Institute of Social and Cultural Studies at University of the Punjab, Lahore, in its commitment to excellence in teaching and top quality research, participated in the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan’s call for research proposals under the National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) and won a project worth 3.4 million.
The project aiming at exploring water inequalities in Pakistan would be supervised by three Sociology professors including Dr. Farhan Navid Yousaf as Principal Investigator, and Dr. Rizwan Safdar and Dr. Siddique Akbar as co-principal investigators.
This multi-sited multilevel comparative research project will be carried out in four provinces of Pakistan. It is aimed at exploring that how water structures the daily lives of household users in diverse communities (rural, peri-urban, urban areas) including how they think about and articulate their social, cultural, economic, political relationships to water. It would further investigate understand the ways in which community activists envision and define water rights, make claims and seek redress for inequalities and injustices related to water at the local, national levels, and thus activate citizens’ and human rights through water claims.
Principal investigator Dr. Farhan believes that the actual realization of the human right to water and it capacity to address inequalities in water and other intersecting spheres of life depends on local realities of water governance, and the social and economic contexts of individuals and communities, as users, to afford and claim water rights. Thus, he thinks, the findings of this research project would be critical for Pakistan’s policy on water.
Pakistani rupee remains stable against US dollar in the open market on 29 March, 2024.
In the open market, the US dollar was being quoted at 278.3 for buying and 281.05 for selling.
Euro moves down to 299.75 for buying and 302.75 for selling while British Pound hovers around 353.75 for buying, and 357.25 for selling.
UAE Dirham AED remains stable at 75.55 whereas the Saudi Riyal saw minor increase, with new rates at 73.70.
Currency | Symbol | Buying | Selling |
US Dollar | USD | 278.3 | 281.05 |
Euro | EUR | 299.75 | 302.75 |
UK Pound Sterling | GBP | 353.75 | 357.25 |
U.A.E Dirham | AED | 75.55 | 76.3 |
Saudi Riyal | SAR | 73.70 | 74.4 |
Australian Dollar | AUD | 182.9 | 184.7 |
Bahrain Dinar | BHD | 739.61 | 747.61 |
Canadian Dollar | CAD | 204.25 | 206.46 |
China Yuan | CNY | 38.74 | 39.14 |
Danish Krone | DKK | 40.30 | 40.7 |
Hong Kong Dollar | HKD | 35.55 | 35.9 |
Indian Rupee | INR | 3.33 | 3.44 |
Japanese Yen | JPY | 1.86 | 1.94 |
Kuwaiti Dinar | KWD | 901.14 | 910.14 |
Malaysian Ringgit | MYR | 59.25 | 59.85 |
New Zealand Dollar | NZD | 168.56 | 170.56 |
Norwegians Krone | NOK | 26.19 | 26.49 |
Omani Riyal | OMR | 724.36 | 732.36 |
Qatari Riyal | QAR | 76.57 | 77.27 |
Singapore Dollar | SGD | 206.25 | 208.25 |
Swedish Korona | SEK | 26.89 | 27.19 |
Swiss Franc | CHF | 313.78 | 316.28 |
Thai Bhat | THB | 7.76 | 7.91 |
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