Facilitate to educate There are a lot of suggestions on how to eradicate poverty and help the underprivileged survive in these days of... Updated 29 Sep, 2023 06:54am
Editorials Significant rise in poverty EDITORIAL: World Bank officials while briefing the media noted that Pakistan’s poverty level rose to 39.4 percent... Updated 27 Sep, 2023 07:05am
World Macron vows $150m towards rural hunger at Global Citizen festival NEW YORK: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced a $150 million commitment to the International Fund... Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am
Print Economic model ‘flops’: Poverty hits 39.4pc mark, say World Bank officials ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s current economic development model is no longer reducing poverty and provides few benefits to... Updated 23 Sep, 2023 05:38pm
Print World leaders warn goals to fight hunger, poverty, climate change in peril UNITED NATIONS: World leaders meeting at the United Nations on Monday warned of the peril the world faces unless it... Updated 19 Sep, 2023 09:45am
World More than 330mn children still in extreme poverty: UNICEF WASHINGTON: The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million... Published 13 Sep, 2023 12:35pm
World WFP warns cuts could push 24m people to brink of famine GENEVA: The World Food Programme said Tuesday that shrinking funding was forcing it to drastically slash rations in... Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am
Opinion Balochistan falls behind Balochistan is the smallest province of Pakistan, with a share of 6.2% in the national population, according to the... Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:56am
World IMF warns climate shocks may increase conflict deaths NAIROBI: Climate change threatens to exacerbate conflict in fragile nations across the globe and lead to increased... Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am
Editorials The problem of child labour Cruelty to children working as domestic help is rampant in this society, getting attention in a few cases when... Published 25 Aug, 2023 06:34am
Opinion Fiscal discipline key to reforms Before Pakistan can embark on the long and tedious journey of structural reforms, fiscal discipline must be embraced... Published 23 Aug, 2023 05:50am
Print BRACE report lists factors leading to greater poverty ISLAMABAD: Rising inflation, particularly food inflation (highest in the history of Pakistan), increase in... Updated 11 Aug, 2023 09:29am
Pakistan UNIDO conducts session on poverty alleviation KARACHI: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) conducted an information session and... Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am
Opinion Hunger in Pakistan Pakistan hosts the poorest population with per capita income at $1550 compared with Bangladesh at $2660 and India at... Published 29 Jul, 2023 05:28am
Print PM vows to eliminate economic woes ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday reiterated the resolve by promising the people to eradicate... Updated 24 Jul, 2023 08:51am
Opinion Inequality, poverty, and austerity — II Unfortunately, both the IMF and individual countries practicing these, in or outside of the IMF programme, are not... Published 22 Jul, 2023 06:25am
Opinion Inequality, poverty, and austerity–I Two reports recently released clearly indicate that in the wake of pandemic, not only has progress on sustainable... Published 21 Jul, 2023 07:08am
World 165m people fell into poverty in 3 years of crisis: UN UNITED NATIONS: The Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million... Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am
Pakistan Indirect taxes fuelling poverty: PDP KARACHI: Opposing the idea of collecting radio license fee from the public through electricity bill, Pasban... Published 10 Jul, 2023 06:52am
Print Social Protection Accounts launched: PM reaffirms commitment to further expand BISP ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reaffirmed his commitment to further expand the Benazir Income... Updated 08 Jul, 2023 08:58am
Pakistan No one in the country should go to bed hungry: minister ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Ahsan Iqbal urged attention to food... Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am
Pakistan Growth, poverty alleviation: Khar sees significant contribution of GSP+ scheme ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, while highlighting the importance of GSP Plus in... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
Pakistan BISP, KfW German Development Bank ink MoU PESHAWAR: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and KfW, a German Development Bank, have forged a partnership... Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am
Pakistan IMF blamed for cutbacks in social services ISLAMABAD: The federal government has blamed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for cutbacks in social services... Updated 09 Jun, 2023 10:39am
Opinion Income inequality: export-led growth only solution Pakistan is currently in difficult circumstances, grappling with deindustrialization and widespread unemployment. ... Published 18 May, 2023 06:10am
Business & Finance World Bank for more investment in human development KARACHI: The World Bank’s report, Pakistan Human Capital Review (HCR), Building Capabilities throughout Life,... Published 03 May, 2023 06:53am
Pakistan Baroness Warsi, SAPM advocate gender equality, poverty reduction ISLAMABAD: Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a current Member of the House of Lords and former co-Chairwoman of the UK’s... Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am
Opinion Contrasting trends The economy is showing contrasting trends in different segments of activity. This is due to various factors like the... Published 25 Apr, 2023 06:25am
Pakistan Govt keen to eradicate poverty from tribal areas: minister PESHAWAR: KP Caretaker Minister for Excise and Narcotics Control Haji Manzoor Khan Afridi has paid rich tributes to... Published 25 Apr, 2023 06:25am
Print Wheat price decision: LHC puts its weight behind caretaker govt Says fixing of wheat price was within the jurisdiction and powers of the government Updated 25 Apr, 2023 09:09am