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Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Graham Layton (18 May 1917 – 7 March 1999) was a British Pakistani Army officer, businessperson, and philanthropist. [1] As a businessman, he co-founded MacDonald Layton Company, one of the most prominent construction companies in Pakistan. [2] The company started as a boat-building business, at West Wharf Yard in ...
The Asia Foundation; The Citizens Foundation; The Dawood Foundation; The Fred Hollows Foundation; The Mountain Institute; The Nature Conservancy; The Salvation Army; The Terma Foundation; Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability; Trust for History, Arts and Architecture of Pakistan (THAAP)
British Council, Karachi is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales and Scotland .
The state of Pakistan was established on 14 August 1947 in the eastern and northwestern regions of British India. In 1972, Pakistan temporarily withdrew from the Commonwealth, and until it rejoined in 1989, the mission in Islamabad became an Embassy, headed by an Ambassador. The high commissioner is based at the British High Commission in ...
The British High Commission in Islamabad is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Pakistan. It is located in the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad. The current British High Commissioner to Pakistan is Jane Marriott , and the Deputy High Commissioner is Alison Blackburne. [ 1 ]
Under the British, modern Pakistan was mostly divided into the Sind Division, Punjab Province, and the Baluchistan Agency. There were various princely states , of which the largest was Bahawalpur . Sindh was part of the Bombay Presidency , and there were many complaints over the years that it was neglected by its distant rulers in modern Mumbai ...
The British left a large network of railways, roads, as well as the telephone and telegraph system. [citation needed] The first railway line in the modern-day Pakistan was constructed in 1858 in Karachi. A line between Karachi City and Kotri opened in 1861. [7] The railway network built by the British remains intact today. [8]
Layton Rahmatullah Benevolent Trust or LRBT is Pakistan's largest non-governmental organisation, working to fight blindness in the country. [1] It is assumed to be not only the largest eye provider in the country but also the largest eye care provider in the world to have treated over 54 million patients in 38 years.