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Nov 25, 2020 · Founder and President, Imran Khan Foundation, raised funds for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts after Pakistan floods. Conceived, planned, and mobilized people to build Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Pakistan's first and only cancer hospital that provides 75% free healthcare and was built on public donations, currently President.
Jan 22, 2020 · Imran Khan took to the stage at Davos for the first time in his capacity as Prime Minister of Pakistan. He shared his vision to create a welfare state, after seeing one in action in the UK. "This is my vision - all the policies which we make are towards that end - to make Pakistan into a humane country where the government takes the responsibility for the weaker sections of society."
Nov 25, 2020 · Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan calls climate change a "defining global challenge" of our time. Pakistan is the fifth most climate-impacted country in the world. Khan is committed to a "clean and green" Pakistan. The country is targeting nature-based solutions like planting billions of trees.
Jul 2, 2018 · Cricket-star turned politician Imran Khan spearheaded the Billion Tree Tsunami. Image: REUTERS/Caren Firouz As well as benefiting the environment, the project has established a network of private tree nurseries, which have boosted local incomes and generated green jobs, including for unemployed young people and women in the province.
Jan 11, 2019 · Since coming into office, Khan has organised meetings with brick kiln owners and won a two-month winter shutdown of factories in 12 districts, including Lahore. The government has also pushed brick kiln owners to shift to cleaner technology, offering loans to make the switch, as well as issuing fines for kilns that operate using the dirtiest technologies, such as burning used tires.
Jan 14, 2020 · The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020, taking place on 21-24 January in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, will focus on establishing stakeholder capitalism as a way of addressing the world’s greatest challenges, from societal divisions created by income inequality and political polarization to the climate crisis we face today.
Jan 24, 2020 · 2020 theme: Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World. The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters is the foremost creative force for engaging the world's top leaders in collaborative activities to shape the global, regional and industry agendas at the beginning of each year.
Oct 16, 2018 · Pakistan has pledged to plant a smaller 600,000 hectares of forest by 2030. However, Climate Home News recently reported how the new prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has promised a “billion tree tsunami” – by planting 10bn trees in the country in just five years.
Mar 14, 2024 · The foundations for modern digital payments were laid in the late 1950s with the introduction of the first credit and debit cards, but it was the invention of Bitcoin in 2009 that set the stage for a new era of secure digital transactions.
May 1, 2023 · Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could transform education systems and make them more equitable. It can accelerate the long overdue transformation of education systems towards inclusive learning that will prepare young people to thrive and shape a better future.
