Dr. Abid G. Chaudhry
I hold Doctorate Degree in 'Anthropology' from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad-Pakistan. Besides, I hold three Master Degrees. I firstly did Masters degree in 'Anthropology' from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan and secondly, Masters' Degree in 'Political Science' and thirdly, Masters' Degree in 'International Relations' from the University of Sargodha, Pakistan
I have polished my academic & professional skills both from Pakistan and abroad. I have worked with several organizations in different capacities ranging from research, training, project planning & management and extensive field operations.
I also assisted Government of Pakistan, Save the Children, Norway & UNICEF in the preparation of three out of four Country Periodic Reports on United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as National Consultant. I have headed a UNICEF funded- National Project on first ever launched ‘Child Protection Management Information System’ (CPMIS) launched by Government of Pakistan after the observations of UN-Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva as "First National Project Manager".
I also worked with the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) of Government of United Kingdom and British High Commission in Islamabad in Pakistan on a Thematic Project aimed at creating awareness and opening a public debate about the Aftermaths of "Forced Marriages" faced by Dual National Pakistanis as "National Project Coordinator". The project was launched in 11 cities of Pakistan with high ratio of Dual Nationals.
I am regularly published Author of various Research Papers in HEC recognized Research Journals as well as in World reputed International Research Journals. Currently, I am working on completing my Book that focuses on the issues of "Revitalization of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Sustainable Rural Development in the Punjab".
Address: Incharge, Department of Anthropology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi-Pakistan
I have polished my academic & professional skills both from Pakistan and abroad. I have worked with several organizations in different capacities ranging from research, training, project planning & management and extensive field operations.
I also assisted Government of Pakistan, Save the Children, Norway & UNICEF in the preparation of three out of four Country Periodic Reports on United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as National Consultant. I have headed a UNICEF funded- National Project on first ever launched ‘Child Protection Management Information System’ (CPMIS) launched by Government of Pakistan after the observations of UN-Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva as "First National Project Manager".
I also worked with the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) of Government of United Kingdom and British High Commission in Islamabad in Pakistan on a Thematic Project aimed at creating awareness and opening a public debate about the Aftermaths of "Forced Marriages" faced by Dual National Pakistanis as "National Project Coordinator". The project was launched in 11 cities of Pakistan with high ratio of Dual Nationals.
I am regularly published Author of various Research Papers in HEC recognized Research Journals as well as in World reputed International Research Journals. Currently, I am working on completing my Book that focuses on the issues of "Revitalization of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Sustainable Rural Development in the Punjab".
Address: Incharge, Department of Anthropology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi-Pakistan
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attached with miscellaneous professions categorized as others occupations like teachers, professors, clerks, lower division clerks, shopkeepers and restaurant owners. While, 25% worked in different Community Based Organizations, NGOs and Public Organizations and 12% were attached with agriculture, poultry farming, handicrafts and sewing clothes.
preference pattern of their own in which they consult either western medicine or their local medicine. The paper also discusses details about domestically held treatments for few major ailments.
farming in designing and implementation of development projects. These approaches are representative of a particular ecological, social, economical, and political system, shaped by the constraints and opportunities associated to the area. Effective and successful development projects must include the local perceptions, their approaches and practices, as the locals are the ones most representative of their issues and have the most workable solution to them. The traditional agriculture has
completely been clutched into the nexus of modern farming methods, due to which they are being abandoned by the farmers. Modern farming which is representative of development has increased the competition, transitioning, breaking the community into people experimenting on
modern technology and those who are still finding means to adapt their traditional agriculture to the fast changing needs of the societies. The research was carried out in the villages of Ghora Gali and Arukas through qualitative and quantitative methods. Sustainable development in Pakistan thus needs to be reinvented in the local perspective considering approaches and practices and, eradicating the alien chains of development
completely.
our development in backyard. It is not reducing the competition; it is fixing a time bomb in the foundations of our society that will totally collapse the developmental efforts. Despite all cultural stereotypes, women are indulged in all spheres of life and contributing without desirous of being recognized.
the challenges that they or/and their communities face. This study comprised 112 students from different education
institutions of Peshawar city. Respondents were selected by using the purposive sampling method regarding their
age. It also concludes that the youth is disappointed with the political leadership to a significant degree and consider them part of the problems and not part of the solution to the challenges Pakistan is facing today. On a positive note the end line survey reflects the positive impact of the project that youth who underwent the trainings learned about the significance of good leadership and how to help create and promote good leadership.
medieval times. It has been an influential tool for bringing justice to the local communities, as a conflict resolution
body for village level disputes and to systematize social, cultural and religious activities. The paper explores the
preference of the community and their views towards the panchayat system as a judicial body. The study locale was
district Lodhran‟s village “1-Chak”, the sample size was 153 selected through random sampling. The results reflected
that the community was exceptionally dependent upon the „panchayat and biradari system‟ for resolving their issues,
and it worked as a fundamental justice providing body. The preference for panchayat system was affirmed to be for
various reasons which firstly included; „confidentiality‟, “time efficiency‟ and „the complications of judicial law”
provided by the government