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Ngo’s and Community Empowerment: A Case Study of Ismaili Community in the Northern Areas of Pakistan

  • Dr. Omar Farooq Zain/
  • June 30, 2005
Keywords
Community Empowerment NGO Ismaili AghaKhani Governmental Organizations
Abstract

A government is responsible for the welfare of its citizens, its legitimacy drawn on the basis of services it provides. But not so in Pakistan, where social services are neither disciplined nor organized. Our society is plagued by countless social evils but the governments have not taken appropriate and effective measures to root out these evils. There is no government response, at any level, to citizens’ basic needs. Therefore, human poverty is becoming a major obstacle in attaining a decent standard of living and for enjoying the fruits of real freedom. Being the most vulnerable segment of society, the poor are always the first ones to be harmed and the last ones to be heard. Poverty in Pakistan had been challenged little since independence and the indifference practised by those in high authority has left little room for manoeuver among non-governmental organizations and self-help groups. In a resourceful country like Pakistan, loopholes in the state structure are the result of discord or failure of the nation in measuring up to the expectations of the poor masses. However, a few non governmental organizations have rendered a yeoman service to the down trodden people. Representative community-based organizations and self-help groups of the Ismaili or AghaKhani Community are such examples. These faith-based, voluntary and philanthropic groups have directly influenced over the social and economic day-to-day life of the people of the Northern areas of Pakistan. The main object of this study is to focus the community-based development activities of AghaKhan network in the social sector by highlighting untiring efforts of the Ismaili community for the uplift of their area on a self-help basis.

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Zain, D. O. F. (2020). Ngo’s and Community Empowerment: A Case Study of Ismaili Community in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. (جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو, 7(1), 57–68. https://jorurdu.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5e83472aecc2e/page

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