The community and non-government organizations should also engage along with the local governments in promoting primary education, basic health services, potable water supply and sanitation to the vast majority of the population. This public-private-community partnership will lead Pakistan into the era of self-reliance, economic growth and social stability and poverty alleviation.
Long-term interest rates in the United States and other major industrial countries have not yet shown any clear upward movement compared with two years ago when crude oil prices started to rise and a year and a half ago when the Federal Reserve started to raise the federal funds rate target.