poverty

Islamabad: The World Bank has issued a stark warning, projecting that nearly 10 million Pakistanis could face acute food insecurity during the current fiscal year, primarily due to economic challenges …

Islamabad/Washington: World Bank has projected that Pakistan’s poverty rate will stand at 42.4% in the fiscal year 2025. This statistic reflects the growing challenge as the country’s population expands at …

In 2022, households worldwide discarded a staggering one billion meals daily, marking what the United Nations termed a “global tragedy” of food wastage. The UN’s latest Food Waste Index Report, …

Women’s Empowerment ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi emphasized the pivotal role of health and education facilities in achieving the goal of women’s empowerment. Speaking at a ceremony celebrating women leaders, …

Tear Gas NEW DELHI: Indian security forces resorted to firing tear gas on Tuesday as thousands of farmers, seeking minimum crop prices, attempted to march towards the capital, New Delhi, …

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has unveiled its comprehensive manifesto, titled “Chuno Nai Soch Ko” (Choose New Thinking), outlining its vision for Pakistan if it secures victory in the upcoming …

Tech startups can potentially rewrite Sabir Quraishi, a second-generation Afghan refugee would step outside his small two-bedroom rented house in Peshawar with nothing but hope to find work. He would …

The world’s one percent super-rich people hold two-thirds of the $42 trillion in new wealth created since 2020. Oxfam, an international charity organization, disclosed this today in its new report. …

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations has demanded immediate debt relief for at least 54 poor nations in the world. According to the UN, the cascading global crises have left 54 countries …

Nilanthi Gunasekera, 49, holds the final handful of dried fish her family has as a reminder of Sri Lanka’s greatest economic crisis in decades in her outstretched palms. She is …