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Local scholarshipsIt is typical for persons to find scholarships in their home region. Information on these can be found by asking local persons and organizations. Typically, these are less competitive as the eligible population is smaller.

Guidance counselors: When starting to explore scholarship opportunities, most high school students check with their guidance counselors. They can be a reliable resource for local scholarships.
Non-profit organizations and Charitable trusts: Most non-profit organizations have at some point of their history founded scholarships for prospective students. The Good Schools Guide, a guide to schools in the UK, states "Charitable grant-making trusts can help in cases of genuine need," and goes on to outline several instances where this may be the case, including an "unforseen family disaster" and a "need for special education".[1]
Community foundations: Many counties and cities and regions have a local foundation dedicated to giving money in the form of grants and scholarships to people and organizations in the area.
Foundations: Certain Foundations in the United States offer scholarships for Entrepreneurial Endeavors.
Labor unions: All the major labor unions offer scholarships for members and their dependent children.
Houses of worship: The local house of worship may or may not have any scholarships for their members, but the religious organization or headquarters may have some available. Of course, theology study is a highly encouraged.
Chamber of commerce: Many chambers of commerce offer (usually small) grants to students in the community, especially those planning on careers in business and public service. Even if they do not offer any themselves, one can usually get a listing of members, and many of them may offer small scholarships to local students.
Other volunteer organizations: Many organizations offer scholarships or award grants to students whose background or chosen field overlaps the field of the organization. For example, local chapters of professional societies may help the studies of exceptionally distinguished students of the region. Similarly, charity organizations may offer help, especially if the late parent of the student was a member of the organization (e.g., a Masonic lodge might help the orphan of a lodge brother.) This kind of scholarship is mostly ad hoc.
School: Old, well-known schools are often endowed with scholarship funds.
University: Old, well-established universities may have funds to finance the studies of extremely talented students of little means. To be eligible, a student often must belong to some special category or be among a nation's best. However, universities have information available on scholarships and grants, possibly even internship opportunities.
PSAT/NMSQT: In the United States, students are offered the opportunity to take the PSAT/NMSQT test, usually in their junior year of high school. Not only does it help them to prepare for the SAT later on, but National Merit Scholarship programs are determined, in the first step, by the scores received on the PSAT/NMSQT test. Some private scholarship programs require applicants to take the PSAT.

Pakistan top university links

Federal
University Name
URL
City
Sector
National Defence University
http://www.ndu.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
Virtual university of Pakistan
http://www.vu.edu.pk/
Lahore
Public
National University of Science and Technology
http://www.nust.edu.pk/
Rawalpindi
Public
Riphah International University
http://www.riu.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Private
Quaid-i-Azam University
http://www.qau.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
http://www.pide.org.pk/
Islamabad
Public
Pakistan Institute of Engineering Applied Sciences
http://www.pieas.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
National University of Modern Languages
http://www.numl.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
http://www.nu.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Private
International Islamic University,
http://www.iiu.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
Institute of Space Technology (IST)
http://www.ist.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
Foundation University
http://www.fui.edu.pk/
Rawalpindi
Private
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology
http://www.fuuast.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
http://www.ciit.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
Bahria University
http://www.bci.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
Allama Iqbal Open University
http://www.aiou.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public
Air University
http://www.au.edu.pk/
Islamabad
Public

