NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Representative to the United Nations (UN) Maleeha Lodhi Thursday said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will bring prosperity in the region. Speaking during a debate in the UN General Assembly on…
ISLAMABAD: Assistant to the Prime Minister on Media Iftikhar Durrani Wednesday said that the government decided to establish Poverty Alleviation Coordination Organisation at the federal level in order to implement Prime Minister…
Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing a ceremony on Thursday at the Islamabad Convention Centre regarding the government’s performance in its first 100 days, said that with the help of poultry, poverty…
SUKKUR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sukkur President Mubeen Khan Jatoi on Friday said his government is working to alleviate poverty and focusing on education, health care and housing facilities, adding that work on…
ISLAMABAD: Economic advances around the world mean that while fewer people live in extreme poverty, almost half the world’s population — 3.4 billion people — still struggles to meet basic needs, the World…
KARACHI: Health experts on Tuesday said that increasing population of Pakistan is the root cause of poverty, illiteracy, poor health and violence in society. This was stated by experts on the occasion…
ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) will launch a food programme to deal with the issue of stunted growth of children, as per the goal of Pakistan’s new government and World Health…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that nations die when they lose the ability to differentiate between right and wrong. Addressing the Ullema and Mashaikh Conference at Golra Sharif…
PESHAWAR: Although Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) government has taken credit for introducing the first ever Child Labour Policy in the country, child rights activists believe that the policy is only a blossom on paper…
KABUL: Sales of Afghanistan’s ancient carpet-weaving industry which is prized by buyers as much for their artistry as a utility, and chief export of the impoverished nation has shrunk to six percent from 27…
Murad says all provincial governments using BISP to launch social, economic programmes ‘Sindh govt paved way for investment in energy production and transmission through Thar coal’ KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali…
Bosnian Roma actor Nazif Mujic, who won a Silver Bear acting award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2013, has died aged 48, following a harrowing descent into extreme poverty despite his…
BAGHDAD: One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country’s war with Islamic State militants, the United Nation’s children…
KARACHI: Some 30 youngsters gathered on a Sunday morning this month at Karsaz in Karachi. Anmol, 20, was taking a roll-call. In the next 30 minutes they all left in cars for…
SHAH KOT: Four brothers died and their mother and sister have been critically injured after the roof of a house collapsed due to heavy rains in the Shah Kot area of Nankana Sahib.…
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has said that ‘women empowerment’ is a key to poverty eradication, building resilient societies, economies and promoting sustainable development. He said this while…
KARACHI: The menace of quackery, or dishonest claims to being qualified for medical practice, is on the rise in Sindh including Karachi, especially in slums due to ignorance of the public, shortage of…
