“We used to pay an excessive amount of money for our electricity and gas bills. Now, with the help of TheNetwork for Consumer Protection, we are not only able to read our gas and electricity bills, but also know where to complain in case of any issue,” says Qasim Jan, a 60-year-old low income farmer…
Water shortage is a problem that damages the very core of the Pakistani economy – agriculture, bringing those already living on the edge of poverty closer to losing hope. The problem is further exacerbated for farmers of Southern Punjab who are living at the tail of the distributary system. The farmers of Chak Number 53/M,…
Balochistan, the largest Pakistan province, has a widely scattered population. Security challenges and unemployment threaten the region’s overall prosperity. Bridging the gap between the people and public service providers is the need of the hour. It is being achieved by strengthening citizens’ voices on good governance and collaborating with provincial public institutions to develop an…
Pak Women, a local not-for-profit organization in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, has worked with provincial legislators to form a working group that proposes recommendations to amend the Conduct of Business Rules of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assembly. The first-of-its-kind working group includes members of the provincial assembly, assembly bureaucrats such as the secretary and…
Muhammad Wasan and his fellow villagers at Malsario, a settlement in union council (UC) Peelo, taluka Nagarparkar, district Tharparkar at Mithi, got their livestock vaccinated after the awareness campaign regarding citizen engagement with state institutions and the existing complaint redress mechanisms by the Sindh Rural Support Program (SRSP) – a not-for-profit organization based in Sindh,…
Villagers from Khorooro in District Tharparkar at Mithi, Sindh used the advocacy campaign on engagement with the government institutions that lead to opening of their village’s primary school for the first time in six years, after its construction. The residents of Khorooro in the Union Council Sobhiyar, Taluka Deeplo achieved their objective through an application…
Rural Development Policy Initiative (RDPI) implemented a grant, in the thematic area of voice for effective grievance redress, through office of Ombudsmen that was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the Citizens’ Voice Project in Dera Ghazi Khan and Layyah districts. The main objective of this project was to promote…
Almost 32 % of Pakistan’s population is between the ages of 15 to 29 years. Sindh is the second most populated province of Pakistan where 32 % of the population falls under this age bracket. Civil Society Support Program (CSSP), a partner organization of USAID Citizens’ Voice Project took up the initiative to form Youth…
Pakistan has an ensuing energy crisis that is affecting the economy on a massive scale. The power sector is faced with the burden of debt, production issues and lack of resources on the one hand, and power theft and pending bill payments worth billions of rupees on the other. People blame the authorities for negligence…
For a democratic setup to flourish, it requires public participation as much as it needs other bolstering factors. Keeping public office holders involved not only ensures a transparent and accountable state but it also yields a sense of belonging into the hearts of citizens. This, however, is only possible if free flow of information prevails…