یار پرانے چھڈ کے ٹریوں نویاں من پسنداں نال
ہتھیں دتیاں ہوئیاں گنڈھاں، بہہ کے کھولیں دنداں نال
ہک پل کول کھلوتیاں میرے، جے کر جگ نے ویکھ لیا
پھیر یقین کسے نہیں کرنا، قسماں تے سوگنداں نال
قدم قدم تے ہے پئی چمدی، منزل پیر مسافر دے
چار دیہاڑے بہہ کے جس نے کڈھے دانش منداں نال
تن من دھن قربان کرایا، دین بچایا نانے دا
شاہ حسینؑ، شہید ہوئے نے، خویشاں تے فرزنداں نال
The Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), introduced in 2008-09, is a unique cash support scheme for economically stressed families. Its uniqueness arises from several facets. The cash transfers are provided only to women aged over 18 years and have been ever married. It is unconditional and aimed at supplementing income as opposed to alleviating poverty. It was politically neutral, given that the facility to identify potential beneficiaries was extended to all parliamentarians, irrespective of party affiliation. A set of filters, applied electronically, ensured objectivity in beneficiary selection. Disbursement mechanism was automated to ensure minimal leakage. This paper outlines the process of the preparatory work that went into designing BISP – the conceptual debates, the beneficiary identification and disbursement procedures, etc. – involving a combination of high quality research with political decision making. It also addresses the debates surrounding BISP, cites independent empirical studies that show that the parliamentarian-based beneficiary selection mechanism was efficient and equitable and did indeed cover the deserving, and also responds to the variety of criticisms. ______
Project success is extremely important for companies dealing with different projects. Technical knowledge and leadership qualities are the two aspects that have remained unexplored with their combined effect on project success. The present research work aims to study the relation of technical knowledge and leadership qualities with project success on individual and combined basis. For this purpose, 1000 pre-designed questionnaires were distributed among project managers of various ERP implementation companies of UAE. With response rate of 27.9 %, only 279 forms were collected back. The statistical analysis was performed through SPSS v.23. The tests of demographic analysis, normality analysis, reliability analysis, descriptive and regression analysis were performed. The results showed that combined effect of technical knowledge and leadership qualities is negligible. Thus, the future research works should focus on studying combined effects of other factors on project success.