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Title: THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUALS IN DEVELOPMENT
Author: AJEEBA K. ASLAM

Introduction:
This paper briefly describes major theoretical perspectives on development to highlight how they view the role of the intellectuals. The paper dwells at length on how the classstruggle perspective views the role of the intellectuals in facilitating people to overcome the state of underdevelopment.

The major argument is that countering ideological hegemony is the overarching role of intellectuals . It argues that generally projected state of underdevelopment is merely a reflection of a deeper human condition - the condition of  ehumanisation. This condition of dehumanisation is generated, justified and permeated in society through ........

Title: THE GOAL OF WORKERS' WELFARE AND POLICY CHALLENGES
Author: MALIHA SHAMIM

Introduction:
The Trade, Export Promotion and Industry (TEPI) programme is part of the Structural Adjustments Programme being pursued in Pakistan for the past decadeas part of the reforms suggested by Breton Woods Institutions. It aims at the privatisation of 33 public manufacturing enterprises employing almost 12,000 workers.

In the long run, the TEPI programme is expected to bring enhanced industrial efficiency and demand for exports. However, in the short run, it will have a negative impact on the poor of Pakistan.......

Title: THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH IN PAKISTAN
Author: AHMER MAHMOOB

Introduction:
This paper aims to evaluate the future of English in Pakistan and to propose directions for a future language in education policy. In order to do this, we will first look at the political history of English in Pakistan and then look at the results of a language attitude study. The discussion will then be based on the findings of these two studies....

Title: REFORMS  IN HEALTH CARE: AN EQUITABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM
Author: Dr. SYED FURQAN ZAFAR

Introduction:
The fact, that Pakistan with an estimated population of 150 million has failed to fulfill the health needs of its citizens, is well supported by internationally established health indicators and poor economic status of the country.

In 1978 Pakistan endorsed ‘Health for All’ declaration adopted during the conference organized by World Health Organization (WHO) in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan (then USSR). Pakistan’s, present  government claims that it is working diligently to protect the constitutional rights of the citizens, and for this purpose has launched several new initiatives. However, every concerned citizen,sincere public health workers, committed NGOs,and honest government representatives,while putting efforts to improve the health and economic status.....

Title: PAKISTAN: THE QUESTION OF IDENTITY
Author: HARRIS KHALIQUE

Introduction:
Pakistan entered the new millennium with an unresolved question of national identity. The search for identity has remained a recurrent theme throughout the country’s 55-year history. The authoritarian rule and successive martial laws from the early years, protracted suspension of fundamental rights of the people, inability  of the political and economic institutions to deliver, and slow progress in social sector development increased the alienation of Pakistan’s citizens from their state.....