tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post2397419463870528453..comments2024-03-27T15:36:44.737-07:00Comments on Haq's Musings: World Happiness Report 2018: Pakistan Jumps 5 Places to 75 Among 156 NationsRiaz Haqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-41743007880102092162022-12-24T20:41:27.965-08:002022-12-24T20:41:27.965-08:00Sindh CM inaugurates headquarters of Rescue 1122 i...Sindh CM inaugurates headquarters of Rescue 1122 in Karachi<br /><br />https://www.nation.com.pk/23-Dec-2022/sindh-cm-inaugurates-headquarters-of-rescue-1122-in-karachi<br /><br />Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah inaugurated the headquarters of Rescue 1122 established in cooperation with the World Bank in Karachi on Friday.<br /><br />Addressing the ceremony on the occasion, Syed Murad Ali Shah said Rescue 1122 service is already working in Karachi, Larkana, Thatta, Sujawal, Qambar-Shahdadkot and Hyderabad districts and from tomorrow it will also start working in Badin as well.<br /><br />He said that Rescue 1122 emergency service has been established under World Bank Sindh Resilience Project.<br /><br />The Chief Minister Sindh said that ambulance service, fire service, urban rescue and search service, water rescue service will be provided in Karachi city under this service.<br /><br />He said that the rescue service will be started at main roads and highways every after 50 kilometers to ensure provision of immediate services to the people in emergencies in the province.Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-40926978883079193762022-10-27T21:25:05.249-07:002022-10-27T21:25:05.249-07:00Survey ranks India 5th most dangerous country to l...Survey ranks India 5th most dangerous country to live in the world: Top factors that weighed down ranking<br />Among the top findings of the survey are that India comes in the top 10 countries for personal finance, expats with full-time jobs in India work 3.8 hours per week more than the global average, and 83% of respondents rate the quality of the environmentally negatively.<br /><br />https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/survey-ranks-india-5th-most-dangerous-country-to-live-in-the-world-top-factors-that-weighed-down-ranking/1698399/<br /><br />India has been ranked as the fifth most dangerous country in the world for expats. In a survey — Expat Insider 2019 — that covered and interviewed people who live and work abroad, India has been placed at 60 of 64 countries on safety and security. According to the survey which was conducted by InterNations, over four men in ten respondents reported negative feelings about the peacefulness in the country and 27% were displeased with their personal safety — three times the global average of 9%.<br /><br />“A US American expat, for example, does not like “always having to keep my guard up — as a female, I don’t feel safe. As a resident, I often feel taken advantage of at work and outside work,” the survey said.<br /><br />The expats also rated negatively to the question of political stability in India. “Almost double the global average (32% vs 17% worldwide) rate the political stability of the country negatively. An Australian expat shares that ‘politics has become hardline, and there are social tensions’,” the survey found.<br /><br />Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-60650241613634517612022-10-27T21:14:10.581-07:002022-10-27T21:14:10.581-07:00India scored 80 points on the table, below its nei...India scored 80 points on the table, below its neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a marginal difference but was placed above the United Kingdom and Bangladesh.<br /><br />https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/these-are-5-most-and-least-secure-countries-on-gallup-s-law-and-order-index-101666841222013.html<br /><br />Gallup's Law and Order Index 2022 - a report by global analytics firm Gallup -- has positioned Taliban-captured Afghanistan as the least secure country for the third year. Region-wise, the report has declared East Asia as the most secure while Southeast Asia came second to it. Gallup’s survey which takes into consideration four questions to gauge “people’s sense of personal security and their personal experiences with crime and law enforcement” said it has interviewed about 127,000 people in over 120 countries to compile the list.<br /><br /><br />The five most secure countries on Gallup’s index<br /><br />Singapore 96<br />Tajikistan 95<br />Norway 93<br />Switzerland 92<br />Indonesia 92<br />The five least secure countries on Gallup's index<br /><br />Sierra Leone 59<br />DR Congo 58<br />Venezuela 55<br />Gabon 54<br />Afghanistan 51<br /><br />India scored 80 points on the table, below its neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a marginal difference in points but was placed above the United Kingdom and Bangladesh. As per the reports, Southeast Asia was home to the largest gains in confidence - due to contributions from Singapore and Indonesia’s improved police services.