Role of rural development towards national economy in Pakistan

On Friday, the 24 September 2010 Sohne Dharte TV channel carried an hour long interview of Dr. Wajid Pirzada, in its program Agro Online.Dr.Pirzada spoke at length about rural development paradigms and their role towards national economy.He concluded by saying that recent floods in Pakistan have brought home message that we have had disregarded the need for all- encompassing rural development in the country, making rural populace vulnerable to socio-economic and natural disasters.