Nearly 250 million children at risk due to stunting, poverty
Nearly 250 million children in developing countries are at a risk of poor development due to stunting and poverty. The startling revelations made in a recent series in The Lancet, a…
Pockets of poverty
The Planning Commission with the support of UN Development Programme has stated that almost 40 per cent of the Pakistani population is ‘multi-dimensionally poor’. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an…
Poverty survey kicks off in Haripur
Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Chairperson and Minister of the State and MNA Marvi Memon has said that BISP has embarked on another milestone of updating National Social Economic Registry (NSER) and…
Poverty-stricken youth commits suicide in Mandi Bahauddin
A youth committed suicide by consuming poisonous pills in Mandi Bahauddin on Tuesday. According to police, 22-year-old Rizwan, hailing from village Shamari Syedan of Mandi Bahauddin, was upset due to the poor…
Poverty threatens national, regional security: Marvi
Nations plagued by poverty are the most vulnerable to crime and terrorism as poverty threatens not only national security but also regional and international security, so it is not a coincident…
Maleeha terms poverty, inequalities overarching challenges for Asia
Expresses hope CPEC will enhance development, connectivity in region Pakistan’s permanent representative at UN, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi has that poverty and inequalities remain overarching challenges for Asia even as new opportunities are…
BISP aims at alleviating poverty: Marvi
Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson and Minister of State Marvi Memon said on Saturday that the BISP had been supporting all the initiatives and products meant to alleviate poverty and uplift…
Weather, war threaten to leave millions more hungry in 2016
Millions more people globally are facing the threat of severe food and water shortages in early 2016 as droughts and flood devastate crops and strain a humanitarian system already struggling to meet…
Poverty claims lives of two minor girls as mother poisons three daughters in Faisalabad
Tragedy befell on a family on Thursday in Faisalabad when a mother administered poison to herself and three daughters, killing two of them. According to police, 30-year-old Ayesha tried to kill…
Poverty-stricken father pushes 3 kids into canal
A merciless man threw his three children in a canal and presented himself for arrest at police station. Police said accused hailing from Mangat area of Mandi Bahauddin took his three kids…
World Bank warns climate change could add 100 million poor by 2030
Without the right policies to keep the poor safe from extreme weather and rising seas, climate change could drive over 100 million more people into poverty by 2030, the World Bank said…
Trillions of dollars needed for anti-poverty plan, says UN
The 17 goals and 169 targets to end poverty, ensure healthy lives, promote education and combat climate change are even more sweeping than the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that expire at the end of this year
Poverty alleviation on SAARC’s top agenda: Sharif
PM says SAARC countries can learn from best practices of each other in various fields for collective welfare of SAARC states Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday Pakistan places poverty alleviation…
Poverty alleviation top priority of government: Jatoi
ISLAMABAD APP A consultative workshop was launched by Federal Minister for Industries and Production Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi on Saturday which aimed at delineating a framework for future cooperation between the United…
Unemployed man kills wife, commits suicide
A poverty-stricken unemployed man committed suicide on Monday after strangulating his wife. Police said that the man, a resident of Kohluwala area of Gujranwala, was facing a financial crisis due to unemployment,…
Widow involved in suicide case sent on judicial remand
Local court has sent the widow, who attempted to commit suicide along with her 4 children by jumping in the canal, on judicial remand. Police said, widow Rani Bibi, resident of Rukan…
Poverty or gender: Two newly born girls abandoned in Lahore
In two different incidents, newly born baby girls were thrown away by their parents. The first incident took place near Reevaz Garden in Lahore. The baby was found wrapped inside a plastic…