Beyond poverty alleviation: crafting a comprehensive social policy for all Social policy, whether taken as a sectoral policy or as a policy of issues depending upon the specifics of the... Published 20 Jun, 2025 06:20am
Opinion Pakistan’s vision amidst FY26 Budget Pakistan’s annual budget has traditionally been more of a routine fiscal exercise conducted every year, covering... Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:04am
Print Pakistan’s threshold: World Bank fixes new poverty lines at $4.20/person/ day ISLAMABAD: The new poverty lines for Pakistan — a lower middle-income country, set at $4.20/person/day up from... Updated 06 Jun, 2025 07:40pm
Pakistan Selected districts: Piloting of innovative social protection interventions approved KARACHI: The Social Protection Department, Government of Sindh, in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and ... Published 26 May, 2025 05:56am
Opinion Development impact bonds: a possible solution to curb learning poverty in Pakistan “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai Education is a transformative... Updated 22 May, 2025 07:38am
Opinion Pakistan is a good story Pakistan, which seems to be under the euphoria of having its economic recovery termed a ‘good story’ by... Updated 17 May, 2025 07:43am
Opinion Poverty may trump low inflation Inflation has come down dramatically – from 28.3 percent in January 2024 to 1.5 percent in February 2025. The... Published 24 Mar, 2025 06:16am
Pakistan Speakers at a seminar explain how poverty can be reduced ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar have underscored that without equal access to education, financial resources, and... Published 14 Feb, 2025 08:20am
Editorials Debt and poverty EDITORIAL: Surely, neither the government nor the people needed yet another research report to tell them that... Published 01 Feb, 2025 06:30am
Opinion Strengthening philanthropy: Building a path for sustainable social investment Philanthropy in Pakistan is more than just a tradition that is woven into the social fabric, guided by principles of... Updated 25 Nov, 2024 08:22am
World Battle against hunger, poverty: G20 summit kicks off with global pact RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the summit of the Group of 20 major economies... Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am
Business & Finance Economic growth: Experts recommend measures to policymakers ISLAMABAD: Amid sluggish growth and increasing poverty ratio in the country, experts on Wednesday recommended ... Published 07 Nov, 2024 06:40am
Editorials Facing the reality of acute poverty EDITORIAL: The state of human well-being in much of the world continues to present a complex, worrying picture, with... Updated 25 Oct, 2024 06:44am
World UN report says 1.1bn people in acute poverty UNITED NATIONS: More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program... Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am
Pakistan Global eradication of poverty day observed LAHORE: With the theme of "Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and... Updated 18 Oct, 2024 07:45am
World Goal to end extreme poverty by 2030 ‘out of reach’: World Bank WASHINGTON: A global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is “out of reach,” said the World Bank on Tuesday,... Published 16 Oct, 2024 06:58am
Print IMF concerned at low investment in social sector Fund warns underinvestment perpetuating poverty and widening inequality across country Updated 13 Oct, 2024 03:15pm
Opinion Trapped in circumstances Poverty is found in different shapes and sizes in the country. Not many families can eat meat even a few times in a... Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:14am
Opinion Overcrowded and underprepared: Pakistan’s crisis Population growth can be a double-edged sword: it can either provide a growing labor force that drives economic... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 08:33am
Print Finance ministry spells out 5 major economic challenges High fuel prices among the many issues facing Pakistan's economy Updated 03 Sep, 2024 11:52am
Opinion Social sector spending The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the estimates of poverty-related expenditures for 2022-23. Thanks are... Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am
Opinion Middle class is in deep recession What good is a 3.2 percent GDP growth rate next year and inflation dropping below 10 percent in FY25 to someone... Updated 15 Aug, 2024 06:52am
Print Poverty and power costs cannot be fully eradicated: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday said a complete freedom from poverty and the cost of electricity... Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:19am
Print Govt takes much of the credit for decline in food inflation ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Masood Malik on Thursday said that the positive impact of the... Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:22am
BR Research Interview with Nisha Mandani, Founder and President – Our Aim Foundation ‘Our mission is to reach out to people wherever the need arises’ Nisha Mandani co-founded Our Aim Foundation in 2008... Published 05 Aug, 2024 09:03am
Business & Finance ‘Too many’ indirect taxes in budget will fuel poverty: NBG KARACHI Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, Mian Zahid Hussain has said that some conditions of the... Published 24 Jun, 2024 07:00am
Editorials Poverty on the rise EDITORIAL: Ideally, the government should have already known what the recent PIDE (Pakistan Institute of Development... Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am
Opinion Why should they suffer from malnourishment and poverty? Twenty months after the great deluge 2022 occurred, 45-year-old Kashi and her 9 boys and 4 girls sit under a... Updated 25 May, 2024 07:03am
Opinion Pakistan’s elite and the art of deception “The ends justify the means,” Machiavelli’s famous adage, permitting rulers to forsake moral high grounds in... Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am
Pakistan Economic welfare, poverty eradication: CM seeks to enhance cooperation with Iran LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has sought to enhance cooperation with Iran in various economic... Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am