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		<title>How Pakistani NGOs can really help</title>
		<link>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/how-ngos-can-really-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Pakistan has a long and tragic history of devastation through natural disasters, the Government has never developed any substantial programs to prevent or monitor the possibility of future destruction. Pakistani and international NGOs as well as international donors are often left making up for the incompetence of national institutions, raising funds and resources to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakpak.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6519526&amp;post=140&amp;subd=shakpak&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A collective approach for good</title>
		<link>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/a-collective-approach-for-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Entrepreneurs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shakpak.wordpress.com/?p=127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, I’m pretty sure that most Pakistani kids never heard, “Mera beta, social entrepreneur banai ga!” (&#8220;My kid&#8217;s going to be a social entrepreneur!&#8221;) I’m also pretty sure that most kids in the Western world would have never heard that either. Social entrepreneurship is still a fairly new concept in the developing and developed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakpak.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6519526&amp;post=127&amp;subd=shakpak&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Naveen</media:title>
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		<title>Made in Pakistan?&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/made-in-pakistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Made in Pakistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistani movies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend while I was visiting New York, I decided to attend a screening of the documentary “Made in Pakistan,” by Nasir Khan, at the South Asian International Film Festival. The documentary profiles the lives of 4 Pakistanis living and working in Lahore in 2007, and who apparently “defy the prevailing stereotypes of Pakistanis in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakpak.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6519526&amp;post=116&amp;subd=shakpak&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Naveen</media:title>
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		<title>Justice for All</title>
		<link>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/justice-for-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The saying that ‘one can get away with murder’ seems to be quite true when it comes to Pakistan. What is it that causes people to think that they can force their will upon others and literally shove it down others throats? It is the feeling that whatever they do, especially in the name of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakpak.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6519526&amp;post=111&amp;subd=shakpak&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Ploy&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/the-big-ploy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asif Zardari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Swat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shakpak.wordpress.com/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am troubled by recent statements made by Pakistani officials that imply that the Pakistan government’s peace agreement with a militant organization, and then the “successful” military campaign against it, was all just part of a big ploy to get rid of the Taliban and TNSM (Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi) in Swat. If this is the case, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakpak.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6519526&amp;post=63&amp;subd=shakpak&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Naveen</media:title>
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		<title>To Protect and Serve</title>
		<link>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/71/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 05:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently watched “Pakistan Under Siege,” a PBS documentary, and witnessed a sad, yet telling conversation between two friends living in Kachegori refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. The interviewer asked both the teenage boys a simple question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most of us are quite used to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakpak.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6519526&amp;post=71&amp;subd=shakpak&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Democratic Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/a-democratic-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/a-democratic-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 19:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although Pakistan claims to be a democratic government, there are many luxuries a democratic Pakistan cannot afford. Other democracies around the world have more of a sense of security and financial stability, while Pakistan does not have those privileges due to political and economic instability, among other issues. In a country with overflowing cities and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakpak.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6519526&amp;post=104&amp;subd=shakpak&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Response to Articles</title>
		<link>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/response-to-articles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a response that I wrote to the articles, posted below: &#8220;Implications of the Manawan Attack&#8221; by Fred Burton and Scott Stewart, published on STRATFOR.com (http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20090401_implications_manawan_attack) &#8221; Tehrik-i-Taliban: A Specious Claim and Brash Threats&#8221; by Fred Burton and Scott Stewart, published on STRATFOR.com (http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20090408_tehrik_i_taliban_specious_claim_and_brash_threats) To Authors: I recently came across the “Implications of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakpak.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6519526&amp;post=52&amp;subd=shakpak&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sheep and the Shepherd</title>
		<link>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/the-sheep-and-the-shepherd/</link>
		<comments>http://shakpak.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/the-sheep-and-the-shepherd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think it would be safe to say that in Pakistan, people have a “sheep and shepherd” mentality. A person rises to power, and there are many lost and confused sheep to follow. Once they become disillusioned by that shepherd, they go and find another shepherd to follow. The problem with the Sheep and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shakpak.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6519526&amp;post=34&amp;subd=shakpak&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Manal</media:title>
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