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A group of 30 young activist from all over the country gathered in a youth forum at Institute of Space Technoloogy Islamabad from Dec 7 to 10 in order to interact on Climate change issues. The Forum was organized by International centre for integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in colloboration with LEAD Pakistan, IST and SUPARCO. Training in GIS and Remote Sensing was also a part of the Forum beside lectures and presenation on the subject by experts of the subject of climate change. It was a nice gathering of youth some of whom were very vocal on the subject and had even attended international seminars on climate change.  For me it was a source of great learning and opportunity to learn some basic technical knowlegde like GIS and RS.  Experts from ICIMOD of whom a Dutchman Mr. Sebastian was of a particular to mention for effective conduction of the seminar.  Beside some from LEAD Pakistan were also very much dedicated towards the goals of the forum.  Our stay in G6/4

A Visit to Gilgit Baltistan From 9 to 13 October, 2011 By: Imran Khan An Exposure visit of Khow Local Support Organization was arranged by AKRSP under the ICIMOD funded project namely “Enhancing Water Governance in Mulkhow”. A team of 14 members comprising of the member of Governing Body and Management staff of KLSO along with chairman Local governance committees of Mulkhow visited Gilgit City, Hunza, and Ghizer district of Gilgit Baltistan region from October 09 to October 13, 2011. I was assigned with the team as a facilitator by AKRSP Chitral. Here is a brief report of the activities and visit of the team. DAY 1. Sunday, October 09, 2011     The journey from Booni started at 10 o clock in the morning. We reached Mastuj by at 12 o clock. In Mastuj we had our lunch in a local hotel and resumed our journey at around 1 o clock. In Laspur we stopped for tea and then continued our journey forward. We passed through Shandur Top while it was snowing there. It was already du

After joining AKRSP i am hearing a lot about projects and all the betterment it will cause in the life of the so called "beneficiareis" or Stakeholders what we call the subject of the Project. Well never undermine a Project and what it can do to specially to those who execute it or the NGO Mughuls. Lot of  paraphernalia typically comes with a project and you don't believe ( As I used to before joining here) that a hell lot of thinking, paper work and material resources are involved in the process of project development. All the stages of project cycle like Planning, Identification, formulation, implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation are there self divided into steps which are based on atypical and incomprehensible Logical Frame Work Analysis.   To cut it short we are going to present here what a project proposal will compose of. It is an important process because it is submitted to donors and the likelihood of getting anything out of those hawk eyed guys is possibl

YouTube - Shotkhar, Torkhow, Chitral Ishtook The guy is popular through out the area for his extraordinary story of love. He can be seen singing his songs on different occasions like wedding etc.

These days I am preparing for the Mphil test of Economics of QAU Islamabad. It is more of a luck then preparation though because there are only 3 questions and no more. The problem is that you might read all those three question before going to bed the day before the test or if you are in the grip of bad karma then after reading all those book of Economics you will left out these three. Thus it is more like a game of chance. I admit not really being prepared for it becuause of my latest addiction and that to movies. Download them in a bulk and watching those all night long.     Well coming back to the topic the Mphil program in QAU is quite rigorous and perhaps the best in the country. It is composed of one year of course work and another for research. A sound base in Mathematics and statistics is must and usually people drop out beacuse of percentage requiement at the end of the course work. So unless you have a dedication and hard work it is not adviced to join this program.  The te