Punjab
University Name
URL
City
Sector
University of Management & Technology
http://www.umt.edu.pk/index.htm
Lahore
Private
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
http://www.uvas.edu.pk
Lahore
Public
University Of Engineering & Technology, Taxila
http://www.uettaxila.edu.pk
Rawalpindi
Public
University of South Asia
http://www.usa.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
University of Sargodha
http://www.uos.edu.pk/
Sargodha
Public
University of the Punjab
http://www.pu.edu.pk/
Lahore
Public
University of Lahore
http://www.ulhr.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
University of Health Sciences
http://www.uhs.edu.pk/
Lahore
Public
University of Gujrat
http://www.uog.edu.pk/
Gujrat
Public
University of Faisalabad
http://www.tuf.edu.pk/
Faisalabad
Private
University of Engineering & Technology
http://www.uet.edu.pk
Lahore
Public
University of Education
http://www.ue.edu.pk
Lahore
Public
University of Central Punjab
http://www.ucp.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
University of Arid Agriculture, Murree Road
http://www.uaar.edu.pk/
Rawalpindi
Public
University of Agriculture
http://www.uaf.edu.pk/
Faisalabad
Public
The Superior College
http://www.superior.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
National Textile University, Faisalabad (Federal Chartered)
http://www.ntu.edu.pk/
Faisalabad
Public
National College of Arts
http://www.nca.edu.pk/
Lahore
Public
Minhaj University
http://www.mul.edu.pk/home/home.php
Lahore
Private
Lahore University of Management Sciences
http://www.lums.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
Lahore School of Economics
http://www.lahoreschoolofeconomics.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
Lahore College for Women University
http://www.lcwu.edu.pk/
Lahore
Public
Kinnaird College for Women
http://www.kinnaird.edu.pk/
Lahore
Public
King Edward Medical University
http://www.kemc.edu/
Lahore
Public
Islamia University
http://www.iub.edu.pk/
Bahawalpur
Public
Institute of Management Sciences
http://www.pakaims.edu.pk
Lahore
Private
Imperial College of Business Studies
http://www.imperial.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
Hajvery University
http://www.hajvery.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
Government College University Lahore
http://www.gcu.edu.pk/
Lahore
Public
Government College University Faisalabad
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk
Faisalabad
Public
GIFT University
http://www.gift.edu.pk/
Gujranwala
Private
Forman Christian College
http://fccollege.edu.pk
Lahore
Private
Fatima Jinnah Women University
http://www.fjwu.edu.pk/
Rawalpindi
Public
National College of Buisness Administration& Economics (NCBA&E)
http://www.ncbae.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
Beaconhouse National University
http://www.bnu.edu.pk/
Lahore
Private
Bahauddin Zakariya University
http://www.bzu.edu.pk/
Multan
Public

Sindh
University Name
URL
City
Sector
Ziauddin Medical University
http://www.zmu.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
University of Sindh
http://www.usindh.edu.pk/
Jamshoro
Public
University of Karachi
http://www.uok.edu.pk
Karachi
Public
University of East
http://www.uoe.edu.pk
Hyderabad
Private
Textile Institute of Pakistan
http://www.tip.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Sukkur Institute of Business Administration
http://www.iba-suk.edu.pk/
Sukkur
Public
Sir Syed University of Engg. & Technology
http://www.ssuet.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Sindh Agriculture University
http://www.sau.edu.pk/
Tandojam
Public
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST)
http://www.szabist.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Shah Abdul Latif University
http://www.salu.edu.pk/
Khairpur
Public
Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology
http://www.quest.edu.pk/
Nawabshah
Public
Preston University
http://www.prestonpak.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Preston Institute of Management Sciences and Technology
http://pimsat-khi.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Pakistan Naval Academy
http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/
Karachi
Public
Newports Institute of Communications and Economics
http://www.newports.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
NED University of Engineering & Technology
http://www.neduet.edu.pk/
Karachi
Public
Nazeer Hussain University *

Karachi
Private
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University
http://www.jinnah.edu/
Karachi
Private
Mehran University of Eng. & Technology
http://www.muet.edu.pk/
Jamshoro
Public
Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences
http://www.lumhs.edu.pk/
Jamshoro
Public
KASB (Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari) Institute of Technology
http://www.kasbit.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
http://www.pafkiet.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Jinnah University for Women
http://www.juw.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Isra University
http://www.isra.edu.pk/
Hyderabad
Private
Iqra University
http://www.iqra.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Institute of Business Management
http://www.cbm.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Institute of Business Administration
http://www.iba.edu.pk/
Karachi
Public
Institute of Business & Technology BIZTEK
http://www.biztek.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture
http://www.indusvalley.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Indus Institute of Higher Education
http://www.indus.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Hamdard University
http://www.hamdard.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Greenwich University
http://www.greenwichuniversity.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Dow University of Health Sciences
http://www.duhs.edu.pk/
Karachi
Public
DHA Suffa University *

Karachi
Private
Dawood College of Engineering & Technology
http://www.dcet.edu.pk/
Karachi
Public
Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education
http://www.dadabhoy.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Baqai Medical University
http://www.baqai.edu.pk/
Karachi
Private
Aga Khan University
http://www.aku.edu/
Karachi
Private


