Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) Vol. 35, No. 1 (2015), pp. 237-248 Practices of the Community Development Projects towards NGOs in Punjab Province, Pakistan Asif Naveed Ranjha Department of Social Work, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. aasif_ranjha@yahoo.com Timothy Kelly School of Education, Social Work and Community Education, University of Dundee, UK T.B.Kelly@dundee.ac.uk Murray Simpson School of Education, Social Work and Community Education, University of Dundee, UK m.k.simpson@dundee.ac.uk Abstract This paper focuses NGO (Non-government organization) registration through the government run community development projects (CDPs), post registration facilitations by these projects for NGOs, requirements made by the NGOs and the CDPs’ dealings with registered NGOs. Though, the CDPs facilitate NGOs registration, the registration process is noticed lengthy and complicated. The funding role of the CDPs is quite low as compared to other facilitations provided while NGOs mostly require funding assistance. These development projects operate in participative and authoritative way while working with the NGOs. The study discussion suggests that improvement in NGOs registration process, funding increase for NGOs’ development projects and participative and cooperative dealings of the CDPs could enhance performance of both NGOs and the CDPs. Keywords: Community development, CDPs, NGOs, registration, facilitation I. Introduction Governments and development organizations adopt suitable community development (CD) approaches which could address their existing problems and meet felt needs in better way. After creation, Pakistan had to face various socioeconomic problems in addition to management, political and refugee settlement issues. The government of Pakistan alone was not capable to resolve those multiple and outstanding problems with limited financial and technical resources available at that time. The voluntary welfare and religious organizations came forward to address the community problems and needs at local level on self-help basis. Also, the government had to request the United Nations for technical assistance in the early 1950s. During 1950s, Government introduced set up of the CDPs (community development projects) which was first major effective community development and welfare programme. First demonstration CDP was set up in Karachi