The Defence Journal, had the privilege of interviewing Mr. Zahid Saeed, the Chief Executive Officer of Green Crescent Trust (GCT), one of the top educational non-profits in the country. GCT manages one of the largest networks of charitable schools in Pakistan, primarily situated in Sindh, where the issue of out-of-school children presents a significant challenge….
Managing Director and CEO Indus Pharma, Zahid Saeed is an industrialist and politician associated with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan. The Federal Government conferred on him the coveted civil award of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 2023 in the field of social service and philanthropy for his 29-year-long struggle to enrol outof-school children in Sindh. Elected Union Councilor for Union…
Deng Xiaoping and Mikhail Gorbachev were both statesmen par-excellence and without their far-sightedness China and Russia would not have been where they are today. The least that they contributed to their evolving relationship is a new modus operandi to look beyond the immediate, and marshal a course of action that is nothing but leadership. In…
Fasting is found in every religious tradition as a form of penance, purification, and spiritual discipline. It is undertaken with the understanding that physical discomfort elevates spiritual status. In Christian, Hindu and Buddhist traditions, extreme form of ascetic practices with prolonged seclusion and fasting is used as a vehicle of purification. Judaism and Islam are…
Pakistan’s Agricultural Sector Agriculture plays a key role in the economy of any country, providing food, poverty reduction, industry development, and economic progress to its people. It is important for feeding the population, generating foreign exchange, and providing goods and services to both domestic industries and the global market. The agricultural sector of Pakistan has…
