The future of software engineers can only be directly related to the quality and knowledge of those same software engineers who consider they may have a problem! Basically, if a software engineer has studied and qualified in the field they have chosen – i.e. that of a software engineer, then their skills are highly sought after throughout the world, regardless of which country they come from. The problem arises when somebody aspires to becoming a software engineer and attempts to find a shortcut into the IT industry without the knowledge, qualification and skills that are an essential pre-requisite of any professional. It is those people who put the future of software engineers in jeopardy. Software engineering seems to be an up-and-coming field and one that everybody seems to want to join but, as with any job, it is what you make of it and, to progress in this field [as in any other] you need to show some degree of promise and prove that you have something that makes you infinitely more employable than the colleague sitting next to you.
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The job market in Pakistan, generally, tends to fluctuate due to variations in Government policies that can have an adverse, knock-on effect on the job market and deteriorating law and order in certain parts of the country can prevent investors from even thinking about investing in industry – all of which results in lost job opportunities, not just in the IT field in Pakistan, but right across the board, in all job sectors. Global news reports of bomb blasts and ever increasing violence in certain districts of Pakistan continue to give the country a bad name. This is bound to have an adverse effect on the economy of Pakistan as many of the biggest potential investors are based in the US and, if their money is not deemed safe due to threats of violence,
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[Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal]
Between the years 1985 and 2004 the literacy rate in developing countries hovers between 68 – 77% according to the Global Monitoring Report issued by UNESCO. Averaging this out overall, the world’s illiteracy rates are about 82%. Except in Pakistan where literacy still remains at around 50% – not far above the 49% in Nepal and 43% in Bangladesh. If you compare these figures with India whose literacy rate is 61% and Sri Lanka which is a very impressive 90%. Even the various provinces show incredible variances: Balochistan, for instance has just 33% literacy rate with only 27% of the women in Balochistan being literate. So why, in a Muslim country, is there such a dire rate of literacy – not just amongst women, but generally?
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Can war be a social necessity – mankind’s answer to social injustice and tyranny that cannot be solved by peaceful means? God commands that His believers never despair or lose hope but encourage each other towards a brighter future: within the Quran suicide is condemned as a state of disbelief and of loss of faith. Nevertheless, oppression, occupation and freedom seem to be buzz-words amongst many misguided youth in some parts of the world: young men who carry out suicide bombings in the belief that they are doing right by Islam when, in fact it is unequivocally condemned in the Quran. These bombings are at best misguided but, where peaceful means have not prevented their families being disenfranchised, what else is left for them to do? Despite Islam encouraging these young people to stand up for what is right, however, nowhere does the Quran encourage retaliation by suicide bombing or by targeting innocent bystanders – and especially not the children. God condemns any form of suicide with no excuse being given under any circumstances.
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