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Burden on big cities / Need of new cities in Pakistan.

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Pakistan is the sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people. The growth rate is 2% that is very high. The population of Pakistan is increasing alarmingly as said by Thomas Robert Malthus; “ Human population grows exponentially (i.e. doubling with each cycle) while food production grows at an arithmetic rate (i.e. by the repeated addition of a uniform increment in each uniform interval of time).   The population of the country is shifting/migrating towards big cities i.e Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi, etc. for the better facilities of life. There are many reasons for shifting but most of them are Education, Medical, and employment facilities.   As we know that our economy is agriculture based and more than 70% population directly or indirectly depends upon agriculture. The exports of Pakistan are agriculture-based goods. Unfortunately, our rural areas have not been developed. Here farmers are using old and traditional methods for the ...

Detailed REVIEW of Jaffar Express Train Quetta to Peshawar | Pakistan Railways

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  JAFFAR EXPRESS runs between Quetta and Peshawar via Lahore daily. Train operated by Pakistan Railways. It takes approximately 33 hours to cover the distance of 1650 Kms from Quetta to Peshawar. JAFFAR EXPRESS CONNECTING the people of all provinces and creating  Jaffar Express train has AC SLEEPER, AC BUSINESS, AC STANDARD AND ECONOMY class coaches in its rake. Some coaches are attached and detached from Lahore with Jaffar Express. In the Ghat section (Lalamusa-Peshawar and Sibi-Quetta) limited coaches are attached with train due to high gradient.  The Jaffar Express named after the prominent Baloch leader MIR JAFFAR KHAN JAMALI. The Train was inaugurated on 16 April 2003 by Prime Minister Mir Zafar Ullah Khan Jamali. Initially, It ran between Quetta and Rawalpindi and then in 2017 it was extended to Quetta to Peshawar.  AC SLEEPER has 2 & 4 Person Cabins with attached separate toilets. AC Business has the Cabin for 6 Perons without separate toilet in the cabin....