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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 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)
Pakistan's intelligence agency the ISI was formed by British officers in their departure from India, the ISI maintains extensive links with UK intelligence services and operations inside the UK. [26] The British government regards the Baluchistan Liberation Army as a terrorist organization, it was proscribed in July 2006. [ 27 ]
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 ]
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 patron of the British Overseas School Association is Her Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner in Islamabad.The school is managed by a board of 12 governors that includes 4 permanent representatives: the British Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi, the Chairperson of UKAP, the Director of the British Council, the Principal, and 4 elected parent representatives.
The British Asian Trust is leading an innovative model of social-impact financing, in the form of Development Impact Bonds (DIB), allowing the Trust to set up initiatives to improve the quality education in India. The DIB mechanism involves public-private relationships between ‘risk’ investors, programme implementers and outcome funders.
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]