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What Malala’s Nobel Peace Prize Means for Pakistan and the World
Written by Usama Khilji
Malala Yousufzai first gained recognition in 2008 at age 11 when she took to the Press Club in Peshawar against the Taliban banning girls’ education in the Swat valley. She soon started writing an anonymous blog for the BBC as Gul Makai, chronicling the feelings of a young girl […]
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Usama Khilji
Usama is a social activist, public speaking trainer, and researcher based in Islamabad, Pakistan. He represented Pakistan in the US as a YES scholar, and is the Membership and Mentoring Leader at Future Leaders of Pakistan (FLP).
He also writes freelance for various publications. He is Currently studying Politics and International Relations through the University of London International Programme.
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Mobile phones – new weapons in Pakistan’s war on corruption
Written by Usama Khilji
Beset by economic woes and laboring under rapid demographic change, Pakistan still manages to leverage the power of technological breakthroughs in new and creative ways to improve the workings of government. One such way was found by Zubair K. Bhatti, the government administrator of the district of Jhang, and his […]
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Job creation must tap the potential of the South Asian youth bulge
Written by Usama Khilji
As the most populated region in the world, South Asia can also boast the highest number of young people per world region as well, and this trend continues to grow driven by high birth rates. This means that in the near future there will be increasing numbers of young people […]
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International aid: towards a responsible partnership for development
Written by Usama Khilji
The eighth of the 2015 United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) states that the international community is to take measures to increase cooperation and encourage a partnership between the developed and the developing world. With a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.49, and with 40% of its population living below […]