NWFP
Univeristy Name
URL
City
Sector
Islamia College University, Peshawar

Peshawar
Public
Khyber Medical University
http://www.kmu.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Public
University of Science & Technology Bannu
http://www.ustb.edu.pk
Bannu
Public
University of Peshawar
http://www.upesh.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Public
University of Malakand,Chakdara
http://www.uom.edu.pk
Malakand
Public
Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology
http://www.suit.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Private
Qurtaba University of Science & Information Technology
http://www.qurtuba.edu.pk/
D.I.Khan
Private
Preston University
http://www.prestonpak.edu.pk
Kohat
Private
Pakistan Military Academy

Abbottabad
Public
NWFP University of Engineering & Technology
http://www.nwfpuetp.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Public
NWFP Agriculture University
http://www.aup.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Public
Northern University
http://www.northern.edu.pk/
Nowshera
Private
Kohat University of Science & Technology
http://www.kust.edu.pk/
Kohat
Public
Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences)
http://www.imsciences.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Public
Hazara University, Dodhial
http://www.hu.edu.pk/
Mansahra
Public
Gomal University
http://www.gu.edu.pk/
D.I.Khan
Public
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology
http://www.giki.edu.pk/
Topi
Private
Gandhara University
http://www.gandhara.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Private
City University of Science & Information Technology
http://www.cityuniversity.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Private
CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences
http://www.cecos.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Private
Frontier Women University

Peshawar
Public
Abasyn University
http://www.abasyn.edu.pk/
Peshawar
Private

Balochistan
Univeristy Name
URL
City
Sector
Bolan University of Medical & Health Sciences, Quetta

Quetta
Public
University of Balochistan
http://www.uob.edu.pk/
Quetta
Public
Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University
http://www.sbkwu.edu.pk/
Quetta
Public
Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine Science
http://www.luawms.edu.pk/
Lasbela
Public
Iqra University
http://www.iqra.edu.pk/
Quetta
Private
Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences
http://www.buitms.edu.pk/
Quetta
Public
Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology
http://buetk.edu.pk/
Khuzdar
Public

Azad Jammu & Kashmir
University Name
URL
City
Sector
University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad
http://www.ajku.edu.pk/
AJK
Public
Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University
http://www.miu.edu.pk/
AJK
Private
Al-Khair University
http://www.alkhair.edu.pk
AJK
Private

Northern Areas
University Name
URL
City
Sector
Karakurum International University
http://www.kiu.edu.pk/

Gender Issues in Land Policy and Administration

Land is a critical asset, especially for the urban and rural poor. Land rights act as a form of economic access to key markets as well as a form of social access to nonmarket institutions, such as the household relations and community-level governance structures, and confer rights to other local natural resources, such as trees, pasture, and water.

On average, men’s land holdings were almost three times the women’s landholdings. This compromised land access leads women to make suboptimal decisions with regard to crop choices and to obtain lower yields than would otherwise be possible if household resources were allocated efficiently. The basic gender policy within the context of land administration should promote secure access to land and other natural resources for women, independent of men relatives and independent of their civil status. Legal reforms need to take into account multiple-use rights to land, particularly women’s rights, as well as the different means by which women gain access to land, including divorce and inheritance systems.

Gender and Rural Finance

Access to well-designed financial services can help poor households build assets, engage more effectively with markets, and reduce their vulnerability to crises. Beginning in the 1990s microfinance programs were increasingly directed at women—partly because of evidence that women’s repayment rates were higher than men’s but also because donors supported microfinance for women as an effective gender strategy to increase women’s role in production. However, rural women’s access to financial services remains heavily dependent on microfinance. Women generally receive smaller loans than men, even for the same activities and are vastly underrepresented in programs that finance larger loans. Lacking access to larger loans, their businesses often collapse because they are forced to purchase inferior equipment or materials. Women’s credit needs are more diverse than the initial focus on small group loans: women need longer-term and larger amount of credit to build assets and invest in viable and productive activities.

It is important to mainstreaming gender and women’s empowerment throughout the financial sector, including large-scale rural finance and leasing arrangements for agricultural development and value chain upgrading. This will not only to benefit women but in the process also improve the sustainability of financial services themselves and the dynamism of the rural economy in general.

