2011

NED Alumni Convention 2011 in New Jersey, USA

Submitted By NEDian Safwan Shah   Fellow NEDians, I had the opportunity to attend the 7th Annual NED Alumni Convention in New Jersey from 7…

Started by Riaz Haq in NEDians Community News

0 Oct 14, 2011

Online Courses at Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, CMU and Other Elite Universities

Here's a NY Times opinion piece by Bill Keller on technology disrupting the higher education model of elite brick-and-mortar universities l…

Started by Riaz Haq in Resources for motivated self-learners

0 Oct 3, 2011

Inspiring Story of a Hazara Student From Rural Balochistan at Harvard University

Over the last two decades, Pakistan has continued to offer much greater upward economic and social mobility to its citizens than neighborin…

Started by Riaz Haq in Contemporary Pakistani Society

0 Sep 8, 2011

Pakistani Company Tops Blackberry App Sales

The Lahore-based Pepper.pk and Five Rivers Technologies made it to the number one spot across all categories on BlackBerry’s AppWorld on Au…

Started by Riaz Haq in Contemporary Pakistani Society

1 Aug 27, 2011
Reply by Arif Aziz

Pakistan Independence Day 2011 at PACC San Jose, CA

When: Sunday, August 14 2011 4-6:30PM Where: PACC 1590 Oakland Road, Suite B-213, San Jose, CA, 95131 Celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day…

Started by Riaz Haq in Contemporary Pakistani Society

0 Aug 10, 2011

Team Pakistan at Athens Special Olympics Wins 56 Medals

Pakistan's special Olympic athletes at Athens have brought home more medals (56 medals including 17 golds, 25 silvers and 14 bronzes) than…

Started by Riaz Haq in Contemporary Pakistani Society

0 Jul 4, 2011

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