KARACHI: NGO HELPS IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS OF RURAL COMMUNITIES - 2002-04-26

- Dawn, Karachi, Pakistan: The Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan (AKPBS, P) the other day organized a daylong workshop on 'Improving the Living Conditions of Rural Communities in Sindh' at Ali Mohammed Ismail village, Khyber, Hyderabad District. Javed Shah, Professor of NED University and Consultant for Building and Construction Improvement Programme (BACIP) said that the BACIP, recently introduced in rural Sindh, had been very effective in the Northern Areas where it had developed over 40 home-improvement products, over a period of five years, which were now being replicated throughout Pakistan.