Gender and Agricultural Livelihoods: Strengthening Governance

Good governance is perhaps the single most important factor in eradicating poverty and promoting development. Key elements of good governance in agriculture include quality of agricultural policies and regulations; efficiency and equity in the provision of agricultural services and infrastructure; reduction of corruption; and access to justice and enforcement of rights.

Despite recent reforms in the public sector and in many agricultural institutions, increasing voice and accountability in rural areas remains a challenge even in democratic systems, and rural women face particular obstacles in making their voices heard. Thus, reforms must explicitly pay attention to gender issues and be implemented in a gender-sensitive manner. Governance reforms are “gender-sensitive” if they are: sensitive to gender differential; gender specific; empowering to women; and transformative.

Gender and Food Security

Food security is a primary goal of sustainable agricultural development and a cornerstone for economic and social development. The food price crisis is a current reminder of the crucial importance of focusing on food security as the central theme in agricultural development. Food security can be a reality only when the agriculture sector is vibrant.

Women are crucial in the translation of the products of a vibrant agriculture sector into food and nutritional security. However, they remain having less access to productive resources and economic opportunities compared to men. Gender-based inequalities all along the food production chain must be removed and the active engagement of women at all levels of decision making is absolutely necessary to attain food and nutritional security.

Agriculture and Achieving the Millenium Development Goals

In 2000 the member states of the United Nations adopted the Millennium Declaration as a renewed commitment to human development. The Declaration includes eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), each with quantified targets, to motivate the international community and provide an accountability mechanism for actions taken to enable millions of poor people to improve their livelihoods.

About 70 percent of the MDGs’ target group live in rural areas, particularly in Asia and Africa, and for most of the rural poor agriculture is a critical component in the successful attainment of the MDGs. Thus, a necessary component in meeting the MDGs by 2015 in many parts of the world is a more productive and profitable agricultural sector.


This report shows the continuing importance of agriculture, both directly and indirectly, towards achieving the MDGs, especially in low income countries. Specifically, it examines alternative development scenarios in country-wide models that show how investments in different areas of agriculture can impact poverty in countries like Ethiopia and Zambia. For example, model results for Ethiopia show that if the country stays on a business-as-usual growth path, poverty will increase by another 10 million people, and food security will be compromised even further. In Zambia, the poverty rate under business-as-usual growth would still be 68 percent by 2015, only seven percentage points lower than the current poverty rate of 75 percent. In addition to examining the targeted investments required to help agriculture achieve its potential contribution for the MDGs, this report analyzes the policies and governance systems needed to be supportive for agriculture to achieve maximum impact.

It is a promising development that the review of progress—and lack thereof—in achieving the MDGs has reached global attention. Policy action and increased investment in the critical arenas of sustainable agriculture productivity and food and nutrition security will be essential for responding effectively and responsibly to reach the Millennium Development Goals.

This report was produced in collaboration between The Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) Department of The World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). If you wish to discuss the role of agriculture in achieving the MDGs, please contact the team leader Nwanze Okidegbe.

Help the Humanity

"Help the Humanity Charitable Trust" is a non government. social organization,working to help Poor Communities through its programs in the field of Health, Education, Social Development,Gender Equality,Woman Empowerment and Livelihood. Through our programs, we promote the importance of health, human rights and humanitarian issues,fundamental needs, and the use of talents, contacts, and resources to bring practical solutions for the poor's. Apart of this "Help the Humanity" has a special support program to support poor widows and orphans, we support them by paying widow pension,vocational training for self employment etc.

before forming this organization,We used to receive various request emails from allover the India. People were contacting us to help them on various issues specially for the Medical treatments, Widow Pension and Education.We thought that Together with local partners,People and resources we can build future of health, hope and humanity.When we started this Organization "We had nothing in our mind accept helping poor people by giving them financial assistance or to solve out their problems by using our contacts.

we feel that we can fill the colors of happiness in the life of poor's, suffering with various issues.We have started the mission of "help the humanity" from a small township of Gujarat (India).We are committed to mobilize People to change their lives by developing a feeling of Positive Approach and Self Help.We have started working with People who have seen the worse in 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. Help the Humanity Team is a combination of Professionals and local People.This is first time when an organization working in partnership of local People.

We think that together with local People, we can study deeply about the root causes of various issues.We have started this Mission of Humanity from a very small township of Gujarat (India) but we are committed to take this mission globally.We are hopeful that people from all over the globe will come out to support this mission of "Help the Humanity"