It’s also the fourth largest English-speaking population and has had the fourth largest absolute increase in middle class. So, the foundational elements were all in place, and then you had this population increasingly adopting the internet. We had more than 50 mil...
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The first Covid‑19 case in Pakistan was reported on 26 February 2020. With Pakistan currently undergoing its third wave of the virus, the number of infections there had surpassed 1.2 million by September 2021. However, Pakistan has a population of more than 220 million – the fifth highest...
Decades of internal political disputes and low levels of foreign investment have led to underdevelopment in Pakistan. Pakistan has a large English-speaking population, with English-language skills less prevalent outside urban centers. Despite some progress in recent years in both security and energy, ...
Although Urdu is the only official language of Pakistan, English is the lingua franca of the Pakistani elite and most of the government ministries, so it is not uncommon for companies to use English as their internal business language. Urdu is closely related to Hindi but is written in an ...
Pakistan's call center industry has experienced significant growth in recent years, driven by the country's large pool of young, educated, and English-speaking population. However, despite this growth, the industry faces a major challenge: a skills gap that hinders its potential. In this article...
Speaking to Xinhua, Affan Faiq Zada, the medical superintendent of the hospital, said that it is nothing short of a blessing for the local community, transforming healthcare access in the region. "Previously, there were no specialized healthcare services, and people had to travel hundreds of ...
English was foisted on the Indian subcontinent by Britain’s colonialism and an 1835 order from London started to systematise it as the main language of education. The plan’s architect, Thomas Macaulay, said the aim was to produce “a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but En...
Speaking to Xinhua on the sidelines of the conference, Shahid Mansoor, a scientist and a senior advisor at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, said Pakistan's per capita wheat consumption is one of the highest in the world and wheat contributes more than 70 percent of...
Speaking at the event, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing said China is ready to help Pakistan in the field of education, adding that through a new sector of socio-economic cooperation under CPEC, hospitals, schools and vocational training centers will be established, and scholarships will ...