<br /><br />Afghanistan which maintained the lowest score in the last two surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019 too (survey was not conducted in 2020 due to pandemic) - improved its score relatively due to a drop in violence following the end of the Taliban’s insurgency as it had completed the takeover from US troops. The report also said that North America and Western Europe have lost ground mainly due to people’s falling confidence in the police, especially after the high-profile police shootings including the killing of George Floyd which sparked a racial injustice movement.<br /><br />https://news.gallup.com/poll/403937/global-progress-safety-confidence-police-stalls.aspx<br /><br />Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-88281333912829036582019-10-23T10:44:47.814-07:002019-10-23T10:44:47.814-07:00#India ranked number 5 among the world's top 2...#India ranked number 5 among the world's top 20 most #dangerous countries, according to InterNations's latest Expat Insider Survey, a comprehensive report on what it’s like to live and work abroad in 64 countries around the world. https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2019/09/05/20-most-dangerous-places-to-live-2019/#6c4f8d497022<br /><br />1.🇧🇷 Brazil<br />2.🇿🇦 South Africa<br />3.🇳🇬 Nigeria<br />4.🇦🇷 Argentina<br />5.🇮🇳 India<br />6.🇵🇪 Peru<br />7.🇰🇪 Kenya<br />8.🇺🇦 Ukraine<br />9.🇹🇷 Turkey<br />10.🇨🇴 ColombiaRiaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-38587741612141932832019-03-20T09:55:12.100-07:002019-03-20T09:55:12.100-07:00#Pakistan (rank 67) much happier country than Indi...#Pakistan (rank 67) much happier country than India (rank 140) in 2019, says UN report. Pakistan climbs 8 places while India drops 7 places from last year | World | http://thenews.com.pk | #worldhappinessreport<br /><br />https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/446526-pakistan-happier-country-than-india-says-un-report<br /><br />Highlights<br />Pakistan has once again left behind India and other South Asian nations on the list of the world’s happiest countries Pakistan has showed much improvement, going up to 67th from the 75th rank last year the report warned that world happiness has declined in recent years driven by a sustained fall in India, which this year ranked in 140th place<br /><br /><br />Pakistan has once again left behind India and other South Asian nations on the list of the world’s happiest countries, according to the United Nations report released here on Wednesday.<br /><br />The United Nations published the report on the happiest countries on the eve of the International Happiness Day which is celebrated on March 20 every year.<br /><br /><br />Pakistan has showed much improvement, going up to 67th from the 75th rank last year while the report warned that world happiness has declined in recent years, driven by a sustained fall in India, which this year ranked in 140th place.<br /><br /><br />Finland ranked as the world´s happiest country for the second year running while war-torn South Sudan sank to the least contented in The Nordic nation of 5.5 million people, known for their love of forests, lakes and saunas, topped the study which used survey data asking citizens in 156 countries how happy they perceive themselves to be, as well as measures such as life expectancy, income and social support.<br /><br />The other Nordic countries, as well as the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, New Zealand and Austria also made the top ten.<br /><br /><br />As well as performing well on all the indicators, the most content countries all tended to have very stable societies, with happiness levels changing comparatively little since 2005.<br /><br />Despite the political turmoil brought by Brexit, Britain rose four places in the rankings to 15th.<br /><br />The United States, meanwhile, continued its slide of recent years, dropping one spot to 19th place.<br /><br />"This year´s report provides sobering evidence of how addictions are causing considerable unhappiness and depression in the US," said professor Jeffrey Sachs, one of the report´s authors.<br /><br />The unhappiest nation was South Sudan, where the UN recently said 60 percent of people face food insecurity following a bloody civil war which has claimed the lives of an estimated 400,000 people.<br /><br />Other conflict-ridden countries, such as Yemen, Afghanistan and the Central African Republic, also featured at the bottom of the table.<br /><br />This has coincided with a rise in negative feelings, "comprising worry, sadness and anger, especially marked in Asia and Africa, and more recently elsewhere," it said.<br /><br />This year´s publication also looked at how countries have performed in the happiness rankings since 2005.<br /><br />Of the 20 largest gainers, half are in Central and Eastern Europe, five are in sub-Saharan Africa, and three in Latin America.<br /><br />The five largest declines since 2005 were in Yemen, India, Syria, Botswana and Venezuela.<br /><br /><br />http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-11815706758849635952018-03-16T10:31:46.760-07:002018-03-16T10:31:46.760-07:00DNA: Why India is lagging behind many countries in...DNA: Why India is lagging behind many countries in World happiness index?<br /><br />Why India is lacking behind many countries in World happiness index?. Watch the full segment of "DNA" for more details.<br /><br />Why do Indians seem to be upset when others succeed? <br /><br />https://youtu.be/vsQzqjfDjXMZarnoreply@blogger.com